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Obamas Make Symbolic Visit to Future Home: White House
washingtonpost.com - 11/11/2008
Obamas Make Symbolic Visit to Future Home: White House
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Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, November 11, 2008; Page A04
wbt.com - 11/6/2008
News-Talk 1110 WBT | News Story: Obama adds symbolic NC victory to White House win
— wbt.com — Local News Story Obama adds symbolic NC victory to White House win Raleigh, NC, 11.06.2008 MIKE BAKER,... BARBARA RODRIQUEZ President-elect Barack Obama has won North Carolina, adding 15 electoral votes to his wide victory and a symbolic triumph in a ... (more) News-Talk 1110 WBT | News Story: Obama adds symbolic NC ...

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President-Elect Obama & Mrs. Obama Make First White House Visit (video)
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youtube.com - 11/10/2008
President-Elect Obama & Mrs. Obama Make First White House Visit (video)
— youtube.com — President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle make their first visit to the White House since the election.... (more) President-Elect Obama & Mrs. Obama Make First White ...

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Obama Girls To Visit the White House
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/18/2008
Obama Girls To Visit the White House
— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: A week after she toured her new home alongside her husband President-elect... Barack Obama, Michelle Obama on Tuesday is bringing her daughters and her mother to the White House at the invitation of First Lady... (more) Obama Girls To Visit the White House

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Jules Crittenden:  The Obamapo

44:  Podesta to Hold Obama Pen and Pad Briefing

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The Obamapo
Jules Crittenden — ... Watch and learn, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan … and Iran, North Korea, Syria, China, Russia, etal, if they’ll let you. This is how it’s done. It’s called an election, and it is followed by a cooperative, even friendly transfer of power. All smiles as Bush takes Obama into the Oval Office to teach him the secret handshake, show him the sectret scrapbook, or whatever they have in there.  Washington Post .  It is only after the free election and peaceful transfer that our presidents traditionally spring the diabolical plots. This is how we do it in civilized countries. That’s the ...

Podesta to Hold Obama Pen and Pad Briefing
44 — ... staff, however, is not taking time off. John Podesta, chief of his transition, is holding a briefing for reporters this afternoon at the newly opened transition offices in Washington. A press release said Podesta, who is on leave from his job as president of the Center for American Progress, will "provide an update on the presidential transition." As is customary, the so-called "pen and pad" briefing will not be televised. Obama flew back to Chicago Monday afternoon, following his first visit to the Oval Office for a meeting with President Bush and a tour of the White House. ...

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