Barack Obama

Obama Feels Your Pain, Cuts A Check

Susan Crabtree | October 21, 2011, 4:30PM

President Barack Obama not only feels your pain -- he just might cut you a check if you write him and tell him about it.

On some occasions, the President writes a personal check -- actual money from his own pocket -- to Americans who write him about personal hardships, according to a a report by Eli Saslow in the Washington Post last week that probably received far less attention than it deserved.

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Jobs summit

Google Exec, Columbia Prof, Union Leaders Among Invitees To WH Jobs Summit

Christina Bellantoni | November 30, 2009, 10:33AM

President Barack Obama

President Obama Thursday is hosting a jobs summit at the White House, with the administration putting its full attention toward the economy and unemployment.

Among the 130 attendees are small business owners, experts from the "green jobs" sector, business leaders, academics, city officials and representatives from nonprofits, the White House said.

Some names that jump out right away are Eric Schmidt of Google (he is an informal Obama adviser), New York Times columnist and Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman, Columbia Business School professor Joe Stiglitz and Anna Burger of the Change to Win union.

Full list of confirmed attendees after the jump:

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