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McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois 11:57 A.M. CDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  All right.

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Remarks by President Obama and President Karzai of Afghanistan After Bilateral Meeting

Blacksburg, Virginia 12:49 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you all.  Thank you so much.  Well, hello, Hokies!  (Applause.)  I like saying that.  It is such a pleasure and an honor to be here today to celebrate the Virginia Tech class of 2012.  Way to go.  Way to go.

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Remarks by the First Lady at Virginia Tech Commencement

Ritz Carlton Washington, D.C. 5:46 P.M.

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Remarks by the President at the 18th Annual Gala for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies

Aboard Air Force One En Route Albany, New York 11:24 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, and welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way to Albany, New York.  Today President Obama is traveling, as you know, to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering NanoTech Complex in Albany to call on Congress to act on a "To-Do" list that will create jobs and help restore middle-class security.  These initiatives have bipartisan support and at this make-or-break moment for the middle class, we need to create an economy built to last that creates secure American jobs and makes things the rest of the world buys — not one built on outsourcing, loopholes, or risky financial deals

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney aboard Air Force One en route Albany, NY

Broward College Commencement Fort Lauderdale, Florida May 4, 2012 As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon, everyone! It’s wonderful to be here in Fort Lauderdale to celebrate such an important day with all of you. Thank you, President Armstrong, for that very kind introduction.  To my colleagues – congratulations on your selection as Professors of the Year. One of my very first community college visits as Second Lady was to nearby Miami Dade College with Education Secretary Arne Duncan.  So it’s great to be back in the area.

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Remarks of Dr. Jill Biden at Broward College Commencement

11:35 A.M. EDT         THE PRESIDENT:  What I'm going to be talking about today is obviously financing college educations.  And I tell a story about how both Michelle and I, we had to rely on student loans and grants and scholarships to get through college and law school, and we still had a huge amount of debt after we graduated.  It paid off, it's a great investment, but obviously we're pretty sympathetic to the challenges that families go through in terms of financing.         And so I just wanted to get a sense — all of you are going to be taking out Stafford loans.  And two things I wanted to get a sense of — number one, I'm assuming that a doubling of the interest rates is not helpful to you, but feel free to talk about that.  I also wanted to get a sense of how it was to apply for one, because one of the things Arne and I and others in the administration have talked about is how do you simplify the process just to make it a little bit easier for people.  Because I know that — and based on your chuckle, it sounds like that's something that we need to do

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Remarks by the President and Secretary Duncan in Student/Parent Discussion on College Loans

Washington-Lee High School Arlington, Virginia 11:53 A.M.

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Remarks by the President on College Affordability

President Obama discusses a new Executive Order designed to crack down on the bad actors who prey on our veterans and service members considering higher education.

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Weekly Address: Helping our Veterans Make Informed Decisions about Higher Education

Fort Stewart Hinesville, Georgia 12:45 P.M. EDT MRS

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Remarks by the President and First Lady at Fort Stewart, Georgia

EXECUTIVE ORDER – - – - – - – ESTABLISHING PRINCIPLES OF EXCELLENCE FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SERVING SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, SPOUSES, AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure that Federal military and veterans educational benefits programs are providing service members, veterans, spouses, and other family members with the information, support, and protections they deserve, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1 . Policy . The original GI Bill, approved just weeks after D-Day, educated nearly 8 million Americans and helped transform this Nation.

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Executive Order — Establishing Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members