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- Created on 29 May 2013
Victims of 1963 Church Bombing Honored With Congressional Gold Medals
President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill effectively awarding the four young victims of the tragic 1963 Birmingham church bombing with the Congressional Gold Medal. With Ala. Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat, and Spencer Bachus, a Republican, leading the effort, the House swung in favor last month to posthumously award the deceased, which was a major step in properly upholding the legacy of the bombing victims.
Ku Klux Klan members used dynamite in the blast that killed four girls, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair while injuring nearly two dozen others. The church was a frequent meeting place for civil rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and more.
Watch video of the 1963 church bombings here:
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- Created on 29 May 2013
Obama Jokes About Lipstick On Collar
Speaking at the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month celebration at the White House on Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama made light of a bright red lipstick stain on the collar of his crisp, white shirt, reports ABC.com. Doing a 360-degree turn so that everyone could see it, he jokingly called out the aunt of American Idol alum Jessica Sanchez to avoid the wrath of first lady Michelle Obama.
“I want to thank everybody who’s here for the incredible warmth of the reception. A sign of the warmth is the lipstick on my collar. I have to say I think I know the culprit,” the president said to enthusiastic laughter. “Where’s Jessica Sanchez? It wasn’t Jessica. It was her aunt. Where is she? Auntie, right there. Look at this. Look at this. I just want everybody to witness.”
“So… I do not want to be in trouble with Michelle, so I’m calling you out right in front of everybody,” he joked.
Watch the light-hearted moment below:
It’s nice to see the POTUS have a spontaneous laugh. Watch your back, Auntie!
Read more at News One.
- Created on 28 May 2013
Obama, Christie Together Again in Mutual Aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Gov. Chris Christie, the odd couple of politics, are finding common cause again. Obama was to tour New Jersey's beach communities with Christie on Tuesday, examining the recovery from Hurricane Sandy's devastating damage last October. The trip gives Obama a chance to showcase the widely praised Federal Emergency Management Agency at a time when attention has focused on the Internal Revenue Service and its targeting of conservative groups. The president also gets to draw attention to the kind of bipartisanship that has been harder to find in the nation's capital.
The visit occurs as Congress is away for a Memorial Day break, a weeklong recess that likely will silence the daily attention lawmakers, particularly Republicans, had been paying to the IRS political upheaval as well as the ongoing debate about the fatal attacks at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year and an investigation of media leaks that has stirred opposition from the media and many lawmakers.
It also comes just days after Obama started trying to change the subject in Washington with a speech defending his controversial program of strikes by unmanned drones and renewing his push to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
On Sunday, Obama traveled to Oklahoma to view damage from the recent tornado and console victims of the deadly storm.
For Christie, the president's appearance is yet another way to showcase his beloved Jersey Shore. The Republican governor has been touting it throughout the Memorial Day weekend as a destination point that is back in business, and he broke a Guinness world record Friday by cutting a 5.5-mile-long ceremonial ribbon that symbolically tied together some of the towns hardest-hit by Sandy. The state has a $25 million marketing campaign to highlight the shore's resurgence in time for the summer season.
Read more at the Associated Press.
(Photo: In this Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama is greeted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upon arrival at Atlantic City International Airport in Atlantic City, N.J., to visit areas damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Obama with Christie at his side, will visit the recovering coast on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in an effort to reinforce a message of effective government, bipartisanship and economic opportunity. AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais.)
- Created on 28 May 2013
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Rihanna, Marilyn Monroe and a Big Tub
Michigan Chronicle - Rihanna, Marilyn Monroe and a Big Tub...
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- Published on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 07:49
- Written by Huffingon Post
