President Obama Speaks on Syria
President Obama speaks on the situation in Syria from the White House Rose Garden. August 31, 2013.
West Wing Week: 8/30/13 or Because They Marched
This week, the President hit the road for a College Affordability bus tour in New York and Pennsylvania, conferred the medal of honor for conspicuous gallantry, and reflected on what the Civil Rights Movement has meant for the country on the anniversary of the March on Washington 50 years ago, at the Let Freedom Ring […]
West Wing Week 08/23/13 or, The Welcome Sunny, Back-to-School, Make College Affordable Edition
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, Bo took on the important role of big brother, the President honored the undefeated, 1972 Miami Dolphins at the White House, and laid out fundamental reforms that would bring real change to the way that we pay […]
Summer Arctic Sea Ice Retreat: May – August 2013
The melting of sea ice in the Arctic is well on its way toward its annual "minimum," that time when the floating ice cap covers less of the Arctic Ocean than at any other period during the year. 2013's melt rates are in line with the sustained decline of the Arctic ice cover observed by […]