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White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams in 1800. The term, "White House", is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia
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the planning and coordination of official entertainment at the White House. The design of White House invitations has evolved over time. Dinner invitations going back to the administration of John Adams, the first president to live in the White House, are archived and have inspired the current invitations. In President Adams' day invitations were letterpress printed with the passage reading "The President of the United States, requests the Pleasure of ______'s Company to Dine, on_____next at ___ o'Clock." Space allowed for the hand penned insertion of "& Mrs. Adams" if the First Lady were to attend, as well as individual
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garden is funded by a $2.5-million donation provided in 2016 by Burpee Seeds and The Burpee Foundation. The first White House garden was planted in 1800, by the second president of the United States John Adams and first lady Abigail Adams. Adams and his wife grew their own fresh fruits and vegetables to feed their family, rather than buying produce at the local market. After President Adams planted the first garden, former presidents that lived in the White House cultivated gardens of their own. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson, the second president who resided in the White House, transformed Adams’ garden
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of the White House Correspondents' Association. In 1917 he became the chief editorial writer for "The Washington Times". In 1920 he was replaced as president of the White House Correspondents' Association by Frank R. Lamb. He died on October 24, 1931 at Emergency Hospital in Washington, DC, following an operation. William Wallace Price William Wallace Price (November 11, 1867 - October 24, 1931) was one of the first journalists to cover the White House on a full-time basis and the first to write a column devoted to the White House. He was the first president of the White House Correspondents'
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Harrison biographers have generally viewed the album track in an unfavourable light, several concert reviewers identified it as an effective opener for the shows. "Hari's on Tour" is one of only two songs from the 1974 tour to have been released officially, after a live version was included on the limited-edition "Songs by George Harrison 2" EP in 1992. This live recording was taken from the Washington, DC stop on the tour, during which Harrison met with President Gerald Ford at the White House. George Harrison first worked with jazz saxophonist, flautist and arranger Tom Scott in April 1973, during
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William Wallace Price William Wallace Price (November 11, 1867 - October 24, 1931) was one of the first journalists to cover the White House on a full-time basis and the first to write a column devoted to the White House. He was the first president of the White House Correspondents' Association. He was responsible for the creation of the White House Press Room. William Wallace Price was born on November 11, 1867 in Dahlonega, Georgia to James Madison Price and Margaret Eliza Land. He married Minnie Allston North and they had four daughters. He moved to Washington, DC in 1895
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White House she refused to enter the room again without at least one other person accompanying her. The spirit of William Henry Harrison, it is claimed, haunts the attic, and President John Tyler allegedly haunts the Blue Room. First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland, who was married to President Grover Cleveland in the White House's Blue Room in 1886, is widely claimed to haunt the room where she was married and was seen there after her death in 1947. The White House is also said to be visited by three specters who did not live there. The first is that of
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term in the 1900 elections. He told the "Chicago Tribune", "I cannot live in North Carolina and be a man and be treated as a man." He announced plans to leave his home state and start a law practice in Washington, DC at the end of his term. On January 20, 1900, White introduced the first bill in Congress to make lynching a federal crime to be prosecuted by federal courts; it died in committee, opposed by southern white Democrats, who were making up the Solid South block. A month later, as the House was debating issues of territorial expansion
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back at the coincidence of the 2015 Baltimore protests with the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, DC, wrote: "What made this particular instance poignant was the presence in the ballroom of our first African-American president, the Magic Negro who was somehow expected to relieve a nation founded and built on slavery from the toxic burdens of centuries of history." Magical Negro In the cinema of the United States, the Magical Negro is a supporting stock character who comes to the aid of white protagonists in a film. Magical Negro characters, who often possess special insight or mystical powers,
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Mor recorded his first album in 1974, titled “Ndende Safarra” with B.B. King and Nancy Wilson in benefit of the victims of an African drought that year. This group of musicians were invited by President Nixon to perform at the White House in Washington DC. In 1999 he recorded his second album titled “Back To Africa”, both recordings have gained cult status and are highly sought after amongst music enthusiasts around the world. Mor became the gateway for many African’s musical journey to the United States promoting live theatrical African drum and dance performances and concerts for his fellow Senegalese
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of strokes. She was 14 years old. She was the only pet to live in the White House during two non-consecutive terms. Spot Fetcher Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (March 17, 1989 – February 21, 2004) was U.S. President George W. Bush's dog. She was an English Springer Spaniel, named after Scott Fletcher, a baseball player with the Texas Rangers, a team George W. Bush owned before becoming Governor of Texas in 1994. Born in the White House, she was the daughter of Millie, who had belonged to President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush. Her father was Tug
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Johanna Maska Johanna Maska was a longstanding aide to American President Barack Obama. Maska worked as Director of Press Advance for President Obama in the White House. Previously Maska worked for the Obama campaign from the start of the Iowa caucuses in 2007. In her role as director of press advance, Maska crafted the image displayed around the world of President Obama by working with hosts, news organizations and various government agencies and senior staff at the White House. She left the White House in 2015 moving from DC to LA, recruited by Austin Beutner to join the "Los Angeles
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photography grew to photojournalism and she worked for Smithsonian Institution, The Washington Post and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1993, Sharon Farmer was hired to photograph for The White House covering President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Later, Farmer was promoted to Director of White House Photography and became the first African American and first woman to hold this position. Farmer's work has been included in multiple exhibits, including: "Songs of My People," "Art against AIDS," "Gospel in the Projects," "Twenty Years on the Mall," "Washington, DC-Beijing Exchange," and "Our View of Struggle."
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categories: Young Visionaries, Future Innovators, World of Tomorrow, and Building Bridges. The second year of the festival took place at the White House and the Newseum in Washington, DC on March 20 and 21, 2015, with a theme of "the Impact of Giving Back". In 2016, the event was held on October 2, immediately preceding the White House's South by South Lawn festival. The theme was "The World I Want to Live In". White House Student Film Festival The White House Student Film Festival was an annual event held by the White House and co-sponsored by the American Film Institute.
