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Tracy Wirtanen-DeBenedet’s story began four years ago when her 9-year-old son Sami was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow throughout the nervous system, including the brain.  There is no cure for the disorder, but the tumors generally can be managed with surgery, chemotherapy and constant attention to head off severely debilitating or life-threatening complications. Sami didn’t grow for a year because of complications.

“He’s a kid, he’s just a normal kid, happy-go-lucky child, but he’s a kid that gets MRIs every three to six months,” she says, sharing her family’s story.

It's been 40 years since Title IX evened the playing field for young women and girls in academics and athletics throughout our education system. To celebrate this important milestone and the impact it's had on countless lives, we asked some female leaders across the Obama Administration to share a favorite picture that expresses how getting a chance to compete has helped them reach their own dreams.

After two days of policy discussions and meetings with leaders from the world's major economies, President Obama held a press conference to discuss his takeaways from the G20 Summit.

The ongoing economic crisis in Europe was a central focus of the top-level conversations.

"[This] has been an opportunity for us to hear from European leaders on the progress they’re making and on their next steps -- especially in the wake of the election in Greece," he said. "It’s also been a chance for the international community, including the United States -- the largest economy in the world, and with our own record of responding to financial crises -- to stress the importance of decisive action at this moment."

The President stressed that it's important for Europeans to take ownership over the situation, and said that leaders from the continent understand the stakes and are ready to take the steps necessary to secure stability and growth.

But he also said that the United States could do more to bolster the global economy.

"As the world’s largest economy, the best thing the United States can do is to create jobs and growth in the short term, even as we continue to put our fiscal house in order over the long term," he said.

Read President Obama's full remarks, including his answers to reporters, here.

Or check out a photo gallery of images from the Summit.

Today, HHS announced that 219 community health centers received another $128.6 million to help them expand their reach, supporting approximately 5,460 jobs and serve 1.25 million additional patients. 

Today’s announcement is one in a series of efforts to make our community health centers stronger. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, community health centers around the country have received new resources to expand capacity and improve care for their patients. 

At the Erie Family Health Center in Chicago, these new resources are helping staff better monitor patients’ care,  follow up with patients and ensure they get the care they need that can stop health problems before they start.  For example: 

One of the health center’s patients is a 52 year old man with diabetes. At his last appointment, his diabetes numbers were clearly trending in the wrong direction. When he missed his follow-up appointment, the health center knew and was able to reach out to him because of its computer systems reminds the staff to contact patients who have missed appointments or who have lab results showing poorly controlled diabetes.  

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Louisa McQueeney is general manager and chief financial officer of Palm Beach Groves, a small, family-owned Florida gift and food shipping company. She believes it’s important for a small business to provide health insurance for its employees: “It creates a long-term relationship with your employees,” she says.

This morning, reporters and editors of sites that reach parents, students, and educators across the country attended the first ever White House Online Summit on Education.

Attendees at today's event began with a briefing and question and answer session with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who spoke about a range of topics, from early learning to higher education. Secretary Duncan echoed President Obama's message that higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an economic imperative that every American family should be able to afford.

Following Secretary Duncan's session, Roberto Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy, led a series of briefings with other senior officials. The attendees discussed early learning with Miriam Calderon, a Senior Advisor in the White House Domestic Policy Council, K-12 Education with Steve Robinson, a Special Assistant in the White House Domestic Policy Council, Science, Technology, Math, and Education (STEM) with Kumar Garg, a Senior Advisor in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and College Affordability with Michael Dannenberg, a Senior Advisor at the Department of Education.

Roberto Rodriguez, Miriam Calderon, and Massie Ritsch participate in the White House Online Summit on Education, June 19, 2012. (by Joey Deveaux) June 19, 2012. (by Joey Deveaux)

Finally, participants engaged in a conversation about how the White House can better collaborate with online media with Macon Phillips, Director of the White House Office of Digital Strategy, Jon Carson, Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Kori Schulman, Director of Online Engagement in the White House Office of Digital Strategy, Massie Ritsch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Outreach at the Department of Education, and Cameron Brenchley, Director of Digital Engagement at the Department of Education.

The summit was part of an ongoing series aimed to reach out to online communities. The White House hosted personal finance sites in April and also last year. Additional discussions have included African-American and Latino-focused online publishers, as well as editors of prominent women's sites. 

Thanks to everyone who attended today’s event:

In December 2011, President Obama was proud to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had finalized the first-ever national standards to reduce mercury, arsenic, and other toxic air pollution from power plants. It was a watershed moment in the Administration’s ongoing efforts to protect the health of American families and the environment, through sensible and achievable standards that rely on technologies already deployed by industry.

The public health benefits associated with the Administration’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) are enormous. By reducing emissions of toxic pollutants that lead to neurological damage, cancer, respiratory illnesses, and other serious health issues, these standards will benefit millions of people across the country. In fact, the total health and economic benefits to society could reach $90 billion each year.

In spite of these benefits – and the long history of bipartisan support to limit toxic air emissions from the nation’s largest polluters – Senator Inhofe is leading the charge to block these critical standards. And here’s what makes the stakes even higher: if these efforts are successful, the EPA could be prevented from ever limiting mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants in the future – despite the fact that this requirement was initially signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush.

Rarely does a single vote in Congress have the potential to undermine public health and the environment in such a profound and blatant way. For that reason, it’s important to cut through all of the misinformation.

Here are the facts about the Obama Administration’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards:

President Barack Obama greets President Felipe Calderón of Mexico after arriving at the Los Cabos Convention Center for the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, June 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

In addition to official sessions of the G-20 summit, President Obama is taking advantage of his trip to Los Cabos to hold a series of bilateral meetings with world leaders.

His first two discussions were with the presidents of Mexico and Russia.

After his meeting with Felipe Calderon, President Obama thanked the Mexican president for his leadership and his friendship.

President Obama also expressed a measure of hope for the economic situation in Europe after the recent Greek elections.

"I think the election in Greece yesterday indicates a positive prospect for not only them forming a government, but also them working constructively with their international partners in order that they can continue on the path of reform," he said.

President Obama also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin -- a conversation as "candid, thoughtful and thorough."

The G-20 Summit officially kicked off with an arrival ceremony at 2:45 PM local time, and the assembled world leaders later held their first plenary session and then met for a working dinner.

President Barack Obama participates in a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Esperanza Resort in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, June 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This afternoon, President Obama had his first face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart -- President Vladimir Putin -- since the other leader was inaugurated in May.

After meeting for two hours, the men spoke briefly to reporters.

President Obama described the conversation as "candid, thoughtful and thorough." He said:

Over the last three years, the United States and Russia have been able to make significant progress on a wide range of issues, including the New START Treaty, the 1,2,3 Agreement, the work we've done on Russia's accession to the WTO, and setting up a presidential process whereby issues of trade and commerce, science, technology are all discussed at a much more intensive level.

We agreed that we need to build on these successes, even as we recognize that there are going to be areas of disagreement, and that we can find constructive ways to manage through any bilateral tensions.

The leaders also put out a joint statement that touched on many of these issues in further detail.