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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 18: First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House November 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. First lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden hosted women of the U.S. military for tea.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama (C) with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (L) watch students harvest lettuce during a visit to Hollin Meadows Elementary School on November 18, 2009 in Alexandria, Virginia. Obama was promoting the Healthier US Schools Challenge which focuses on three core principles: nutritious meals, nutrition education, and physical education.
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets students at South Hugh School in Denver, Colorado November 16, 2009.
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
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US First lady Michelle Obama waits to deliver remarks at an event on the difficulties older women face in the health insurance market in the East Room of the White House in Washington on November 13, 2009.
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 11: First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the ServiceNation launch of 'MISSION SERVE: Forging A Continuum Of Service' at George Washington University on November 11, 2009 in Washington, DC.
First lady Michelle Obama arrives for a Veteran's Day ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose in the Blue Room Nov. 11, 2009, with veterans taking part in the History Channel's "Take a Veteran to School Day." From left: First Lady Michelle Obama, Buzz Aldrin, Abbe Raven, Joe Sharpe, Koby J. Langley , Renaee J. Allen, Dennis M. Duggan and President Obama. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza).
First Lady Michelle Obama (R) walks from Marine One with her daughters Malia at the White House in Washington, DC, November 8, 2009 as they return from Camp David.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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Lt. General Robert Cone (L), III Corps commanding general, first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama bow their heads in prayer at the start of the III Corps and Fort Hood Memorial Ceremony November 10, 2009 held to honor the victims of the shootings on the Fort Hood Army post in Fort Hood, Texas. President Obama is participating the memorial for the 13 victims of the shooting incident on the base November 5.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) walks with his family (2nd L-R), mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughter Sasha, first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before their departure for a weekend to Camp David November 7, 200
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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The White House has a new head florist. The first lady’s Office confirms that Alexandria, Va.-based Laura Dowling has taken over for Nancy Clarke, who retired earlier this year after three decades on the job.
Dowling specializes in floral arrangements with a French flair, out of her design studio Interieurs et Fleurs in Old Town Alexandria. According to her website, she has studied in Paris for the last decade and is “a specialist in the garden-style approach, creating natural arrangements with contrasting elements and integrating innovative color combinations, distinctive materials and a sophisticated design aesthetic in all of her work.” Dowling’s work has been featured in a variety of local magazines, television stations, and HGTV.
The White House has not officially announced Dowling’s hiring, but word got out Sunday night on the florist’s Facebook page. Dowling reportedly updated her status, writing “Laura Dowling is excited and honored to be named the new White House florist.”
Dowling has since made her status updates private, though not before reporters got wind of the news. The first lady’s office says Dowling has been working at the White House since last week. Her work will be on full display when the Obamas host their first state dinner at the White House for the Prime Minister of Indi
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Takoma Park Middle School students and National Science Bowl contestants, from left, Catherine Xue, Sarah Wagner, Daniel Amir, Avikar Periwal, and Alan Du, obscured, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington.
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JFK & Jackie -- A Dying Wish
November 03, 2009 2:56 PM
ABC's Stu Schutzman reports from New York:
Like the constant drip of a leaky faucet, new facts, old suppositions and endless questions continue to riddle the assassination of JFK. In the nearly half century since, a crescendo of revelations usually appear as the anniversary approaches. This November is no different. In today’s Huffington Post, historian Steven M Gillon offers what may be a tantalizing new insight into the timeline surrounding events at Parkland Hospital that day.
Shots rang out in Dealey Plaza at approximately 12:30pm (cst). The President, mortally wounded, was rushed to Parkland’s Trauma Room #1. There, frenzied doctors described his condition as “moribund” i.e. DOA. “We have no hope of saving his life,” said one.
A priest was called to administer last rites. The Reverend Oscar Huber told reporters that when he entered the room President Kennedy was already dead, a sheet covering his body had to be lifted.
But the official time of death, as noted by the Warren Commission, 1pm (cst) may be incorrect according to new documents uncovered by Gillon. Kennedy aide Dave Powers, the schedule keeper on this Presidential trip, took copious notes which ultimately ended up with historian William Manchester. Gillon, who has seen the notes, says that Powers “stated that he saw the priest coming down the hall at 12:50pm." If the priest left the room at 12:50pm then doctors “had already determined that Kennedy was dead at least 10 minutes before the official time stated by the Warren Commission.” Why the subterfuge?