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Afghanistan and perhaps save her from herself ("for Islam and for Man.") Defusing and destroying his suicide bomb, he declares "I love life more than I love death." Scene 1 - The White House, Washington DC In the Oval Office of the White House, the newly elected US President is seen celebrating with her CIA Director after the President's Inaugural Ball. (Duet: "The Oval Office!") They muse idly about their global ambitions. The Director shocks the President by telling her she can become "the first American Emperor." (Duet: "So where do we begin, Mrs President?") Scene 2 - Afghanistan/London In
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the song since, but did include it in a 2009 performance in Washington, DC, in honour of Michelle Obama, the American First Lady, and he would play it on most (if not all) of his performances in France or other francophone countries. On 2 June 2010, after being awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House, McCartney performed the song for Michelle Obama, who sang along from her seat. McCartney quipped, "I could be the first guy ever to be punched out by a president." Michelle Obama reportedly later told
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influence of Samuel Sinclair of the "New York Tribune" and Representative Schuyler Colfax of Indiana, Carpenter gained Lincoln's assent to travel to Washington and work with him on the painting. Carpenter met with the President on February 6, 1864, who allowed him to live in the White House for four months, to work on the painting. Carpenter began with many sketches of Cabinet members and of Lincoln himself, working from life, as Lincoln worked, and from photographs taken by Mathew Brady of Lincoln and members of his Cabinet. Carpenter was given free access to Lincoln's White House office for the
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known as Chelsea Plantation was inherited by their daughter Rachel Belt Pratt. Mary Belt's will stipulated that Laurana be sent to live with a sibling of Rachel Pratt’s while Sophia and Alethia were to stay at the Chelsea Plantation. At some point, both Sophia and Alethia were allowed to grow and sell vegetables at markets in Alexandria and DC. Alethia sold vegetables at market across from the White House. There are also evidence, via doctor’s bill for Thomas Jefferson, that Alethia worked in Thomas Jefferson’s White House. Her role there is unknown. Curiously, the man who bought Alethia from Rachel
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of the United States and interacted with numerous Chiefs of State. Back in Washington DC, he hung out with Billy Joel at the White House entertaining wives of Russian Diplomats. Seymore even appeared on "Saturday Night Live", shown guarding an entrance to the White House with Secret Service agents. For the first 10 months of his existence he was referred to as Mr. Pelican. It wasn't until fair management teamed up with a local convenience store chain that a naming effort was undertaken. So began the "contest", which resulted in over 18,000 name submissions. Judges included local famous folks like
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in August 1861, and lived there for the remainder of the war. Davis suffered from recurring bouts with malaria, facial neuralgia, cataracts (in his left eye), unhealed wounds from the Mexican War (bone spurs in his heel), and insomnia. Consequently, President Davis maintained an at-home office on the second floor of the White House. This was not an unusual practice at that time – the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, was not added until the Theodore Roosevelt administration. President Davis' personal secretary, Colonel Burton Harrison, also lived in the house. The Davis family was quite young
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University Club of Washington, DC The University Club of Washington, D.C., is an American private club in downtown Washington, D.C., United States. Established in 1904 simply as the University Club, its first president was then Secretary of War and future United States President William Howard Taft. In 1936, it merged with the Racquet Club of Washington, and moved to its current location at 1135 Sixteenth Street NW, approximately three blocks north of the White House. During the Warren Court justices Earl Warren and Hugo Black would often use the Club's facilities to informally discuss and gather. The Club has reciprocal
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left his family his house and property in northwest Washington. Paul Jennings (slave) Paul Jennings (1799–1874) was a personal servant, as a young slave, to President James Madison during and after his White House years. After buying his freedom in 1845 from Daniel Webster, Jennings is noted for publishing in 1865 the first White House memoir. His book was "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison", described as "a singular document in the history of slavery and the early American republic." Living in Washington, DC from 1837 on, Jennings made many useful connections and was aided by the northern Senator
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Personnel Office at the White House, becoming the first openly transgender person to work as a White House staffer. He subsequently appointed her as the White House’s primary LGBT liaison in 2016, making her the first openly transgender person in the role. She served in this role until January 6, 2017. On January 17, 2017, President Obama appointed her to a 5-year term as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the Board of Trustees of the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. On April 3, 2017, Freedman-Gurspan rejoined the National Center for Transgender Equality as its
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The practice originated with President Calvin Coolidge, who was the first president to issue a written statement of peaceful tidings during the holidays in 1927. President Herbert Hoover was the first to give Christmas notes to the White House staff, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first president to utilize the card format (rather than the previously used notes or a written statement) that most closely resembles the Christmas cards of today. In 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first official White House card. The cards usually depict White House scenes as rendered by prominent American artists.
