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• Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony: President Obama presents 13 exceptional individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Honorees include former President George H.W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, author and poet Maya Angelou, financier Warren Buffett, and Boston Celtic great Bill Russell.
• Coming up:
• Join Kalpen Modi on Wednesday, February 16th, at 11:30 am ET, when he answers your Twitter questions on health care.
• On Friday, February 18, 2011, President Obama will visit Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon. While there, he will tour the world’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility with Intel CEO Paul Otellini.
• On Tuesday, February 22, the President and members of his cabinet will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, where the White House will convene a Winning the Future Forum on Small Business in association with Cleveland State University and northeast Ohio economic development organizations JumpStart and NorTech.
• PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM CEREMONY •
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• COMING UP •
White House, Feb. 15, 2011:
Tweet Your Health Care Questions
Posted by Kalpen Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
.... In our meetings, conference calls, and feedback we received from young people over the last several weeks, we’ve heard that many of you have questions about the health care law, the Affordable Care Act.
So I’ll be sitting down with our new media and policy teams Wednesday to answer YOUR questions via the White House twitter account.
Join me on Wednesday, February 16th, at 11:30 am ET.
You can send in your questions to @whitehouse with the hashtag #hcr. Look out for responses beginning at 11:30 am Wednesday.
Office of Media Affairs, Feb. 11, 2011:
President Obama to Travel to Oregon, Visit Intel’s STEM Program
The President Will Discuss the Importance of Out-Educating Our Competitors in Order to Win the Future
WASHINGTON - On Friday, February 18, 2011, President Obama will visit Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon. While there, he will tour the world’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility with Intel CEO Paul Otellini. The President will also learn more about Intel’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education programs and Intel’s efforts to better prepare the next generation to compete for high-tech jobs and be the minds behind the next great inventions.
In his State of the Union, President Obama outlined a plan for winning the future by preparing our children to be competitive in the global economy. His plan calls for key investments in education to grow the economy and create more jobs.
More details, including information on media credentials, will be released as they become available.
Office of the Press Secretary, Feb. 15, 2011:
President Obama to Host Winning the Future Forum on Small Business in Cleveland
WASHINGTON, D.C . – On Tuesday, February 22, the President and members of his cabinet will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, where the White House will convene a Winning the Future Forum on Small Business in association with Cleveland State University and northeast Ohio economic development organizations JumpStart and NorTech. In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke of the need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build our competitors in order to sustain our leadership and secure prosperity for all Americans. The Forum will be an opportunity for the President and his economic team to hear directly from small business owners and leaders about their ideas for how America can continue to grow the economy, put Americans back to work, and win the future.
More details on the President’s trip and the Forum – including media credentialing information – will be released as they become available.