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There really isn't a lot of news from the Obama camp to report tonight, since Romney's International Insult Tour is taking up all of the media oxygen. Someone on twitter referred to Romney as America's Borat. That pretty much sums up his disastrous trip so far.
The Obama WH and campaign let Romney's gaffes speak for themselves except for this comment:
For their part, the White House rubbed salt in Romney wounds by pointing out that President Obama has full confidence in Britain ability to provide a secure Olympics. White House Spokesman Jay Carney said, In keeping with our special relationship, the president also made it clear that he has the utmost confidence in our close friend and ally, the United Kingdom, as they finalize preparations to host the London Olympics.
Obama Campaign:
There's a new ad out by Obama campaign attacking Romney on his anti-contraception stand:
The Obama campaign is launching a 100 days out grassroots event this weekend.
The Obama campaign is marking 100 days until the presidential election by holding more than 4,200 grassroots events in states across the country, campaign aides say.
The events for the 100-day marker, which falls on Sunday, will be "branded around" first lady Michelle Obama's new grassroots effort called, "It Takes One," which asks supporters to do one thing such as registering a voter or recruiting a new supporter to help the president's reelection campaign.
Obama Administration:
President Obama signed an executive order today to create the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. A similar initiative has been in place for Hispanics since it was signed by President George HW Bush in 1990.
In other Obama news, another military official involved in the Bin Laden raid praises Obama's leadership:
During a rare public interview on Wednesday, Adm. Bill McRaven, head of the U.S. Special Operations command, portrayed as bold and brave Obama's decision to order the raid despite significant doubts about whether bin Laden was at the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound.
"At the end of the day, make no mistake about it, it was the president of the United States that shouldered the burden of this operation, that made the hard decision," McRaven said during an on-stage interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that served as the kickoff session of the Aspen Security Forum.
I am not a political guy, but I tell you as an interested observer of this, they were magnificent how they handled the start-to-finish, McRaven said. The president asked all the right questions. The president gave me ample time to prepare once the conversations were through.