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Big Block of Cheese Day: Answering the Nation's Questions

Summary: 
A day after the President delivered his sixth State of the Union address, the White House is opening up and answering your questions. In our second annual Big Block of Cheese Day, Cabinet Officials, Administrators, and other White House Officials are sitting down to answer your questions.

On February 22, 1837, President Andrew Jackson had a 1,400-pound block of cheese hauled into the main foyer of the White House for an open house with thousands of citizens and his staff, where they discussed the issues of the day while carving off slabs of cheddar. 

Here at the White House, we're dedicated to making President Obama's administration the most open and accessible in history. That's why, for the second year in a row, we thought it'd be a gouda idea to bring back this long-standing tradition.

So today, for the second-annual virtual Big Block of Cheese Day, White House officials have been spending their day on social media to directly answer your questions using the hashtag #AskTheWH. 

Here's What The Nation Has Been Asking: 


Dr. Jill Biden


The First Lady's Reach Higher Initiative 


Secretary of State John Kerry


Special Advisor to the President, Valerie Jarrett


Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell

BBOC Jewell
 

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx

BBOC Foxx

Secretary of Labor Tom Perez

BBOC Perez

Counselor to the President, John Podesta 


Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes


Director of White House Domestic Policy Council, Cecilia Munoz


Director of Hispanic Media, Katherine Vargas


Deputy Press Secretary, Eric Schultz


Director of the Office of Public Engaagement, Paulette Aniskoff


Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brian Deese


Assistant Communications Director, Stephanie Young


Department of State


Environmental Protection Agency 


Economic Adviser to the President, Betsy Stevenson


Department of Education


Department of Energy 


Deputy Asst. to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Dan Utech


OSTP Asst. Director for Strategic Communications and Senior Policy Analyst, Kristen Lee


You can learn more about the second annual Big Block of Cheese Day here. You can also get involved by checking out what's happening at the White House on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media platforms.