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order to attack Serpentor. Scrap-Iron takes part in Serpentor's invasion of Washington DC where he attacks the White House only to learn that the President and the Vice-President are out of town. Scrap-Iron reports this to Destro and Baroness. Scrap-Iron first appears in "" episode "Rage." Scrap-Iron is a scientist at M.A.R.S. Industries who captured war veterans from the streets in order to brainwash them and test their new exo-armors and power their rage. He did this on behalf of Destro while posing as a preacher offering war veterans coffee. Tunnel Rat became one of the victims. Soon, Roadblock ended
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headed to and plants another ground team on a bridge linking DC to Virginia. An attack ensues and the president is saved by the heroic acts of the vehicle's driver, Davis, who takes the hit and dies as a result. The president is whisked into another car and drives off with Augie leaving the Secret Service team behind. He arrives at the Blue House (the code name for his Chief of Staff's residence) where he takes stock of the events of the evening. The White House is put under lockdown and the president must take control of the nation remotely
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Paul Jennings (slave) Paul Jennings (1799–1874) was a personal servant, as a young slave, to President James Madison during and after his White House years. After buying his freedom in 1845 from Daniel Webster, Jennings is noted for publishing in 1865 the first White House memoir. His book was "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison", described as "a singular document in the history of slavery and the early American republic." Living in Washington, DC from 1837 on, Jennings made many useful connections and was aided by the northern Senator Daniel Webster in gaining freedom. In the 1850s, Jennings traveled
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Fondu, Tamron Hall, Arianna Huffington, Liya Kebede, Karlie Kloss and Eva Longoria at The Pierre on November 16 in New York City. In 2017, Baldwin spoke at the 7th annual Neighbor Celebration in Washington DC for Blue Star Families where former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was honored on March 30, 2017. Baldwin hosted Mother Nature Network's White House Correspondents' Jam at Hamilton Live, Washington DC in April 2017 – featuring headlining band, The Boxmasters, with actor Billy Bob Thornton and Rolling Stones' keyboardist Chuck Leavell. Baldwin gave the commencement address at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on
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pandesal with white cheese, lumpia ubod punch, dalandan juice and pine-mango cooler. The inauguration was aired for the first time on Facebook Live, with the live stream catering to those who had no access to radio and television as well as the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Hours after the cabinet meeting, President Duterte attended a solidarity dinner together with the urban poor community in Tondo, Manila. Vice President Leni Robredo took her oath of office at 9:00a.m. PHT at the Quezon City Reception House, Robredo's official office. By her request, Robredo's oath was administered by two village chiefs, Ronaldo D.
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Mars, mistakes a surveillance camera for a weapon. In violation of his orders, he attacks, but the Mysterons immediately repair the damage he caused. The conflict escalates, and the Mysterons attempt to assassinate the president of Earth. DC Comics introduced the first Martian superhero to the DC Universe in 1955. Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz), a green humanoid who is believed to be the last of the peaceful Green Martians, joins the Justice League. Meanwhile, the warlike, shapeshifting White Martians regard the Green Martians as enemies. The White Martians adopt a humanoid form which, they say, expresses their distinctive philosophy. DC
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Linda Douglass Linda Douglass is the Head of Communications for Bloomberg in Washington DC. Prior to that, she was the Global Head of Communications for Bloomberg Media in New York. During President Barack Obama's first term, she was director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform in the Obama Administration (May 2009–April 2010). In June 2010, she was named Vice President, Head of Corporate and Strategic communications at Atlantic Media and later became Senior Vice President of Global Communications. In 2013, she moved to Italy when her husband, John Phillips, was named ambassador to Italy. Douglass was
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NACW bought a property at 1318 Vermont Avenue in Washington, DC. She led it to be the first black-controlled organization with headquarters in the capital. Gaining a national reputation, in 1928 Bethune was invited to attend the Child Welfare Conference called by Republican President Calvin Coolidge. In 1930 President Herbert Hoover appointed her to the White House Conference on Child Health. The Southeastern Federation of Colored Women's Clubs (eventually renamed as the Southeastern Association of Colored Women's Clubs) elected Bethune as president after its first conference in 1920 at the Tuskegee Institute. They intended to reach out to Southern Women
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his time in Madison, WI. Scott Evertz Scott Evertz (born in Washington, D.C.) operates a governmental and international affairs consulting practice in Washington, DC. He advises private sector and non-governmental organizations on health policy and political strategies. Previously, he was Vice President for International Affairs, OraSure Technologies. Prior to that, he was the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, first started by Bill Clinton, and was appointed by George W. Bush. He was the first openly gay individual appointed to a political position by a Republican President in history. A Marquette University graduate, he spent over
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Scott Evertz Scott Evertz (born in Washington, D.C.) operates a governmental and international affairs consulting practice in Washington, DC. He advises private sector and non-governmental organizations on health policy and political strategies. Previously, he was Vice President for International Affairs, OraSure Technologies. Prior to that, he was the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, first started by Bill Clinton, and was appointed by George W. Bush. He was the first openly gay individual appointed to a political position by a Republican President in history. A Marquette University graduate, he spent over two decades in Wisconsin working
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of the memorial also re-activated and aided Hammersteins escape, sacrificing themselves to help him. Meeting in DC with his UN contact, Hammerstein was briefed on his mission. The UN had made a move to completely remove war altogether and install a new method of dealing with conflict, but the Quartz controlled White House was vetoing the vote. Hammerstein's mission was to kill the president, so the vote would swing in the UN's favour. Infiltrating the White House, Hammerstein overcame the secret service and the Hammerstein mk IVs and encountered President Dick Quartz in the oval office. In order to kill
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2006: Performed with the Nashville Symphony in Porgy & Bess. 2006: Featured performer at the 2nd HBCU National Band Directors Consortium Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. 2006: Appeared on ABC television Good Morning America. 2016: Played on the South Lawn of the White House for the grand opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. While at the event, the band had a meet and greet with President Obama 2018: The band performed with Keith Urban during his live performance in Nashville. The Aristocrat of Bands full-time bandmasters to hold the title "Director of Bands":
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1925. He canvassed support from leaders in several countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The World Convention of Churches of Christ was formed and in October 1930, up to 10,000 people attended the first gathering in Washington DC, USA. The program included an afternoon tea at the White House hosted by President Herbert Hoover and the Frist Lady. Bader became the first president of the convention (1930–35) and was also appointed as the first general secretary, a post he held (part-time until his retirement) until his death. The endowed Bader Lecture in Contemporary Evangelism was instigated
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attendance from around the world, the first World Convention of Churches of Christ was held in Washington DC, USA. Up to 10,000 people attended and the program featured an afternoon tea at the White House hosted by the President and Mrs. Hoover. 'World Convention' was firmly established. Dr. Bader became the first president (1930–35) and was also appointed as the first general secretary, a post he held (part-time until his retirement) until his death. Conventions were held every five years until 1970 (though the pattern was interrupted by World War II) and currently continue every four years. 'While preaching unity
