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'One of the things that I think is most valuable about sports," said President Obama, back in Washington after his sales pitch to the International Olympic Committee could not deliver for Chicago, "is that you can play a great game and still not win."
In the wake of the murder of a Fenger High School student, President Obama is dispatching Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan -- the former Chicago Public Schools chief -- to Chicago to meet with local officials and students.
WASHINGTON -- Oprah Winfrey and first lady Michelle Obama are global brands.
WASHINGTON -- White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, overseeing the Obama administration's drive to land the 2016 Olympic Games, met Tuesday with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in New York, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Jarrett's huddle with Blair comes as international lobbying intensifies in advance of the Oct. 2 vote in Copenhagen and Chicago organizers are working on their home stretch strategy.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is keeping the door open to dash over to Copenhagen for Chicago's final pitch for the 2016 Olympics -- a sales presentation to the International Olympic Committee that would include both the president and first lady Michelle Obama.
WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama, who keynoted the launch of a new farmers' market a block from the White House on Thursday, said at the ceremony the success of her White House garden has "been one of the greatest things that I've done in my life so far.''
WASHINGTON -- President Obama, first lady Michelle and Mayor Daley piled on praise for Chicago as the site of the 2016 Olympics at a sports-themed event at the White House on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama, speaking for the first time on his decision not to pledge to go to Copenhagen to promote Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics, said instead sending his wife to lead the U.S. delegation is better than him showing up.
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senate hopeful Cheryle Jackson and I talked Sunday about why she went to work for Gov. Rod Blagojevich as his spokeswoman -- and why she left his administration during his first term when she realized Blagojevich was making decisions "based on personal benefit."
WASHINGTON -- When President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, he wanted to vividly convey heartbreaking stories of sick folks getting screwed by insurance companies to pressure lawmakers to pass health care reform legislation.
Lynn Sweet: President Obama just phoned Mayor Daley to tell him he may not be able to travel to Copenhagen next month to help make the final pitch for Chicago to win the 2016 Olympic summer games because of his pending fight to pass health care legislation. First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the United States delegation.
President Obama's health care speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night was designed to appease critics on the left and right, appeal to the folks in the middle who just don't want to go broke if they get sick or find insurance impossible to buy because they have pre-existing conditions, and calm nervous seniors who worry about their Medicare.
WASHINGTON -- With a host-city decision weeks away, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, in a move to bolster Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics, will host Olympians and Paralympians at the White House next Wednesday, I've been told.
