Showing posts with label President Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Obama. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

President Obama Commutes a Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence



Interesting news from NYTimes

President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration, and made WikiLeaks, the recipient of those disclosures, famous.

The decision by Mr. Obama rescued Ms. Manning, who twice tried to commit suicide last year, from an uncertain future as a transgender woman incarcerated at the male military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She has been jailed for nearly seven years, and her 35-year sentence was by far the longest punishment ever imposed in the United States for a leak conviction.

Now, under the terms of Mr. Obama’s commutation announced by the White House on Tuesday, Ms. Manning is set to be freed in five months, on May 17 of this year, rather than in 2045.

Friday, January 13, 2017

Interesting Quote: President Obama


“You see Joe’s heart in the way he consoles families, dealing with cancer, backstage after an event; when he meets kids fighting through a stutter of their own, he gives them his private phone number and keeps in touch with them long after. To know Joe Biden is to know love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully.

As one of his long-time colleagues in the Senate, who happened to be a Republican, once said, “‘If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you got a problem. He’s as good a man as God ever created.’”

Monday, November 14, 2016

President Obama has to Help trump get it Together



Ha! This is a hoot.

So during trump's meeting at the White House, it was clear that he ain't for this job. Reports are claiming that Laudy Daudy was shocked about the scope of the president's responsibilities.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal:
Trump's aides were also apparently unaware that the entire staff of the president working in the White House's West Wing would need to be replaced, according to the Journal.

Obama reportedly will spend more time counseling Trump about the presidency than most presidents do with their successors.

Trump and Obama were highly critical of each other during the campaign season, but appear to have struck a conciliatory tone since Trump's election, at least publicly.

"I want to emphasize to you, Mr. President-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed, because if you succeed then the country succeeds," Obama said to Trump in front of reporters on Thursday. Trump called Obama "a very good man" during the session.
Looks, like he needs Obama more that Obama needs him.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Pres. Obama Addresses Sexism during Clinton Rally

In Ohio, President Obama spoke directly to men who may be uncomfortable about choosing a woman for president.

Monday, September 26, 2016

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Interesting Quote: President Obama


“Be yourself and explain what motivates you. Because, I will tell you, I’ve gotten to know Hillary, and seen her work, and seen her in tough times and in good times. She’s in this for the right reasons. I think there’s a reason why we haven’t had a woman president before, and so she’s having to break down some barriers. There is a level of mistrust and a caricature of her that just doesn’t jibe with who I know, this person that cares deeply about kids.”

His advice to Hillary Clinton

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Interesting Quote: President Obama



“I don’t have to make the case against (Trump) because every time he talks, he makes the case against his own candidacy.”

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

WATCH President Obama's Speech at the Dallas Interfaith Memorial Service

Our president cut his international trip early to pay tribute to the five police officers slain in the line of duty last week in Dallas.

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