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 talks about Creating New Pathways of Opportunity for Americans Like You during his Weekly Radio Address.
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PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
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Marine One with President Barack Obama aboard flies over Los Angeles, Calif., June 19, 2015.
President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden regarding the mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., in the Outer Oval Office, June 18, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama and Mrs. Agnese Landini, wife of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, tour the Mirror Room in Italian Pavilion at the World Expo in Milan, Italy, June 18, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama greets attendees during a picnic for Members of Congress on the South Lawn of the White House, June 17, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama is welcomed by students at Mulberry School for Girls in London, England, June 16, 2015. The First Lady visited the school to discuss cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom to improve educational opportunities for girls around the world through the “Let Girls Learn” initiative. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama talks to graduating seniors and junior mentees in the Cross Hall prior to the White House Mentorship and Leadership graduation ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House, June 15, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
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Teams Marine Corps and Army battle for a rebound during wheelchair basketball preliminary rounds for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. June 20, 2015. (Department of Defense photo by EJ Hersom)
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, drops approximately 700 gallons of water from a “Bambi Bucket” on to the Stetson Creek Fire near Cooper Landing, Alaska, June 17. Two AKARNG Black Hawk helicopters flew a total of 200 bucket missions, dumping more than 144,000 gallons of water on the 300-acre Stetson Creek Fire on the Kenai Peninsula. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Balinda O’Neal)
West Wing Week
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Afghanistan After Us: VICE on HBO Debrief (Episode 12)
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Ben Anderson went back to Afghanistan to see the war-torn country that we’re leaving behind. This is his debrief from Season 3 Episode 12 of VICE on HBO.
Last year, the United States began withdrawing our combat troops from the longest war in our history: Afghanistan. But the war isn’t ending just because we’re leaving. This year, Afghan National Security Forces deaths and civilian casualties are both at record highs, and opium cultivation is at its highest since the war began. Ben Anderson returns to Helmand, the country’s most violent province, to investigate the security situation in Afghanistan as American involvement winds down.
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June 22, 2015
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