Presidential Events

Obama speech on Gulf Oil Spill (June 2010)

FACTBOX - U.S. lawmakers reaction to Obama ...
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What you usually see:
 Robert Gibbs
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the
daily briefing at the White House in Washington,
Monday, April 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) 		What you rarely see....a view from the back of the briefing room

White House press briefing, photo/Doug Mills, New York Times
 (source: http://www.whca.net/)




Another view
 press conference
President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference in the White House on June 24, 2009. Official White House Photo/ Chuck Kennedy


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July 13: (AP) President Barack Obama had just started a spirited defense of his economic stimulus plan
on Monday when one of his teleprompter screens came loose, crashed to the floor and shattered
into pieces.  The gadget's fall surprised Obama, who uses a teleprompter during most speeches
and even brief remarks. The glass plate displaying his speech hit the floor in the auditorium of
the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, a massive building within the White House compound.


Frame grab shows prompter, far left, still intact


Frame grab (above) from AP Video shows broken glass
at the foot of the presidential podium and the video
monitor of president's prepared remarks (top right)
Obama and missing teleprompter

                              

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy chats with U.S. President ... 
Sometimes, the truest measure of a state ceremony is not the pomp in front but the stagecraft in back. And it only takes
a 180-degree twist to capture this flavor. Michael Euler of The Associated Press, a pool photographer at the Group of 8
summit meeting in L’Aquila, Italy, turned the table on his colleagues (right) and made it plain that what appeared to be
a tête-à-tête between President Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France was anything but.(New York Times  July 10, 2009)


Behind the scenes of the recording of the Saturday media address
   
 (Credit: White House photos )

                            

         When the president gives a speech, you often see him looking left and right, but you don't always get to see that he is reading his prepared remarks from a "Teleprompter."  (he can see script but the audience cannot)(left: Reuters- right: White House)


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                        President Barack Obama, in a unexpected visit to the White House ...
                             President Obama speaking inside the White House Press Briefing Room.



               

                   POV of the reporters and press (May 1, AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



          President Barack Obama makes a surprise appearance during the ...
                Another angle: now what do you see? (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)