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...First Lady traveled to New York City to inaugurate the newly refurbished American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later she moved on to the city's other Met--the Metropolitan Opera House--to celebrate the opening night of the American Ballet Theatre and speak to the glamorously packed house about the importance of the arts to "our future as an innovative country...
Obama and his advisers may realize that their best chance to win an argument on the issue is now, when racial-preference programs are represented by a popular President's nominee and the opposition to them is represented by Limbaugh. Each side will claim to speak in the name of ordinary people, plausibly...
This plan backfired as well, however. After Cornyn extended the second invitation to speak, Sessions, concerned that she'd upstage Gingrich, vetoed her speaking role. "Chairman Sessions is a big supporter of Governor Palin, which is why he invited her to be the keynote speaker when the event was first announced," said NRCC spokesman Ken Spain. "A great deal of effort has been put into this fundraising event, and Speaker Gingrich has gone above and beyond the call of duty. It is our hope that Governor Palin will attend the dinner and be recognized, but we understand if her busy...
...first reported by Politico, after Palin was informed Saturday that she could come but would not have a speaking role, her staff angrily said she likely wouldn't attend the dinner. Cornyn reached out to her personally on Sunday to try to change her mind, and on Monday, Sessions was also reportedly working overtime to try to persuade the popular Republican to attend the event. By late Monday afternoon, Palin had reportedly decided to attend (though not speak at) the dinner...
...block; he on the upper bed and I on the lower bed. He called my name, and I was too afraid to move. All of us were. And then he died. I was there, but I was not there. And I thought one day I will come back and speak to him, and tell him of the world that has become mine. I speak to him of times in which memory has become a sacred duty of all people of good will - in America, where I live, or in Europe or in Germany, where you, Chancellor Merkel, are a leader...