DAILY SNAPSHOT
Thursday, July 9, 2015

All times are Eastern Time (ET)

3:15 PM: The President and the Vice President meet with Attorney General Lynch

President Obama and Vice President Biden Have Lunch:

President Barack Obama greets Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office prior to their weekly lunch, July 8, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Watch Live: The White House Tribal Youth Gathering

Today, we're hosting the first-ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering, to provide American Indian and Alaska Native youth from across the country the opportunity to interact directly with senior Administration officials and the White House Council on Native American Affairs.

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Six Months of Progress on the Precision Medicine Initiative

Yesterday, the White House honored extraordinary patients, researchers, innovators, and advocates who are making a difference in people's lives and driving precision medicine forward. The Administration also released a set of draft guiding principles to protect privacy and build public trust as the Precision Medicine Initiative develops.

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Video: Judging the 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge

Nearly 1,000 recipes were submitted for the 2015 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge by kid chefs from across the country. A panel of judges tasted the recipes of two finalists from each U.S. state, four territories, and the District of Columbia in order to select this year's winning recipes. The 55 winners will attend the fourth annual Kids' "State Dinner" at the White House.

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"In the coming years, jobs requiring at least an associate degree are projected to grow twice as fast as jobs requiring no college experience. We will not fill those jobs -- or keep those jobs on our shores -- without the training offered by community colleges."