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FirstLight

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Thu May 17, 2012, 07:52 PM May 2012

White House adds its own footnotes to Presdential History on website... [View all]

I personally think this is brilliant! A great way to keep current policy in the forefront, with links to current programs supported by the Admin.

and it's making Repugs heads explode = BONUS!!!

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/white-house-appends-obama-policies-to-online-presidential-biographies/


here's a sample: (http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan)

Did you know?

President Reagan designated Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday; today the Obama Administration honors this tradition, with the First and Second Families participating in service projects on this day.
In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.



bwahaha!

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