West Wing Week: "We Have A Moral, Sacred Duty"

Your Daily Snapshot forFriday, August 10, 2012 West Wing Week: "We Have A Moral, Sacred Duty" This week, the President continued to push for middle class tax cuts, spoke with both the AAPD summer interns with disabilities and with the White House summer interns of 2012, signed the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act, and convened his Rural Council to discuss ways to ease the burden of the drought affecting crops in much of the country. Watch the video and find out what the President's been up to this week: Photo of the Day President Barack Obama talks with paralympic athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 9, 2012. The TV in the background broadcast the gold medal ceremony for the U.S. Olympic women's soccer team. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) In Case You Missed It Here are some of the top stories from the White House blog: President Obama's Tax Cuts for the Middle Class President Obama is calling on Congress to make sure that taxes don’t go up on 98 percent of American families next year, as they are scheduled to do January 1, 2013. Learn more about his plan in this new infographic. Making Forms Simpler To fulfill its functions, the federal government asks people to fill out a lot of forms. To get permits and licenses, to pay taxes, and to qualify for benefits and grants, forms are often required. Too often, however, those forms are too confusing and complicated, especially for individuals and small businesses. Now, we are doing something about that problem. President Obama's Call with the Prime Minister of India President Obama discusses the shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Today's Schedule All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 11:00 AM: The President receives The Presidential Daily Briefing 12:15 PM: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney 8:35 PM: The President hosts an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan  Indicates that the event will be live-streamed at WhiteHouse.gov/Live Get Updates Sign up for the Daily Snapshot Stay Connected Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr Google+ This email was sent to ciii.307@hotmail.com Sign Up for Updates from the White House | 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