Making good on remarks made last April before the National Academy of Sciences , President Obama officially launched an " Educate to Innovate " campaign to engage and improve the performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Flanked by science and policy officials including astronaut Sally Ride, the President noted that many of our problems...
Good freaking grief! I was reading this story that I guess is supposed to be somewhat controversial about an Obama advisor who said earlier this week that she disagreed with the President on gay marriage. The article itself is pretty standard, and here is the gist of it: Melody Barnes, the head of President Obama’s [...]
Melody Barnes, head of Obama's Domestic Policy Council, said she disagrees with her boss on the issue of same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - United States Domestic Policy Council - Marriage - President
ABC News’ Teddy Davis reports: Melody Barnes, the head of President Obama’s Domestic Policy Council, told students at Boston College Law School on Nov. 9 that she disagrees with her boss on the issue of same-sex marriage. “I really appreciate...
From ABC News this afternoon, refreshing that Tapper used the word "liberal": White House chief of staff Rahm Emanue l, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and Domestic Policy Council director Melody Barnes , health care reform czar Nancy-ann DeParle and other WH officials met with a dozen officials from liberal women's and abortion right's groups this afternoon where they had a "frank exchange,"...
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and Domestic Policy Council director Melody Barnes, health care reform czar Nancy-ann DeParle and other White House officials met with a dozen officials from liberal women's and abortion right's groups this afternoon where they had a "frank exchange," in the words of one attendee.
Via Hot Air, " The 'Courageous' Breast Self-Examination News Spot Debate ." Of course, it's with Dr. Nancy Sniderman, one of MSNBC's biggest ObamaCare shills : In September, Dr. Snyderman predicted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's public option name change this week (Dems are calling for a " competitive option "): From Newsbusters : Snyderman was chatting with White House advisor Melody...
Barack Obama is just as much a woman-hater as the late conservative North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms in the wild eyes of radical abortion-mongering feminist and PBS "To the Contrary" host Bonnie Erbe . And just why is Ms. Erbe so steamed at President Obama? Because, and I kid you not, the commander-in-chief doesn't shoot hoops with women. Erbe -- who has still not gotten over Obama losing...
The economy stinks. The financial sector is in shambles. Our troops in Afghanistan are at-risk and disillusioned thanks to a lack of leadership in Washington DC. Our national debt and budget deficits have never been larger, and Obama and his fellow Democrats are adding to them at unprecedented speeds. But some people are worried that Obama isn’t involving enough women in his leisure time activity...
Slam dunk, or nothing-but-net three-pointer? Either way, with a line he got off today, Chuck Todd has surely scored some points in the battle over Pres. Obama's all-male White House basketball games. The NBC News political director/chief WH correspondent took his shot while discussing the issue with Andrea Mitchell—whose sympathies were clearly with the distaff side—during the 1PM hour...
Wait, so now the problem is President Obama is not doing too much, but that he plays golf ? President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years. CBS' Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today...
via Tapper: President Obama is golfing at Ft. Belvoir today with Melody Barnes, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. This is the president's 24th round of golf since his inauguration, according to the meticulous records of CBS News' Mark Knoller. And, interestingly, it's the first time the president has played with a woman. Usually these outings are men only. But today's round...
Boston Globe The grass ceiling: Obama finally golfs with a woman Chicago Sun-Times And on President Obama's 24th golf game as president he finally invited a woman in his foursome, with Melody Barnes, his chief domestic policy adviser, joining him on the links at the US Army's Fort Belvoir course on ... Yes, she can: Obama's golfers a men's club no more The Associated Press Obama's Office: A Man's...
After a week of criticism , President Obama surrendered and played golf with a woman . If only the sexists in charge of the Masters (sic) Tournament would take a cue from the White House. From a Sunday New York Times piece -- " Man's World at The White House? ," we learned that "the president has played 23 rounds of golf since taking office, none of which have included women." On...