Friday, May 4, 2012

Obama kentucky

  • President Obama paid the price today for making his college basketball picks public. Having tapped North Carolina to win the mens hoops title, Obama welcomed the team that did prevail in this years tournament: The University of Kentucky.
  • (USA Today)
  • Back at the White House, Obama this afternoon will host a ceremony for the University of Kentucky mens basketball team, which won the NCAA title last month. In other news: The diplomatic struggle continues over the blind Chinese dissident who wants U.S. sanctuary.
  • (USA Today)
  • LOUISVILLE -- Politics has a family flavor in Kentucky, and to a surprising degree, the Obamas are family here in Louisville, even if they are not much liked elsewhere in the commonwealth.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • But on Saturday, just a day after the 2012 national champion Kentucky Wildcats take their White House visit, Smart will find himself on the same stage as the leader of the free world.
  • (ESPN)
  • WASHINGTON — Kentucky coach John Calipari and the championship mens basketball team presented President Barack Obama with senior Darius Millers #1 jersey and a championship ring during a Friday ceremony in the White House East Room.
  • (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  • Obama also will conduct a roundtable discussion with a group of seniors and their parents. -- Welcome the University of Kentucky mens basketball team to the White House to celebrate its 2012 NCAA championship.
  • (United Press International)
  • Unlike four years ago, President Barack Obamas campaign speeches focus less on new promises and more on pledges he says hes kept.
  • (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  • WASHINGTON — Never mind that he didn't pick them for the title. President Barack Obama is scheduled to host the University of Kentucky Wildcats at the White House Friday to salute their eighth NCAA men's basketball championship.
  • (Indianapolis Star)
  • Back in September, when President Obama first unveiled his jobs bill, we gave him Three Pinocchios for remarks he made regarding the aging Brent Spence Bridge on the Ohio River. The bridge connects Kentucky and Ohio, the home states of House Speaker John A.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is passing on an invitation from President Obama to celebrate the University of Kentucky's NCAA basketball championship at the White House on Friday.
  • (Thehill.com)

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