Obama: Being a good father isn't easy

June 15, 2013 @ 3:03 am


President Barack Obama holds a child a he mingles in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 14, 2013, where he hosted a Father's Day luncheon. Obama hosted fathers and their children as well as students and leaders from the Becoming a Man program at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago for the lunch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Zoom

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says there's no substitute for the love and support that fathers provide.

In his weekly Internet and radio address, Obama is wishing Americans a happy Father's Day. He's laments that his own father wasn't around and says he's still working to be a better father.

Obama says being a dad isn't easy for anyone _ gay, straight, grandparent or foster parent. He says he wants to encourage marriage and strong families by reforming child support laws to get more fathers engaged. He says businesses, faith groups and communities have a role to play.

In the Republican address, Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee says the Education Department has become like a national school board. He says Republicans have a plan to give state and local authorities more control.

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Online:

Obama address: http://www.whitehouse.gov

GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/gopweeklyaddress


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  • HLC wrote...
    A prius doesn't pollute?
    March 29, 2013 10:15 am
    As built a prius is a dirtier car then a conventional car is. As a side note I wonder what Social Security number Obozo is using this year? He seems to have several. The media ofcourse will not report it. E-Verify makes it real clear. The fools a fraud.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Owebama....pitches public works spending
    March 29, 2013 11:34 am
    Can someone pleaze bitchslap Owebama up side his head? Maybe it will bring him back from the delusional state he is always in. WE ARE BROKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Barry's "solution"? SPEND MORE?!
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Right!
    March 30, 2013 1:29 pm
    This from a man and his comrades who rejected God THREE TIMES in one night!
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    Let's see, Boo Who: Obama celebrates Easter by calling upon us to love their neighbors.
    March 30, 2013 9:01 pm
    And how does the GOP honor Easter? By demanding we allow a FOREIGN oil company be given free reign to trample the property rights of American landowners, all so the oil can be exported to the highest bidder while proving a fraction of the jobs the GOP claims and not doing a thing to lower prices in the U.S.

    I guess we now know who both parties worship, huh.

    Happy Easter!

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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Easter
    March 31, 2013 9:41 am
    Again. The Owebamas are frauds and liars. ANY GOOD LIBERAL DIMORAT DESPISES RELIGION.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    Once again!
    March 31, 2013 3:57 pm
    We get to rehash some of the posts from pre-election days when you republican posters were SO sure of winning. Made my day all over again.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    I bet those two guys walking with them have GUNS on them
    April 1, 2013 9:19 am
    how dangerous.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    If it took Jesus as long to resurrect his body as it's taking Obama to resurrect the economy
    April 1, 2013 7:23 pm
    We'd all still be Jews!
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  • murr wrote...
    a fool of a "winner" who was used.
    April 1, 2013 8:15 pm
    The demo. creed. My vote is for sale, for an entitlement, because that is the only way to get ahead, is to become a victim.
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  • murr wrote...
    longwayhome
    April 1, 2013 8:17 pm
    Well your a cheap buy off. Water seeks the lowest level. You found your calling. The left party.
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