The Case For Action

Here's What's Happening Here at the White House           DAILY SNAPSHOT Friday, June 28, 2013             Featured  The Case For Action This week, the President gave a major speech on climate change policy, hosted a roundtable discussion with business leaders, named a new director of the FBI, and welcomed the next class of Presidential Innovation Fellows. Click here to watch the latest installment of "West Wing Week."       Top Stories Senate Votes to Reform Our Nation's Immigration System Yesterday, 68 members of the U.S. Senate, Republicans and Democrats, came together and voted to reform our nation's immigration system. READ MORE FLOTUS Travel Journal: Visiting Goree Island After our visit to the Martin Luther King School, we boarded a ferry to Goree Island, a small island off Senegal’s coast. For roughly three hundred years until the mid-1840s, countless men, women and children from Africa were kidnapped from their homes and communities and brought to this island to be sold as slaves. READ MORE Landmark Treaty For The Visually Impaired Today we mark another important achievement for equal rights, this time for over a million Americans — and over 340 million people worldwide — who are blind, visually impaired, or with other print disabilities. READ MORE       Today's Schedule All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST) 5:00 AM: The President participates in a Feed the Future Food Security event 6:15 AM: The President and the First Family depart Senegal 1:10 PM: The President and the First Family arrive South Africa 2:00 PM: The President meets and greets Embassy personnel   Facebook    Twitter   |   More Ways to Engage Did Someone Forward This to You? Sign Up for Email Updates This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com Sign Up for Updates from the White House Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111