Inauguration 2013

I missed the first one.  When Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as our first African-American president with an agenda that I believed passionately in,…

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will waste little time getting back in front of voters following a 10-day Hawaiian vacation spent largely out of the spotlight. SEE ALSO: What To Watch On TV This Winter Air Force One landed just before daybreak in Washington on Tuesday morning after an overnight flight from the island of […]

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HONOLULU — US Santa trackers got some help Saturday from none other than First Lady Michelle Obama, who surprised children by answering calls about Saint Nick’s Christmas Eve round-the-world sleigh ride. SEE ALSO: After Rhodes Lie Exposure, Yale Coach Quits Obama, vacationing in Hawaii with President Barack Obama and their two daughters, was participating for […]

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As a getaway for two Democratic presidents, including the current one, Martha’s Vineyard is often disparaged as an undemocratic haven for wealthy white elites. Kathlyn Joy Gilliam and Lorraine Parson thought differently from what they had read in black history books, and longed to visit. “It’s always been said this is where the elite African-Americans […]

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VIA: New York Times HONOLULU — As Air Force One lifted off late Sunday night, President Obama and his family left behind a balmy 77-degree Hawaiian evening. Bearing east, the plane headed toward Washington, where the temperature was a brisk 23 degrees. If a 54-degree climate swing were not reason enough to lament the end […]

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President Obama and the Obama family participated in their first lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday. The lighting of the tree is a tradition that dates back to the Coolidge administration in 1923. The ceremony took place on the Ellipse just south of the White House, with Michelle Obama and the Obamas’ daughters […]