bagnewsnotes.typepad.com - 1/14/2009
change.gov - 1/14/2009
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change.gov —
Today we are releasing the new official portrait
for President Barack Obama. It was taken by Pete
Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer. It is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital ...
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New official portrait released
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/12/2009
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington last month
unveiled its newest acquisition -- Robert Anderson's official portrait
of President Bush, seated by a vase of white lilies, which traditionally symbolize purity. And at least one U.S. senator is ...
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Bush portrait label assailed
foxnews.com - 1/11/2009
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foxnews.com —
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,
is objecting to wording accompanying a portrait of President
George Bush installed at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Sanders, a strong opponent of the Iraq war, has asked ...
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Senator Asks Smithsonian to Change Text Next to Bush ...
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The New Official Portrait
BAGnewsNotes —
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As someone who toils day-in and day-out in the service of (primarily domestic national) political imagery, and who well recognizes that the President of the United States is typically the central object ...
Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: The "44" Official Portrait
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
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latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/20/2009 —
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Senate votes to ban inauguration ticket scalping —
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