Americans will be grappling with a number of sensitive and critical issues throughout 2015 and beyond. Some new, some old and some never-ending – concerns about race, religion, violence, politics, guns, climate change, war and civic responsibility are just some of the issues that may polarize all or segments of the nation. We The People will bring awareness to different viewpoints in the hopes of educating its readership. Please be encouraged to join in and share your perspective.
President Obama says We Should Make Sure the Future Is Written by Us during his Weekly Radio Address.
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PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
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President Barack Obama, framed between a computer keyboard and monitor, works at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Feb. 20, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama talks backstage with Senior Advisor David Simas before making remarks regarding the establishment of the Pullman National Monument at the Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 19, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama works with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, and Terry Szuplat, Senior Director for Speechwriting, on remarks prior to the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, in the Oval Office, Feb. 18, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama holds a meeting before a phone call with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy, in the Oval Office, Feb. 17, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, holds a town hall meeting with service members, DOD civilians and family members at Bucholz Army Airfield in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Feb. 21, 2015. Dempsey addressed the audience and took questions that ranged from concerns over sequestration to the current conflicts in the middle east.(DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released)
Lloyd Ford, a Marine veteran of World War II, observes a wreath laying ceremony at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington. The Ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima.
“When we first landed, we got bombarded. This one guy was praying because he had been a lady’s man. You start praying at a time like that.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Clayton Filipowicz/Released)
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work speaks with Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson at the Pentagon during a Council of Governors meeting Feb. 20, 2015. (Photo by Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
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