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Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a Washington DC-based painter, who is known for his contemporary and traditional Haitian paintings as well as international street murals, collage work, and portraiture. According to East City Art, Jean-Pierre was a 2015 White House invitee for the role of art education in promoting national youth justice. Jean-Pierre currently serves as an art instructor for City Arts DC and is the National Art Director for Young & Powerful for President Barack Obama. Jean Pierre is an adjunct professor at American University fine arts department. He is on the board
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and military affairs. After short stints on the legislative affairs staffs of Arnold & Porter and The Brick Institute, Gibson enrolled at The Harvard School of Government, earning his MPA degree in 1982. Returning to Washington, DC, Gibson became the first cartoonist and an opinion editor on the staff of "USA Today" at its founding. In 1983 Gibson joined the White House staff of President Ronald Reagan, serving as Associate Director of White House Cabinet Affairs, responsible for the Cabinet Councils on Economic Affairs, Legal Policy and Management and Administration. Subsequently, from 1985 to 1987, Gibson served as Director of
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War, and as a resident of Maryland, at that time, he joined other peace activists in early 2007 "occupying" the Capitol Hill office of Senator Barbara Mikulski. By 2008 Perry had expanded his activism with the Washington Peace Center to include addressing the apparent rise in anti-gay violence in Washington DC. Due to several violent anti-gay attacks Perry organized with other communities in Washington DC. Perry was a lead organizer of one of the first anti-war protests at the White House during President Barack Obama's administration in October 2009. This action resulted in more than 60 peaceful protesters arrested on
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the All-Star Game, or the World Series, usually with much fanfare. The President of the United States has served as the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America since the founding of the organization. Other presidential traditions are associated with American holidays. Rutherford B. Hayes began in 1878 the first White House egg rolling for local children. Beginning in 1947, during the Harry S. Truman administration, every Thanksgiving the president is presented with a live domestic turkey during the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation held at the White House. Since 1989, when the custom of "pardoning" the turkey was
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Washington Times" in 1982, he joined that paper as a White House correspondent, became president of the White House Correspondents Association, and ended his career writing a weekly column focused on nostalgic reminiscences of the past. Jeremiah O'Leary Jeremiah Aloysius Patrick O'Leary, Jr. (1919-December 19, 1993) was an American newspaper reporter and columnist. He was born into a family of journalists. His father was a reporter, an uncle was an editor of the "Washington Times-Herald", while a cousin, William McAndrew, became president of NBC News. He grew up in Washington, DC. In 1937, he went to work for "The Washington
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January 2009, President Barack Obama's official White House web site also appeared on the first few results for "miserable failure" on Live Search and Yahoo, and on the first page of results for the word "failure" on Google. The cause of this is disputed, with some claiming it to be the result of a similar campaign. Others believe it to be a result of URL redirection from the old White House site (under President Bush) to the site for President Barack Obama. Because the HTTP301 redirect indicates that the old page is permanently replaced by the new one, it also
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of heads of state to meet and discuss their work. Current club members include Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford from The White House, Chef Bernard Vaussion, formerly of the Élysée Palace, Chef Mark Flanagan, Chef to Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom, and Chef Machindra Kasture, Chef to the Indian President. The 2013 meeting of the club was hosted by White House Chef Cristeta Comerford and took place in New York City and Washington, DC. The chefs met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as well as United States President Barack Obama. The 2014 meeting of the club
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Trump, French President Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron planted a "European sessile oak from the Belleau Wood" on the South Lawn to commemorate the Battle of Belleau Wood. The tree was removed to quarantine soon after planting. South Lawn (White House) The South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, is located directly south of the house, and is bordered on the east by East Executive Drive and the Treasury Building, and on the west by West Executive Drive and the Old Executive Office Building, and along its curved southern perimeter by South Executive Drive and a large
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White House for the Presidential inauguration, as well as from the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall for multiple State of the Union Addresses. Todd won an Emmy for Best Anchor in the Washington DC/Baltimore region, after multiple nominations as an anchor in D.C. and at WMAR-TV in Baltimore in the late 1990s, including a nomination for his live coverage from Washington D.C. of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. After leaving WUSA, Todd joined WPXI-TV, the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh, as co-anchor of the weekday morning and noon newscasts. In October 2012, he moved to co-anchor the weeknight newscasts at WPBF,
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In addition to continuing the tradition of the White House Hanukkah Party, the Obamas hosted and attended the White House Passover Seder, the first Passover Seder conducted by a sitting US president in the White House. The Seder was originally conducted by three Jewish staffers working on Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, who were surprised when the president tracked them down and joined them – but it became an annual event for all eight years of Obama's administration. Additionally, on May 27, 2010, the Obamas hosted the first White House reception for Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM), an annual, month-long
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City, moving to Washington, DC, in 1984 and to Alexandria, Virginia, in 1990. In September 2013, Darla Coffey, CSWE President, organized the first White House Briefing for Social Work Education coordinated through the White House Office of Public Engagement. Presentations were given by federal officials from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Council on Social Work Education The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is a nonprofit national association representing more than 2,500 individual members, as well as graduate and undergraduate programs
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the politication of government under the administration of George W. Bush has been discussed in hearings on Capitol Hill. Jackson has been pointed to as someone who gave advice to Drew DeBerry, a White House liaison in the Agriculture Department, regarding travel for political purposes. Jackson's role in giving presentations on political matters was also discussed in hearings. Barry Steven Jackson Barry Steven Jackson (born October 18, 1960) is the former chief of staff to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner. He also served as Senior Advisor to the President for George W. Bush. Barry Jackson was born in Washington, DC
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holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Southern California. Douglass is married to the former United States ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips, and they have a daughter. Linda Douglass Linda Douglass is the Head of Communications for Bloomberg in Washington DC. Prior to that, she was the Global Head of Communications for Bloomberg Media in New York. During President Barack Obama's first term, she was director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform in the Obama Administration (May 2009–April 2010). In June 2010, she was named Vice President, Head of Corporate
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consecutive United States Olympic Trials marathons in 1972, 1976, and 1980. Because President Jimmy Carter called for a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games, Fultz did not run in the 1980 Olympic Trials. In 1996, Fultz was inducted into the Georgetown University Hall of Fame and on that occasion was invited to the White House to run with then-President Bill Clinton. Also in 1996, Fultz was inducted into the DC Road Runners Hall of Fame. Fultz not only finished the Boston Marathon in "first" place in 1976; in 1995 he added the distinction of finishing in "last" place as well:
