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Michelle Obama proves she still has the moves in this photo from our White House Photo Blog:

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Earlier this week, the President invited members of Congress to join him and some of his cabinet on the White House basketball court. This photo, from our White House Photo Blog, reminds me of what I’ve always heard about the basketball games in the House gym: No one ever passes.

1,000 Words: Senior Class Picture

I found this one on the White House Flickr page:

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Brooks Kraft just emailed me this one, and another after the jump (along with Brooks’ explanation of what was happening):

Teddy’s Letter

After the jump, the text of Teddy Kennedy’s letter that President Obama cited in the speech. Also, Obama will host a group of bipartisan Senate centrists tomorrow — including, Michael Scherer reports from the Hill, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson — at the White House to talk about health care.

GOP Response

After the jump is the text of Rep. Charles Boustany’s GOP response to the President’s speech. Republican leaders said they didn’t want a big name to deliver this rebuttal – thus the relatively unknown Boustany, who hails from Louisiana and happens to be a heart surgeon. Also, wonder what some GOP members were waving during [...]

Obama’s Remarks

Read along after the jump. Members named: John Dingell, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Orrin Hatch and Chuck Grassley.

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From our White House Photo Blog. Because, really, can we ever see enough puppy pictures?

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From our White House Photo Blog:

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Dog days of summer edition, by Brooks Kraft, via our White House Photo Blog: