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Another talented wide receiver, Brandon Marshall, was suspended by the Denver Broncos for insubordination, though he's now been reinstated. He wants a trade, caused a commotion in Broncos camp, and has taken a ton of heat. What do you think of that situation? I talk to Brandon all the time. He's a really nice man, and really fun to be around. A down-to-earth, jubilant guy, man, seriously. I just try to relate to him that you're a football player, and football players go out there and perform. In due time, if you continue to perform...
...would argue that now is exactly the time where we need more volunteerism, not only because needs are greater, more people are hungry, more people are out of work, more people are falling through the cracks, but when I talk to young people, for example, I say to them now is the time to get experience - since you may not be able to find a job right away - get some experience doing some good for your country, and that will not only be in the interest of the people you help, but it's going to be in your self...
...saying, like, hey, I've lost my job and you're telling me to volunteer? How does that work? Does it make it a lot more difficult? Mrs. Obama: As the President said, I think that these are challenging times, but one of the things that we've talked about and I talk about among my friends is that now is the time to get involved in your church; now is the time to go to your kids' school and participate as a parent/teacher in your parent/teacher conference. Go on a field trip. There are so many ways within your...
...Right. So how - talk about that a little bit - I mean, how you are both kind of cause and effect of this, and you're also in some ways the great champion of it, of these ideas and values that are changing the way civic society works. The President: Well, look, I think our campaign was an expression of people wanting to be engaged and involved in different ways. They didn't want to just be passive consumers of political television ads. They wanted to have their voices heard. They wanted to interact with their membership - or with their neighbor...
...time to read the commission's agreement but is concerned with it nonetheless. President of a group called Friends of the Tuna - which unites practitioners of the almadraba, an ancient, artisanal method of tuna fishing in the Mediterranean - López was busy on Sept. 9 preparing a talk for the organization's annual conference. The planned program for the gathering - which will bring almadraba fishermen from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Morocco to the Andalusian town of Isla Cristina on Sept. 11 - includes sessions on everything from the different types of boats used to the traditional uses of unlikely tuna...