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the airport, Kaplan, riding in a second vehicle, was shot to death by a sniper. That night from Belgrade, Donaldson, co-anchoring the program "Primetime Live," reported on Kaplan's death. In January 1997, Donaldson was once again assigned to the White House as the network's chief correspondent there and served until mid-1999. He covered the Lewinsky scandal and the impeachment of President Clinton. In 2002, Donaldson anchored the first regularly scheduled U.S. news broadcast on the Internet and, in later years, hosted the ABC News Now "Politics Live" broadcast. On August 2, 2006, during the last White House Press conference in
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President to live in the White House, used this room as a laundry room; at that time it was said to have been filled with "Tubs, Buckets, and a variety of Lumber"; at the time, "lumber" meant "miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away". During Millard Fillmore's presidency (1850–1853), Congressional funding was requested to establish a White House library. The library was established during the Fillmore presidency, spearheaded by the First Lady, Abigail Fillmore. This library was originally in the Yellow Oval Room and was maintained there until 1929 when it was moved to its current location by the Hoover
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and of the Federal government that can be mobilized in an attack on the problems of the later years." A group gathered for a 3-day conference in Washington, DC, to explore solutions for seniors that could benefit from coordination of Federal and State Resources. In 1958, Congressman John E. Fogarty introduced legislation calling for a White House conference on aging. Congress enacted the "White House Conference on Aging Act" (Public Law 85-908), and the bill was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The law called for a national citizens' forum to focus attention on the problems of older Americans and
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Several commentators have compared Spicer to "Baghdad Bob", Information Minister under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Spicer's frequently combative press conferences were satirized four times on "Saturday Night Live" in 2017, with actress Melissa McCarthy playing the role of Spicer. Her portrayal was described as "genius", mixing "energy and weaponized hostility". Spicer stated that he found the skits funny, but suggested that McCarthy "could dial back" a bit. Sean Spicer Sean Michael Spicer (born September 23, 1971) is an American political aide who served as the twenty-eighth White House Press Secretary and as White House Communications Director under President Donald Trump
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House for former president Jimmy Carter in 1977, long after her retirement. Rohulamin Quander is president of the Quander Historical Society, as well as an Administrative Judge for Washington DC. Jahmond “Jay” Quander is a descendant of the Quanders that worked on the Mount Vernon Estate, and established their freed slave community where Quander Road and Quander Road School stand. Some family members still live on the land acquired after their ancestor's release. Jay is now the Director of Food and Beverage at the Estate in which his family was enslaved. Was the Washington DC deputy mayor for public safety
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came on the 42nd ballot after 40 hours of politicking. For this assignment as national Jaycee president, Jones, his wife, who was active in the Jaycee Jaynes, and their sons spent the year 1982 to 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They were the last family to live in the former Jaycee "White House" in south Tulsa and the first in the "Founders Home," having moved early in 1983 to the residence a block from War Memorial Headquarters. This property remains the home for the Jaycee president and his family during the one-year presidential term. As the Jaycee president, Jones traveled through
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DC, on January 24, 1993, on the same day as Justice Thurgood Marshall. Gerri Whittington Geraldine "Gerri" Whittington (September 11, 1931 – January 24, 1993) was the personal executive secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson, and was the first African-American secretary in the White House. Johnson was famous for working long hours and insisting his assistants worked long hours as well. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson became president, he requested a new slate of secretaries. He saw Whittington working in a government office, and requested that his assistant Jack Valenti get her home phone number. Johnson called
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team and volunteers with her children’s school. Sayle was born in Orange County, California, and raised in Northern Virginia. She studied architecture at Radford University. Sayle resides on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC with her three children, Isabela, Vivienne, and Christian. Desiree Sayle Desiree Thompson Sayle was Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the USA Freedom Corps for the Bush Administration. She was part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Before leading the President’s volunteer initiative, Sayle held two other positions at the White House. First as the Director of Mrs. Laura Bush’s Correspondence Office and
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Park (now the National Zoo) in Washington DC. Herbert Hoover was next to occupy the White House; soon thereafter, a wild opossum decided to occupy Rebecca's vacant tree-house and was "adopted" by the Hoovers and named "Billy Possum". Rebecca (raccoon) Rebecca was a raccoon kept as a pet by US president Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Coolidge. Rebecca came from Mississippi. She had been sent to the White House to be served for the 1926 Thanksgiving dinner, but the Coolidges decided to keep her as a pet instead. For Christmas, an embroidered collar was made for her, inscribed with
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Elias Polk Elias Polk (1806 – December 30, 1886) was an American slave and conservative political activist who lived and worked in the White House in 1845, and again from 1847 to 1849. He was President James K. Polk's slave until Polk's death in 1849. He continued to live at Polk Place in Nashville, Tennessee with First Lady Sarah Childress Polk past Emancipation. He was a Democratic activist and served as the president of the Independent Colored Conservative National Club. He worked as a laborer on the United States Capitol from 1876 to 1882, and he died three days after
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comics, Black Lightning has made various appearances in DC-related animated television series, video games and comic strips. The character is being portrayed in live action for the first time by Cress Williams for the self-titled The CW television series. In 2011, he was ranked 85th overall on IGN's "Top 100 Comic Books Heroes" list. The original candidate for DC Comics' first headlining black superhero was a character called the Black Bomber, a white racist who would turn into a black superhero under stress. Comics historian Don Markstein later described the character as "an insult to practically everybody with any point
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Niggers in the White House "Niggers in the White House" is a poem that was published in newspapers around the United States between 1901 and 1903. The poem was written in reaction to an October 1901 White House dinner hosted by Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, who had invited Booker T. Washington, an African-American presidential adviser, as a guest. The poem reappeared in 1929 after First Lady Lou Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover, invited the wife of African-American congressman Oscar De Priest to a tea for congressmen's wives at the White House. Both visits triggered widespread condemnation by many throughout
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objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the White House. The position was begun during the administration of President John F. Kennedy while First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the restoration of the White House. The first Curator of the White House was Lorraine Waxman Pearce who was appointed in March 1961. Pearce was a graduate of the preservation program at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. To date seven curators have served in the White House; they are: White House Office of the Curator The White House Office of the Curator is charged with the
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White House Office of Urban Affairs The White House Office of Urban Affairs is an office within the White House Office, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The Office was established under Executive Order 13503, issued by President Barack Obama on February 19, 2009. It is headed by a director, who is assisted by a deputy director. The first director was Adolfo Carrión, Jr. On May 3, 2010, Carrion was succeeded by Derek Douglas. The director was charged with reporting directly to President Obama and concurrently to both Valerie Jarrett and to Melody Barnes.
