Washington Week (1/4/2013)

Watch Fiscal cliff fallout and the 113th Congress on PBS. See more from Washington Week.

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Planning and Urban Studies
Political Science

Meet the Press (7/24/2011)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

Face the Nation (7/24/2011)

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Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

Meet the Press (7/17/2011)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

June 2, 1886: U.S. President Grover Cleveland weds Frances Folsom in the White House

Today is the 125th anniversary of the only presidential wedding in the White House. On June 2, 1886, the 22nd and 24th president Grover Cleveland was the first and only president to get married in the White House.

Grover Cleveland, The White House

Frances Folsom Cleveland, The White House

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Head of Federal Documents
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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

Memorial Day

Originally known as Decoration Day, the first Memorial Day was held on May 30, 1868 in Arlington National Cemetary--just three years after the end of the Civil War.

So take time today to remember those who have fallen so that this country may rise.

For more information, check out these resources...

Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2011, The White House (May 27, 2011)

Memorial Day, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Memorial day History and Information on U.S. War Memorials

Memorial Day and Memorial Day Weekend, USA.gov

Today in History: May 30, Library of Congress



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Head of Federal Documents
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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

Open Government Directive (12/8/2009)

Tuesday (December 8th), the White House released the Open Government Directive. For more information, view the announcement here:



You can also learn more about it by reading the White House memorandum: Transparency and Open Government. Or you can check out the cool timeline on the Sunlight Foundation blog.





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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies

Face the Nation with Sen. John Kerry (10/18/2009)

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Face the Nation with Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod and Sen. Olympia Snowe (9/13/2009)

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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies

Meet the Press with White House Sr. Advisor David Axelrod (9/6/2009)

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Urban Studies

Face the Nation with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (8/16/2009)

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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering

Dancing the Night Away

The Ambassador's Reception featured a nice little surprise for those present--spontaneous tangos!




(Kudos to Melanie Bopp at the Earl K. Long Library for the link and the heads up.)

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Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy

Face the Nation with White House Sr. Advisor David Axelrod and Rep. Jim Cooper (7/26/2009)

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Find the White House Online

The White House is now doing its best to reach the people online.  Check the White House out on...

Facebook

MySpace

Twitter

Flickr

Vimeo

YouTube

Sonnet Erin Brown
Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research/Political Science

President Obama - 100 Days in Office

Today marks President Obama's 100th day in office.  For a closer look at those first 100 days, here are some pictures from the White House blog.

Also, now that President Obama's cabinet is in order, I will start posting entries about the different members of the Obama Administration.

Sonnet Erin Brown
Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research/Political Science

Former President George W. Bush's Administration

For those of you interested in any files that may have been on the White House web site during the previous administration, the site has been archived at the following link:
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/.

Keep in mind that the links on this site will not be updated, so they will break as time goes on.

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Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Political Science/Paralegal Studies