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Archive: January 30, 2015

East Room 1:42 P.M. EST MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you guys so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you, everyone.  Welcome to the White House!  Here we are!    (Child cries.)   MRS. OBAMA:  I know.  (Laughter.)  Let him run free, it’s the White…

National Geographic Society Washington, D.C. 11:21 A.M. EST   MRS. OBAMA:  Good morning.  (Applause.)  Thank you all.  Thanks so much.  You all, rest yourselves.  We want you well-rested so you can get to work on this initiative.   I want…

East Room 11:19 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you so much, Elana, for that wonderful introduction.  Let me just be clear, when I was 19, I was not doing genetic testing.  (Laughter.)  When I met Elana at the White…

The following op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama appeared this morning on USAToday.com and across Gannett platforms. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/01/30/college-funding-michelle-obama-work-counseling-high-school-column/22533683/ Counselors build the bridge to college Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, it wasn’t exactly a forgone conclusion that I…

Building on President Obama’s announcement in his State of the Union Address, today the Administration is unveiling details about the Precision Medicine Initiative, a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease.  Launched with a…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:55 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  TGIF.  It’s nice to see all of you.  I don’t actually have any announcements at the beginning, so we can go ahead and go straight to…