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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Images: The Obamas Go to Europe
Wonderful images from last week's Obama family trip to Egypt and Europe. All are official White House photos taken by Pete Souza.
The family watches as Sasha Obama lights a candle at Notre Dame Cathedral on 6 June 2009.
President Obama points out a landmark to daughter Malia while touring the Pompidou Centre modern art museum in Paris on 7 June 2009. 
President Obama tours Egypt's Great Sphinx of Giza (left) and the Pyramid of Khafre on 4 June 2009. To state the obvious: It looks like an amazing trip.
Labels: Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
The New First Dog is a Puppy Named Bo
He's named Bo.The identity of the first puppy -- the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed to delight in dropping hints about -- leaked out Saturday.Breaking news from The Washington Post.
The little guy is a six-month-old Portuguese water dog given to the Obama girls as a gift by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Malia and Sasha named it Bo.
Bo is six months old. His markings include a "white chest, white paws and a white goatee." He met the First Family in a top-secret meeting at the White House a few weeks ago.
The only unfortunate part of the whole affair is the tendency of breed owners to call the dogs "Porties." But ah, well.
Says The Post:
Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said. (Get it? Bo ... Diddley?)
Labels: Barack Obama, Bo Diddley, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama, Ted Kennedy, The First Dog
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
She Touched the Queen!
And nobody seemed to mind.Labels: Michelle Obama, Queen Elizabeth II
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Our First Couple Is Taller Than Your First Couple
Barack and Michelle Obama visit Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
The President and First Lady are 6'2" and 5'11", respectively. The Queen is 5'4".
Online sources claim Philip is 5'11" or even 6'2" tall. At their marriage, at least, he was nearly a head taller than Elizabeth. But at age 87, he looks to have shrunk considerably.
(Credit: Photo Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/WENN.com)
Labels: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Stevie Wonder! Yeah!
"I think it’s fair to say that had I not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle might not have dated me. We might not have married."Stevie Wonder received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song last night at the White House, after handsome remarks by both President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.
The event is being shown on PBS tonight at 8:00.
Labels: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Stevie Wonder
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Doll Trouble at the White House
First Lady Michelle Obama is not fond of the weird new dolls loosely based on first daughters Sasha and Malia. It's not clear how she feels about the new Barack Obama action figure.
Labels: Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Michelle Obama's Inaugural Outfits
Reactions to, and photos of, Michelle Obama's lemongrass suit and white chiffon gown.Elsewhere, squeals of delight.
Labels: Michelle Obama
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
President Barack Obama By the Numbers
Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. Here's a by-the-numbers look ahead at this historic event.{ 1 } Obama will be the first president born in Hawaii. (Small surprise: Hawaii didn't become a state until 1959. Obama was born in 1961.)
{ 77 } Days until Obama's inauguration on 20 January 2009.
{ 47-5-16 } Obama's age in years, months and days when he takes office in January.
He'll be the fifth-youngest American president ever. Theodore Roosevelt is still the champ at age 42, followed by John Kennedy (43), Bill Clinton (46 years, 5 months), and Ulysses Grant (46 years, 11 months). Obama will bump Grover Cleveland (47 years, 11 months) from the top five.
{ 8 } Presidents, including Obama, schooled at Harvard.
Of those eight, he is the second to attend Harvard Law School. Rutherford B. Hayes was the first; he graduated in 1845, 146 years before Obama.
{ 24 } Years Michelle Obama will be older than the youngest first lady.
Michelle Obama will turn 45 on January 17th, three days before her husband takes office. Frances Folsom married Grover Cleveland at the White House in 1886, when she was only 21. There have been many youngish First Ladies; most recently, Jackie Kennedy was 31 when JFK took office in 1961.
{ 2 } Michelle Obama will be the second First Lady with a law degree. Hillary Clinton was the first.
{ 7 } and { 10 } Ages of Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia when he takes office.
Jenna and Barbara Bush were 19 when George W. Bush was inaugurated. Chelsea Clinton was 12 at the start of her father's term in 1993. Amy Carter was nine when Jimmy Carter took office in 1977.
{ 1 } Obama will be the first Columbia University undergraduate to become president. (Dwight Eisenhower was president of Columbia when he was elected U.S. president in 1952.)
{ 4 } Presidents, including Obama, with strong ties to Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln remains the state's favorite son (though he was actually born in Kentucky). Ulysses Grant was a clerk in Galena, Illinois when the Civil War broke out; he was living there again in 1868 when he received word he had been elected president. And Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico in 1911.
{ 44 } Obama will be the 44th U.S. president. (Grover Cleveland -- him again! -- is counted as both the 22nd and 24th presidents, having served non-consecutive terms.)
{ 55 } Obama's age on leaving office in 2017, if he serves two terms. That's one year older than George W. Bush was when he took office in 2001. In the year 2017, Michelle Obama will be 53. Sasha and Malia will be 15 and 18.
{ 1 } Barack Obama will be the first African-American president. It has been 138 years since the 15th Amendment guaranteed African-Americans the right to vote.
Labels: Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Chelsea Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, George W. Bush, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Ronald Reagan, Sasha Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, Ulysses Grant
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