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in Washington, DC. He is currently a Senior Adviser and Distinguished Alumni at CSIS. From 1989 to 1994, Kelly was President of EAP Associates, Inc., of Honolulu, which provided international business consulting services with an Asia/Pacific focus to private clients. Previously, Kelly served at the White House in Washington, DC as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to President Ronald Reagan, and as Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council, from March 1986 to March 1989. From June, 1983 to March 1986, Kelly was at the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (East Asia
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but records are not clear which. During a 1927 renovation the White House attic was rebuilt into a third floor. It was further expanded with the Truman Reconstruction and currently contains 20 rooms, nine bathrooms, and a main hall. This floor was once used for staff bedrooms, but no staff currently live in the White House. Jacqueline Kennedy extensively decorated these rooms with her favorite White House antiques, with her best known room being the "Empire Guest Room" (finished in First French Empire style). President Jimmy Carter had one room paneled with wood panels taken from an old family barn
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the post. President Barack Obama retained Comerford as Executive Chef, but brought chef Sam Kass from Chicago to act as the First Family's personal chef. Kass, who assumed several policy positions in the White House as well, resigned in December 2014. In November 2009, Marcus Samuelsson became the first guest chef at a White House state dinner when Comerford temporarily stepped aside to allow him to cook for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Comerford was retained as Executive Chef by President Donald Trump. The Executive Chef is the manager and executive chef of the three White House kitchens. The Executive
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Michael Gottlieb were married at San Francisco City Hall. Gottlieb is a lawyer who worked at the White House counsel's office from 2013–2015. Since 2009, Shapiro has been a regular guest singer with the band Pink Martini. He appears on four of the band's albums, singing in several languages. He made his live debut with the band at the Hollywood Bowl. He has performed live with them frequently since then, including at such venues as Carnegie Hall and the Beacon Theater in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Olympia in Paris, Kew Gardens in London, and the
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entire Fifth District from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1997. Also in 1997, Kelly received the Certificate of Achievement from the Maryland Association of Psychiatric Support Services. In 2001, as mentioned previously, Kelly was tapped by President Bush to work for the White House. Kelly was responsible for briefing the President on state, local, and tribal issues throughout the United States. In 2005, together with Ken Meyer, Duane Parde and Daniel J. Ostergaard, he opened a lobbying firm in DC. James M. Kelly (Maryland politician) James M. Kelly (born July 5, 1960) is a Washington, DC, lobbyist and former a
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Only, which aired on August 3. On July 21, 2009, Paisley performed at the White House for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in celebration of country music. "Country Music at the White House" was streamed live on the White House website as well as a special on Great American Country. On November 11, 2009, Paisley co-hosted the CMA Awards for the second straight year. He also performed "Welcome to the Future", and won both Male Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year for "Start a Band" with Keith Urban. On March 1, 2010, Paisley
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and Experiences division overseen by President Pam Lifford. DC's first logo appeared on the April 1940 issues of its titles. The letters "DC" stood for "Detective Comics", the name of Batman's flagship title. The small logo, with no background, read simply, "A DC Publication". The November 1941 DC titles introduced an updated logo. This version was almost twice the size of the previous one and was the first version with a white background. The name "Superman" was added to "A DC Publication", effectively acknowledging both Superman and Batman. This logo was the first to occupy the top-left corner of the
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was the recipient of the Medal of Honor at the White House. Earlier, when informed of his award over the phone, he requested to share a beer with President Obama. The president accepted the offer and they each drank a bottle of the ale on the patio outside the Oval Office. Former president Thomas Jefferson, who lived in the White House between 1801 and 1809, is known to have brewed beer himself, particularly after his retirement. He has been called "America's first microbrewer", but there is no evidence that it happened within the White House. On August 21, 2012, at
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February 2009, Smerconish's program was placed into national syndication by Dial Global. On August 20, 2009, he became the first talk radio host to interview President Barack Obama live from the White House, one of seven radio conversations he's had with the former president. The interview was held in the Diplomatic Reception Room, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt conducted his famous fireside chats. President Obama took questions from Smerconish and his listeners on a variety of subjects, including the recent debates on the then-pending Affordable Care Act. The 30-minute interview was carried live on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. In
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10, which for many years served as a workhorse in both airlines' fleets and others around the world. United Airlines is the only airline to have operated Executive One, the designation given to a civil flight carrying the U.S. President. On December 23, 1973 then President Richard Nixon flew aboard a United DC-10 flight from Washington Dulles to Los Angeles. White House staff explained that this was done to conserve fuel by not having to fly the usual Boeing 707 aircraft used for Air Force One. In keeping with the practice of having two aircraft available at all
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Virginia. George died on April 18, 1897 in "Buena Vista", Roanoke Co., Virginia. Tayloe had very close ties to Washington DC. His father built the Octagon House in 1799. The Octagon was designed by Dr. William Thornton, the first architect of the U.S. Capitol. In 1814, Colonel Tayloe offered the use of his home to President James Madison and his wife, Dolley, for a temporary "Executive Mansion" after the burning of the White House by the British. Madison used the circular room above the entrance as a study and there, on February 17, 1815, he signed the Treaty of Ghent
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used its influence in the US Senate to assist the Republic of Macedonia's stabilization efforts. MPO President Ivan Lebamoff asked Indiana Senator Lugar to propose that the United States sends US troops to Macedonia. Lebamoff also informed Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov about his proposal. MPO proposal was also supported by he Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Fascell. In November 1992, the MPO asked Macedonian Americans to call the White House Hotline directly to ask President Bush to immediately recognize the Republic of Macedonia immediately. In 1994, members of the MPO Central Committee visited Washington, DC several
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E 20th Street. In 1856, Martha, Anna, and Irvine moved to Philadelphia to live with Martha's daughter Susan West. Anna and Martha later moved in with Mittie and Thee in New York. The Roosevelt couple became the parents of Anna; Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States; Elliott, and Corinne. Later Elliott married Anna Rebecca Hall, and his daughter was First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt, who had begun his presidency on reasonably good terms for a half-northerner president, had infuriated the South by inviting Booker T. Washington to dine in the White House.
