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'President Barack Obama Boulevard' Unveiled In Los Angeles
City officials, at podium on right, unveil the "President Barack Obama Boulevard" sign in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Michelle Obama Encourages Future College Students To ‘Lead The Way’
Former President Barack Obama now has a second stretch of roadway named for him in Los Ange- les.
On Saturday, thousands gathered for the renaming of Rodeo Road to "President Barack Obama Boulevard," a 3.5-mile street that runs through the historically black Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw neighborhood.
The former president was not in attendance as onlook- ers celebrated his legacy at a spot where he held a presi- dential campaign rally in 2007, the Los Angeles Times
reported.
“As we drive through this
city and we see past presi- dents on Adams, on Wash- ington, on Jefferson and now we’ll have one that was in our lifetime, who was a president for everybody: Barack Hussein Obama,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, according to the Times.
Obama Boulevard inter- sects with “Presidents Row,” a collection of streets named after former presidents George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
be those leaders you’ve got to be ready.”
“You’ve got to have the knowledge and the disci- pline; you have to have guts.”
Obama who has achieved a remarkable college career congratulated the high school students for having resilience through the process.
The sixth annual College Signing Day kicked off with former first lady Michelle Obama offering up encour- aging tidbits to the 9,000 in- coming college students. She told them to step into their excellence as she steps back to allow them to lead the way. “You are the future,” she told the captive audience at the Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus in Westwood Village, Los Angeles, Newsweek re- ports.
“People like me and [for- mer President] Barack Obama are stepping out of the way, to allow you guys to take the lead and in order to
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at The Royal Festival Hall on December 03, 2018 in London, England.
Judiciary Dem Says Mueller
Sen. Kamala Harris
(D-CA) did not come to play with U. S. Attorney General William Barr, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1 about his brazen misrepresentation of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s 448-page re- port, which detailed the out- come of Mueller’s investigation into Russian in- terference in the 2016 presi- dential election.
In a letter dated March 27, Mueller told Barr that his summary “did not fully cap- ture the context, nature, and substance of this Office’s work and conclusions,” NPR reports. Mueller further urged the Justice Depart- ment to release additional in- formation from the report to clear up “public confusion” following the release of Barr’s heavily redacted
one at the White House ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of any- one,” Harris asked Barr. “Yes or no?”
Barr, stammering and clearly lamenting the lack of a “phone a friend” option, asked Harris to repeat the question.
“I will repeat it,” Harris said. “Has the President or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone? Yes or no, please, sir.”
Barr was at a loss for words.
“Seems you’d remember something like that, be able to tell us,” Harris said with nonchalant skepticism.
Barr said he understood the question, but that he was grappling with Harris’ use of the word “suggested.”
Has Agreed To 'Tentative'
SEN. KAMALA HARRIS
summary in favor of Presi- dent Donald Trump.
Barr’s blatant attempts at obfuscation about this issue, and the investigation more broadly, came to a bumbling halt when Harris grabbed the microphone.
“Has the President or any-
Testimony On May 15
Rep. David Cicilline (D- R.I.) is walking back remarks he made earlier on Sunday, saying "nothing has been agreed to yet" on the date of special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Commit-
tee". Just to clarify: we are aim- ing to bring Mueller in on the 15th, but nothing has been agreed to yet," Cicilline, who is a member of the committee, wrote later, after his remarks circulated. "That's the date the Committee has proposed, and we hope the Special Counsel will agree to it. Sorry for the confusion."
Cicilline said earlier on "Fox News Sunday" that the House Judiciary Committee had come to a tentative date of May 15 for Mueller testify,
ROBERT MUELLER
noting that a representative for the special counsel had agreed to the date but "obviously, until the day comes, we never have an absolute guarantee."
Sen. Kamala Harris Leaves U.S. A.G. Barr Flustered, Confused During Senate Hearing
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