President Obama Proclaims September "National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month"

"Everyone has a role to play in preventing and reversing the tide of childhood obesity," President says...President Obama calls childhood obesity "one of the most urgent health issues we face in this country" in a Proclamation issued Wednesday that deems September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Writing about the importance...

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Big Ag Companies Join White House Project

ConAgra, Beyer AG & 43 industry leaders will double engineering internships...Agriculture giants ConAgraFoods Inc. and Bayer AG, which both do a huge global business in crop science products, are among a coalition of 45 industry leaders that have committed to double the number of engineering scholarships they offer as part of a project created in concert with President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. The White...

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Farmers, Ranchers Call For USDA To Extend Comment Period For Animal ID Proposal

49 advocacy groups question USDA decision to schedule public comment period during Fall harvest and record-breaking drought; ask for new deadline in Jan. 2012...Citing drought, bad timing, and a lack of internet access, forty-nine advocacy groups representing family farmers, ranchers, and consumers from across the US have sent a letter to...

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New Video: Executive Chef Cris Comerford On Working At The White House

The Top Toque talks about her high-pressure job, and says all kids should learn to cook...but reveals that she didn't plan to be a chef...White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford stars in a new video on the federal Kids.gov website, as part of a series on government careers. A native of the Philippines, Comerford, 48, has worked at the...

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Statement By President Obama On The Occasion Of Eid ul-Fitr

"Eid Mubarak..."President Obama hosted an Iftar Dinner for Ramadan in the State Dining Room at the White House on August 10th. Today he issued a statement for Eid ul-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar. The President's Iftar Dinner was the third he has hosted since taking office. The guest list is here, but no menu was released for the dinner.The President's statement:Michelle...

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Obama Blogs About Jobs & Rural America

Lawmakers who won't "put country before party" are to blame for America's stalled economic recovery, the President writes... "I want more products sold around the globe stamped with three words: Made in America," President Obama writes in a new guest post on the Department of Agriculture's official blog. The post was published on Friday,...

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Obama And Biden Catch Up Over Lunch

After being apart for two weeks, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will have a private luncheon today at the White House. The two typically have a closed-press lunch each week, but their mid-day power tête-à-tête is usually at the end of the week, not the beginning. "The President and I have a routine -- we get lunch together...

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More Than 15% Of Texans Use Food Stamps

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry blasts President Obama for Food Stamp numbers, ignores Texas statistics... Food Stamps have become a political hot potato for President Obama, thanks to the fact that a record number of Americans--more than 45.7 million, according to the latest figures available--are enrolled in the federal nutrition program....

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Martha's Vineyard 2011: Obama Dining Report

Local, organic and fried: President, First Lady re-visit favorite eateries during island vacation...During a summer vacation cut short by a day thanks to Hurricane Irene, President Obama and First Lady Obama had just three public dining excursions while relaxing on Martha's Vineyard. The President and Mrs. Obama have summered on the tony...

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A Different Kind Of Slicing For Sam Kass

When the assistant chef golfs with his boss on Martha's Vineyard...who wins?During more than two and a half years at the White House, assistant chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives Sam Kass has rarely appeared in photos with President Obama. In fact, there's not a single photo in the official White House Flickr of...

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A Martha's Vineyard Party For President Obama

Harvard professor Charles Ogletree hosts a "social event" for the President...President Obama took a break from his summer vacation reading list for a fete at the Martha's Vineyard home of Harvard professor Charles Ogletree on Saturday. The late afternoon shindig at Ogletree's Oak Bluffs home was closed to press, but White House spokesman...

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President Obama's 2011 Summer Reading List

White House releases the titles: Books about epic journeys, coming of age in unfamiliar lands, and hardboiled crime...A White House official today announced President Obama's summer reading list for his ten-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard. The five books are about epic journeys, both real and imagined. They include crime, heartbreak, and...

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Home In The Heartland: Obama's Weekly Address

Video from Illinois: "Putting country ahead of party" President Obama filmed his weekly video/radio address on August 17th, while at Country Corner Farm in his adopted home state of Illinois, the final stop on his three-state rural bus tour.The President reiterates the themes of his trip in his remarks, hailing rural America as a model for...

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USDA Rejects New York's Proposed Sugary Drink Ban For Food Stamp Recipients

If obesity is a crisis that threatens national security, why does the federal government expect taxpayers to subsidize junk food and soda?The Obama Administration, through First Lady Obama's Let's Move! initiative, is running a national, multi-agency campaign against obesity, calling it an "epidemic" and a "crisis." But there are limits to...

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