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  • Obama's Day, Feb. 7: Hosting Science Fair

    Office of the Press SecretaryDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Later in the morning, the President will host the second White House Science Fair celebrating the student winners…

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  • Roland Martin: Mocking Soccer or Sexuality?

    CNN’s Roland Martin was heavily criticized and labeled homophobic by followers and gay-rights groups after tweeting last night that people should “smack the ish out” of male fans of Super Bowl commercial starring David Beckham. Martin, who’s a proilific tweeter in addition to his role as a political analyst, wrote that “real bruhs” would not…

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  • Living While Obama: Brag Session in Arlington, Va.

    Barack Obama greets firefighters after his remarks on the economy at Fire Station No. 5 on Feb. 3 in Arlington, Va. Obama touted the news released that morning that the unemployment rate had reached 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. 

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  • Obama's Day, Feb 6: Meeting With Senior Advisers

    At noon, the president will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Later, the president will meet with senior advisers. This meeting is closed press.

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  • Obama’s Day, 2/3: Beginning with Daily Briefing

    In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. The President will then meet with senior advisors. These meetings are closed press. Later in the morning, the President will deliver remarks on the economy at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, VA. This event is pooled…

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  • Obama's Day, Feb. 2: Starting Off With Prayer

    Ever wonder what the president’s day looks like? Here’s the daily guidance and press schedule for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, sent by the White House Press Office. Look out for President Obama’s schedule each weekday on The Root. In the morning, the President will deliver remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton.…

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  • Opera Singer Camilla Williams Dies

    Camilla Williams, the first African-American singer to appear with a major American opera company, and Illinois University’s first black professor of voice, has died at age 92. The soprano passed away on Jan. 29 from cancer-related complications, the Associated Press reports: The opera pioneer made her historic debut on May 15, 1946 with the New…

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  • Watch It Live: Obama's Google+ Hangout

    Join The Root as we hang out with President Obama tonight at the first-ever White House Google+ Hangout session.The president will take questions that came from more than 225,000 people who submitted and voted on questions on YouTube. While the deadline to submit questions has passed, you can catch the discussion live on White House’s…

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  • SAG: Davis, Spencer, 'The Help' Take Top Awards

    At last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer took home top honors for their roles in the Deep South drama The Help. The film won them best actress and best supporting actress awards respectively, as well as the trophy for overall cast performance.   In one of the most memorable and…

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  • Apology for MLK Strip Club Flyer

    Every year around the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, there’s a debate about what aspects of contemporary American life would make him proud and what he’d be ashamed to be associated with if he were alive. This is one of the easier issues. It’s safe to say the late civil rights icon would not be…

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