Gillon offers a fascinating explanation. “The time of death was a fiction,” he says, “to satisfy Mrs Kennedy.” Jacqueline Kennedy was frantic her husband’s last rites be administered before the soul left the body in accordance with Catholic doctrine. Post death the last rites would have been invalid. “Father do you think the sacrament had effect?” she asked the priest. “He tried to allay her fears,” writes Gillon. “I am convinced that his soul had not left his body,” answered Huber. “This was a valid sacrament.” Small comfort for a shocked and grieving First Lady. A scant 10 minutes -- a leap of faith?
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 02: First lady Michelle Obama speaks to a group of female students during an event to kick off a White House leadership and mentoring initiative in the State Dining Room at the White House November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The program provides local high school students the opportunity to discuss career paths with members of the White House staff, including White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, White House Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes and others.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama smiles as an award receipient curtsies during the presention of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) Coming Up Taller Award on November 4, 2009 in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, DC.
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US President Barack Obama walks with First Lady Michelle Obama to host an event celebrating classical music in the East Room of the White House on November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
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Nov. 1963: 'Mad Men' Meets the JFK Assassination
By Roger Catlin on November 2, 2009 1:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
"Mad Men" has been moving slowly through the early 60s, such that it set itself up for a huge impact when JFK was killed.
But when word came that the President had been shot finally in Sunday's episode, it was ignored on one set where Harry Crane had to keep track of all the ads; he was talking with Pete Campbell about his job problems (he didn't get the head of accounting that went to Ken Cosgrove).
Duck heard it but unplugged the set so he wouldn't be distracted when Peggy came over for a noontime tryst. It was a secretary at Sterling-Cooper that told Crane to turn up his set; soon everybody was gathered around the set for perhaps the first one of those everybody-watch-at-once history-making spectacles; the phones meanwhile were going crazy and unanswered, and then they were completely silent (the circuits became overloaded).
The differences between how news breaks now and then were stressed. People still had to hear about it and be told to turn on the set; nowadays people instantly know through so many devices. The JFK assassination was not only huge for TV news but for TV itself as a central force in society. Certainly, it's never played as big a role in "Mad Men" until after the assassination. And then all people can do is stare at it, mesmerized.
For Betty Draper, the craziness of the event (even the assassin is assassinated!) that she cries out "What is going on?!" more than once. She was already on shaky ground from finding out the truth about her husband's identity. And now this! It's enough to make her not only take a drive on her own, but to meet her would-be lover from Albany, then just about declare her marriage is over with Don ("I don't love you any more").
He's a little flabbergasted. He had broken up with the teacher just before Halloween and was really trying. If he wasn't in bed with Betty at night it was because he was up with the baby.
Still, his trying to say "it's going to be all right" to everybody seems to be not working the way it had.
Betty had seen her old flame at the wedding of Roger Sterling's daughter - an event that wasn't cancelled though about half the people didn't come because of the tragedy. His own marriage to a young former secretary doesn't seem to be working so well, though he does a decent job at the wedding and calls up Joan after it's all over (just to try to get her in the episode).
There's not even a hint what's going to happen in next week's season finale; the segment for next week's preview was instead filled with clips of scenes that had already happened this season. Just as Americans felt in the dazed days after the death of JFK, there was no indication of where things would go. But as Don Draper keeps insisting, "it's going to be all right."
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US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the White House as they celebrate Halloween in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2009. The First couple welcomed more than 2,000 children from Washington, Maryland and Virginia schools and their families to celebrate Halloween.
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
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US First lady Michelle Obama hosts a fall harvest of the White House vegetable garden with help of students from Washington's Bancroft and Kimball Elementary schools on October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
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First lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with veterans during a visit to the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York. Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, visited the hospital as part of Major League Baseball's Welcome Back Veterans program before attending game one of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
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NEW YORK — First lady Michelle Obama is fashion's star, but that's not why she's one of Glamour's December cover models.
Mrs. Obama's work in mentoring earned her the spot, which will be rotated with four other covers. She'll receive a special recognition in the annual Women of the Year issue that goes on newsstands Nov. 10.
In an interview with new Glamour columnist and CBS anchor Katie Couric, Mrs. Obama said being a role model is one of the most potentially powerful things she can do at the White House.
"I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world," she said.
When it comes to her relationship with President Barack Obama, he helps her feel "whole," she said. "Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, Who are you as a person? Don't look at the bankbook or the title," she said. "Look at the heart. Look at the soul."
Mrs. Obama does know people are always looking at her, though, especially her fashion choices. "I can't be surprised that people are interested. But I've tried to be at peace with the choices that I make first, and then be open to everyone else's reflection," she said.
On the Glamour cover she's in her own drop-waist, red cocktail dress with a modified ballskirt and a chunky, bow-inspired necklace. The outfit was from her own closet, and no designer will be credited in the magazine.
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