Photos: Obama Watch Week of October 17
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Sunday - President and First Lady Obama have seriously been on the stump the past couple weeks, and continued their tour by stopping through the DNCC Rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
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Monday - President Obama hosted the White House Science Fair to celebrate students’ technological advances in science, engineering and math STEM competitions. Later that evening the president attended a DSCC event in Maryland.
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Science Project - President Obama toured students’ science projects in the State Dining Room of the White House.
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Mrs. O's Monday - First Lady Michelle Obama campaigned for Richard Blumenthal’s senate race at Palace Theatre. Close to 900 people showed up to hear the first lady speak, including many members of the local NAACP and Black churches.
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Tuesday - On Tuesday, President Obama signed an Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in a ceremony held in the East Room. The president remarked, “Today, Latinos make up the largest minority group in America’s schools -– more than one in five students overall -– and they face challenges of monumental proportions.”
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