Obama: Fatherhood and families

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Obama: Fatherhood and families
Posted June 19, 2009 8:45 AM
by Mark Silva

The president's day starts with a prayer and closes with a joke - but in between, the president will be promoting the "importance of fatherhood.''

President Barack Obama's public day starts at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast this morning and closes at the annual Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner, which he will address at the Washington Convention Center. The prayer breakfast is part of a serious presidential ritual, the correspondents' dinner part of a ritual trail of presidential humor.

But there is no ritual in this event:

The president is starting a "national conversation on responsible fatherhood and healthy families'' today, the White House says, with Obama taking part in a series of appearances at nonprofit organizations across the Washington area featuring other political and business leaders, educators, media personalities and star athletes.

The lineup:

At Year Up, in Arlington, Va.:The president.

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Afterward, this afternoon, the president plans to host a conversation on fatherhood in the East Room of the White House featuring five fathers from the area, who will tell their personal stories about commitment to fatherhood and personal responsibility. Among them, Etan Thomas, of the Wizards. They will close that with a "mentoring session'' for youth on the South Lawn.

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