voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/13/2008
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By Dan Eggen The Bush administration has denied President-elect Barack Obama's request to move early into an official guest house across from the White House, citing previously scheduled commitments, a transition official said today. The Obamas wanted to move into Blair House before Jan. 5, so ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/13/2008
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com —
The White House has turned down a request
from the family of President-elect Barack Obama to move...
into Blair House in early January so that his daughters can start school on January 5.
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Sorry, We're Booked, White House Tells Obamas
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/12/2008
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ABC News has learned that the future First
Family has been denied a request to move in...
early to the Blair House –- the traditional temporary housing of President-elects in Washington, DC. Sources tell ABC News that the Obama Transition...
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Future First Family Denied Early Move-In at the Blair House
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Laura tells Obama family: no room at the inn
Firedoglake —
... as the departing first family keep telling us they are would hear the phrase "in the manger" around this time of year and think "baby." They seem to have settled instead on "dog" ...
Its a Bourgeois Town
Bitch. Ph.D. —
Me and my wife Were standing upstairs I heard a white man say Don't want no Black folks up there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bso4iSf9QdY The Washington Post reports the dubya Administration is unable to accomodate the Obama family's request to move into Blair House a couple weeks earlier than the customary date of 15 January. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/12/wh_tells_obamas_no_room_at_the.html The family had asked for an early move-in date so ...
Dep't of Energy Making It Harder to FOIA Bush-Era Docs
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Seeing as the Bush administration won't extend the courtesy of allowing the Obamas to move into the official White House guest house a few days early, it seems unlikely that DOE will hold off on its proposed revision out of amity toward the incoming administration. But I guess it's worth a shot. ...
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