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Jill Biden speaks to Navajo Tech graduates in NM

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:09 -0400

CROWNPOINT, New Mexico - Graduates at Navajo Technical College got to hear from Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, during their commencement ceremony Friday.

Michelle Obama honors military mothers at tea

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:06:54 -0400

WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama and military mothers had high tea like the British on Thursday.

White House says jobs program has exceeded goal

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:26 -0400

WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama announced Tuesday that companies participating in a program to help veterans find work have hired or trained 290,000 veterans and military spouses since August 2011, nearly tripling the original goal of the program with about eight months to spare.

First Lady asks companies to hire more veterans

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:18:10 -0400

WASHINGTON - With about 1 million members of the military expected to become civilians over the next five years, First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden are calling on the private sector to step up its hiring of veterans.

Biden to attend MIT officer's memorial service

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:50:54 -0400

WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.

NM tribal college draws big names for commencement

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:49:41 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A small college on the eastern edge of the nation's largest American Indian reservation is getting noticed.