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Weekly Address: Giving Thanks for Our Troops
Posted byon December 13, 2014 at 6:00 AM ESTIn this week's address, the President thanked the men and women in uniform who serve and sacrifice to protect the freedom, prosperity, and security that we all enjoy as Americans.
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The Untold Stories of Women in Science and Technology: Let's Write Them Permanently into History
Posted byon December 11, 2014 at 4:26 PM ESTToo many of the breakthrough contributions of women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields continue to go untold, too often fading into obscurity. Let's write them back into history.
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President Obama Is the First President to Write a Line of Code
Posted byon December 10, 2014 at 4:03 PM ESTPresident Obama became the first president to write a line of code as part of the "Hour of Code" -- an online event to promote Computer Science Education Week.
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Celebrating Computer Science Education Week, Kids Code at the White House
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Active Monitoring and the Latest Steps in Our Response to Ebola
Posted byon October 22, 2014 at 6:29 PM ESTPresident Obama meets with Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain and Administration officials to discuss how we can prevent the spread of Ebola here at home.
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Weekly Wrap Up: September 29 - October 3
Posted byon October 3, 2014 at 7:25 PM ESTThis week, President Obama talked about a new foundation for a 21st century economy and welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House; Vice President Biden and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez announced the fourth round of TAACCCT grants; and the economy saw its 55th straight month of private-sector job gains.
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You Told Us: Here's What Raising the Wage Means to You
Posted byon October 1, 2014 at 5:58 PM ESTTens of thousands of people shared what raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 would mean to them personally, or to their communities. Read some of those stories on our interactive map here.
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Guess Who’s Leading on Paid Leave? (Hint: Not Us)
Posted byon September 22, 2014 at 10:36 AM ESTThe United States is distressingly behind the curve on paid family leave.
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Today Is Constitution Day. Here's What That Means:
Posted byon September 17, 2014 at 12:46 PM ESTToday in 1787, the Constitution was signed and adopted by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention.
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Announcing New Partnerships to Expand Opportunity for AAPIs
Posted byon September 15, 2014 at 12:53 PM EST