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May 11

First Lady Michelle Obama To Report on Childhood Obesity

First Lady Michelle Obama along with Cabinet Secretaries and Agency Directors on the Childhood Obesity Task Force will release a report and strategy for defeating the epidemic today at 10:30 AM.
Obama talked with Newsweek editor Jon Meacham a few months ago on the subject as part of her ongoing campaign to stop childhood obesity.  Watch a clip below:

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May 9

President Obama Announces Supreme Court Nominee

President Obama has announced Solicitor General of the United States, Elena Kagan as the nominee to fill the opening of retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

President Obama called Stevens a “consistent voice of reason” and said he believes Kagan will “ultimately provide that same kind of leadership on the Court.” Kagan, 50, is the first female Solicitor General and was the first female Dean of the Harvard Law School. Her nomination must be confirmed by the Senate.

Here she is last month at HBO’s screening of their documentary, Sergio.

Samantha Power and Elena Kagan at HBO's screening of "Sergio," based on Power's' book about Sergio de Mello, Chief of the UN efforts in Baghdad.

Apr 29

Fox’s Glee Star Matthew Morrison to attend White House Correspondents Dinner

Matthew Morrison aka “Will Schuster,” will be the guest of FNC this Saturday night at the hot-ticket WHCD.  Matthew is no stranger to Washington as he has performed twice for President Obama.  First, in December at the Kennedy Center Honors where he stole the show singing “Springtime for Hitler” to Mel Brooks and most recently on the White House lawn for the Easter egg roll with the rest of the cast of Glee.

White House Communications deputy Lauren Thorbjornsen with Eric Podwall and Matthew Morrison during his December visit.

Joining him at FNC’s table will be other crooners such as Enrique Iglesias and Vanessa Williams, actor Marlon Wayans, actresses Patricia Arquette and Ali Larter, and Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford who made his WHCD debut last year and was the hit of the WHC Garden Brunch.

FOX Business will also have a host of big names such as Joseph Mazzello, the star of HBO’s WWII miniseries,“The Pacific” and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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Apr 29

WHC Weekend Mad Lib

Vanity fair, co-host of the hottest party of the weekend has come with their own White House Correspondents Mad Lib. Bravo!

Apr 27

People Magazine WHCD Guests: Bieber and Simpson

Justin Bieber sings at the White House Easter Egg Roll

According to The Reliable Source, the White House Correspondents Dinner guest list is getting hotter as People nab tween heartthrob Justin Bieber and pop songstress turned reality -tv star Jessica Simpson.

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