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mutineers in the White House to rescue him. Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House is an American television film that aired on The Family Channel on March 8, 1998. When a terrorist surfaces, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General James Metzger (Nick Mancuso) urges President Mark Hayden (Lloyd Bochner) for a military response. However, the President prefers to try negotiating. So, the General takes the President hostage and launches an offensive of his own. The first female Vice President Elizabeth Lane (Joan Van Ark) is the only one who
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military officers, in part because most civilians would find closing and then later reopening their private practices difficult. , Commander Sean Conley, DO, USN, is the incumbent White House physician. Some of the individuals who have acted as White House physicians: Physician to the President The Physician to the President (also known colloquially as the White House doctor) is the formal and official title of the physician who is director of the White House Medical Unit, a unit of the White House Military Office responsible for the medical needs of the President of the United States, Vice President, White House
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the second-floor of Thurman Hall at Morehouse College when Pat Stanback, a member of the DC Metro Club, was challenged by a member of the California Club about who would throw the biggest party. Pat brought the idea to the President of the DC Metro club and they voted on the name and sponsored the first Freaknik in April, 1983 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The first few years alternated between John White Park and Adams Park with them announcing the location at the last minute in hopes of evading police. Many students from the AUC, Atlanta University Center, attended
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households, and Islamic community centres. On 9 December 1805, President Thomas Jefferson postponed dinner at the White House until sunset to accommodate an envoy from Tunis, an event considered by many to be the first White House iftar. The first official iftar was held at the White House in 1996, hosted by First Lady Hillary Clinton, and iftar meals were subsequently held annually at the White House and hosted by the U.S. President and the First Lady until 2016. President Donald Trump did not host an iftar dinner at the White House in 2017, his first year in office, but
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McCormack both left to form new bands – "bands with disco beats and guitar solos, total shit", in Wattie's words – and the band went through a rapid succession of drummers, one of whom allegedly left after a "nervous breakdown". The band was driven away from the Secret label by new management who demanded unrealistic changes in style and personnel. Their next label, a tiny enterprise named Pax Records, folded after its owner fled with all its assets. The concert album "Live at the White House" was recorded in Washington DC in 1985 at the 9:30 Club and was released
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Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, to provide priests who could stand by at the Executive Residence to assist the First Family and White House staff, and to pray for the President. Father Duffy was one of the first priests in the city to report to the White House, arriving at 7 p.m. Monsignor Denges and Father Warren Kulas, a Benedictine student priest at George Washington University who was in residence at Saint Stephen Martyr, reported to the White House at 10 p.m. Father John Wintermyer, another assistant pastor at Saint Stephen Martyr, reported to the White House at 5
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Ford the first unelected President of the United States. Immediately after taking the oath of office in the East Room of the White House, Ford spoke to the assembled audience in a speech broadcast live to the nation. Ford noted the peculiarity of his position: "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your president with your prayers." He went on to state: Upon assuming office, Ford inherited Nixon's cabinet, although Ford quickly replaced Chief of Staff Alexander Haig with Donald Rumsfeld, who
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Physician to the President The Physician to the President (also known colloquially as the White House doctor) is the formal and official title of the physician who is director of the White House Medical Unit, a unit of the White House Military Office responsible for the medical needs of the President of the United States, Vice President, White House staff, and visitors. The Physician to the President is also the Chief White House Physician. Doctors who have treated the President of the United States have had a variety of titles. Dr. Presley Marion Rixey, a Medical Inspector in the United
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Nixon's Florida White House The Florida White House (or Winter White House) was an informal name for a compound in Key Biscayne, Florida, used by U.S. President Richard Nixon. Nixon purchased the first of his three waterfront homes, 500 Bay Lane, during 1969 from his former Senate colleague George Smathers of Florida. Nixon visited it at least 50 times while in office as President from 1969 to 1974. Nixon's compound was close to the home of Charles "Bebe" Rebozo who resided at 490 Bay Lane and of industrialist Robert Abplanalp (inventor of the modern aerosol spray can valve). Bebe Rebozo,
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of access to a president before, and not since. It was one of his proudest achievements. His staff consisted of four other photographers who divided assignments with the First Lady and Vice President, as well as presidential duties. He also directed the White House photo lab which was run by the military as part of the White House Communications Agency. Kennerly's photographs are in the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. During his White House days, Kennerly, a bachelor, lived in a Georgetown townhouse just a few minutes from the White House, and drove a black Mercedes-Benz
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collection of the DuSable museum, Charles Wright museum, the McKenna museum, Free People of Color Museum, and the Amistad Research Center. The City of Selma, Alabama, commissioned T. Ellis as the official artist for the 50th anniversary for the civil rights march, known as "Bloody Sunday". The City and County of Galveston, Texas, recognized T. Ellis for the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth. The Juneteenth Freedom Project was exhibited at the State Capitol in Washington, DC at the U.S. Senate Rotunda and House of Representatives Rayburn Building. President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama of the White House has
