Subject: 3 Thoughts the President Shared on Poverty:
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Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 08:41:48 -0600

Here's what's going on at the White House today.

DAILY SNAPSHOT
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

 

 
 Follow Along: The President's Day

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11:00 AM: The President holds a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia; the Vice President will also attend

12:30 PM: The President and the Vice President meet for lunch

5:30 PM: The President welcomes leaders and delegations from the Gulf Cooperation Council 
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6:00 PM: The President hosts leaders and delegations from the Gulf Cooperation Council for dinner; the Vice President will also attend

 
 From the Photo Office

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A Discussion on Poverty in America 

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President Barack Obama participates in a discussion about poverty during the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2015. From left, moderator E. J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post columnist and professor in Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy, Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Georgetown University to sit down with Harvard professor Robert Putnam and American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks to share his views on poverty in America. The President also outlined what we can do to ensure every American -- no matter who they are, where they come from, or where they live -- has access to the opportunities they deserve.

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If you missed the discussion, here's three important things that the President said. 

 
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This week, the Obama administration took important steps to eliminate any ambiguity around the reforms that the Affordable Care Act calls for. Under the law, most insurers must now cover at least one form of birth control with no out-of-pocket expenses in each identified category.

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In Case You Missed It: The First Lady's Powerful Remarks to Tuskegee University's Class of 2015 

This past Saturday, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2015 at Tuskegee University -- a historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama. Founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, Tuskegee is the only university in America to be designated as a National Historic Site.

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The White House Celebrates Entrepreneurs Around the World 

On Monday, the President welcomed emerging entrepreneurs from across the country and around the world to the White House to honor their achievements in their fields of business. He also announced new commitments in support of the Spark Global Entrepreneurship Initiative -- a bold goal of generating $1 billion in new investment for emerging entrepreneurs worldwide by 2017.

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 Quote of the Day

"I am a black man who grew up without a father, and I know the costs that I paid for that."

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President Obama at yesterday's discussion on poverty at Georgetown University 

 
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Poverty and Opportunity in Your Community: What Are You Seeing? 

This week, we want to hear from you about some of the pressing issues in your own community related to poverty and opportunity.

Yesterday, President Obama sat down with Harvard professor Robert Putnam and American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks for a discussion on poverty, moderated by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. Now we want to hear from you on this important topic.

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Share with us how these issues are playing out in your community, and how you think we can continue expanding opportunity for more Americans. 

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