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The Biggest Loser at the White House Election Night

Jake Tapper and Yunji de Nies report: It’s unclear which White House staffer thought it would be a good idea to have an NBC show called “The Biggest Loser” visit the White House in an episode that aired on what...

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Election Night, 2009

The White House insists that these are all local races and are not in any way a referendum on the president. Republicans – perhaps smelling some victories tonight – say this the first opportunity voters have had to register their...

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'Party in the U.S.A' for First Tweens

It may be a school night, but the First Tweens are staying up late. Michelle Obama took her daughters to a Miley Cyrus concert at the Verizon Center this evening. It’s not the first time Malia and Sasha have seen the teen queen, whose hit "Party in the U.S.A." reached number one on the Billboard Pop 100 chart last Friday. On Inauguration Day, the girls and the First Lady attended the Kids Ball, where Miley Cyrus performed.

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Obama: Time to "Redouble our Efforts" on Climate Change Before Copenhagen

President Obama today said that efforts need to be redoubled in order to make progress at the Copenhagen climate change summit next month in December.

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Obama Will Not Travel to Germany for 20th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall

President Obama will not travel to Germany to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9. White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs said today that President Obama’s schedule will not allow for a visit to Germany.

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White House Says “No Vaccine In Guantanamo” or “On the Way to Guantanamo”…But Is That True?

The White House today seemed to indicate that detainees at Guantanamo will not be able to receive immunizations for the H1N1 flu.

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President Obama to Push Race to the Top

Tomorrow, on the anniversary of his election, President Barack Obama heads to Madison, Wisconsin to speak at a local middle school. He’ll address education policy, with a focus on the ‘Race to the Top’ initiative. That $4.35 billion dollar program, funded through the Recovery Act, is a national competition among the states, to inspire education reform.

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POTUS Takes No Sides In World Series

A lighter moment at the briefing today: TAPPER: Do you know who the President is rooting for in the World Series yet? GIBBS: I emailed this to (New York Daily News reporter Ken) Bazinet, who asked at the conclusion of...

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Today’s Qs for O’s WH – 11/3/2009

TAPPER: Working on good governance and anti-corruption (in Afghanistan) -- those are general goals. What are some specific things that you guys would be looking for?

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Clinton again tries to calm Arab fears about US commitment to Mideast peace

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the Forum of the Future today in Morocco and again sought to temper Arab anxiety over a perceived softening of the Obama administration’s insistence that Israel halt settlements before peace talks resume.

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