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National Medal of Arts, awarded at a ceremony at the White House by President George H. W. Bush. In 1993, Houser was honored by the dedication of the Allan Houser Art Park at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and in 1994, he returned to Washington, DC for the last time to present the United States government with the sculpture, "May We Have Peace", a gift, he said, "To the people of the United States from the First Peoples." The gift was accepted by First Lady Hillary Clinton for installation at the Vice President's residence. Houser's primary skill as a
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by the Secretary of State David Rusk 1967 – Youth Orchestra performs for First Lady Lady Bird Johnson and other dignitaries on the White House lawn 1964 – DCYOP receives Outstanding Performance award from the Eastern convention of the MENC 1964 – Orchestra performs in Pittsburgh for the Eastern convention of the MENC (Music Educator’s Association) 1962 – Orchestra performs for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and other dignitaries on the White House lawn 1961 – First season begins at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School in NW DC 1961 – Spring, first concert by the DCYOP 1960 – First orchestra meets
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Simmie Knox Simmie Lee Knox (born August 18, 1935) is an American painter who painted the official White House portrait of former United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. He was the first black American artist to receive a presidential portrait commission. Simmie Knox was born on August 18, 1935 in Aliceville, Alabama to Simmie Knox Sr., a carpenter and mechanic, and Amelia Knox. At a young age Simmie's parents divorced and he was sent to live on his aunt and uncle's sharecropper farm with his eight cousins in Leroy, Alabama. At age 13 he was hit
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for his son.. His work first became noticed by the Clinton Administration, who asked Oxman to create menorahs that were displayed in the White House. Oxman was contacted again in 2015 to create another official White House gift that Barack Obama presented to Pope Francis. The sculpture consists of a stainless-steel dove, perched atop an iron bar that was part of the Statue of Liberty's original armature. Among the many museums where his work has been exhibited are the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC), the American Craft Museum (New York, NY), The Jewish Museum San Francisco (San Francisco, CA),
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is the face of Ontario Tourism and sings the theme song in their commercials. Chanté is bicoastal residing in West Hollywood, California and her hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On December 18, 2013, Chanté was invited by United States President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama to their White House holiday party in DC. Chanté grew up in Toronto with rapper Drake and was his first girlfriend. They dated during their teen years, have collaborated and remain good friends. Drake has cited Chanté as his "muse" and has written multiple songs about Chanté, including "Nice For What", "In
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Live Oak and Gulf Railway The Live Oak & Gulf Railway was a standard gauge railway in Florida which was privately owned and operated from 1895 to 1916. Charles White and James White from New York City, who managed French real estate in Citra, founded the Live Oak & Gulf Railway Company together with Robert L. Anderson from Ocala on January 4, 1895 with a share capital of $5,000. Anderson was President, Charles White was Vice President and James White was Secretary and Treasurer. They took over the track and assets of Live Oak, Luraville & Deadman's Bay Railroad (LOL&DBRR),
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Dominique Strauss-Khan, the former managing director of the IMF who wanted to run for president in France. Laura covered news and became a regular face on the 24-hour cable news channel of Canal Plus, I-Télé, which aired in over 60 French-speaking countries, including those in Africa. She also founded the first group for the foreign White House correspondents accredited to the White House. From 2009 to 2014 she was twice elected president of the White House Foreign Press Association by her peers. Laura is known for being the only French journalist who has conducted three interviews with Barack Obama during
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the White House on December 5, 1960, and went to live at the Lion House, in the National Zoo, in Rock Creek Park. A reporter for The New York Times described the meeting of Mohini and President Eisenhower: "The President shied noticeably when the beast roared and leaped in his direction inside the traveling cage drawn up on the White House south driveway. An eloquent "Well!" was the President's only comment for the next few seconds." T.H. Reed, the director of the National Zoo, gave this description of Mohini: "Her stripes were black, shading into brown, but her main coat
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He has a daughter, Sheri, from his earlier marriage and children Zachary and Amelia with his current wife, Roberta. Simmie Knox Simmie Lee Knox (born August 18, 1935) is an American painter who painted the official White House portrait of former United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. He was the first black American artist to receive a presidential portrait commission. Simmie Knox was born on August 18, 1935 in Aliceville, Alabama to Simmie Knox Sr., a carpenter and mechanic, and Amelia Knox. At a young age Simmie's parents divorced and he was sent to live on
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the White House. The administration disputed the allegations. Concern was also expressed about Jackson's lack of management experience. On April 26, 2018, Jackson withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He returned to duty with the White House Medical Unit but will no longer serve as Physician to the President. Jackson was born to Waymon and Norma Jackson and raised in the small town of Levelland, Texas. One of three children, Jackson has a brother Gary and a sister Stacy who still live and work in Levelland. He attended Texas A&M University graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of
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U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 12th Congressional District. In 1992, he graduated from the American University Washington College of Law where he served as President of the Environmental Law Society and Articles' Editor of The American University Journal of International Law and Policy. Upon graduation, he worked first in a large law firm and later as environmental counsel to a major interstate pipeline company. He is admitted to practice law in Texas, Washington DC, Michigan and West Virginia. He left the private sector and joined the Clinton White House and the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. After leaving the
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