Jesse Lee

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Jesse Lee

Director of Progressive Media and Online Response

Before taking a position as White House Director of Progressive Media and Online Response in 2011, Lee worked as Online Programs Director in the White House and in the New Media department for the Presidential Transition team doing online outreach. Prior to that he worked in online communications for the Democratic National Committee leading up to the 2008 election, served as Senior New Media Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the 110th Congress, and helped the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launch its online program from 2004-2006. Lee graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2002.

Jesse Lee's Posts

Defense

The President at Coast Guard Academy Commencement: "I’ve Seen Your Devotion to Duty"

May 18, 2011 at 2:41 PM EDT

The President gave his last Commencement Address of the season at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.

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President Obama Honors Jewish American Heritage: "The Jewish People Have Always Persevered"

May 17, 2011 at 6:13 PM EDT

The President welcomes some of the most influential people of our time to the White House, from Members of Congress and Supreme Court Justices to Elie Wiesel.

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Foreign Policy

President Obama & King Abdullah II of Jordan Discuss Libya, Israel and Palestine and Change in the Middle East

May 17, 2011 at 4:00 PM EDT

President Obama welcomes His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan.

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Education

President Obama at Booker T. Washington High: Commencement Challenge Winners

May 16, 2011 at 2:57 PM EDT

The President gives the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, chosen as a finalist for the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge on the basis of its inspiring turn-around story, and voted the winner by the public.

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Energy and Environment

Weekly Address: Expanding Responsible Oil Production in America

May 14, 2011 at 5:30 AM EDT

As part of his long-term plan to reduce our reliance on foreign oil, President Obama lays out his strategy to continue expanding safe and responsible domestic oil production.

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Homeland Security

The President on TOP COPS: "It Wasn’t Talk; It Was What They Did"

May 12, 2011 at 3:59 PM EDT

The President and the Vice President honor this year's Top Cops in the Rose Garden.

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President Obama's Town Hall on the Economy: Watch at 8AM

May 11, 2011 at 5:50 PM EDT

The President took part in a town hall on the economy this afternoon, watch it when it airs at 8:00 AM on CBS.

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Immigration

President Obama on Fixing Our Broken Immigration System: "E Pluribus, Unum"

May 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM EDT

In a debate where the participants on all sides are too often portrayed as caricatures, the President sought to break through the stalemate by reminding us all that it is a debate about real people.

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Energy and Environment

Weekly Address: Clean Energy to Out-Innovate the Rest of the World

May 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM EDT

Speaking from a hybrid vehicle transmission company in Indiana, the President explains how investments in a clean energy economy are the only solution to high gas prices in the long term.

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Defense

The President & Vice President at Fort Campbell: "Gratitude"

May 6, 2011 at 8:16 PM EDT

Closing out an emotional week, from the relief of the President's announcement that Osama bin Laden was dead to the somber rememberance of the victims in New York City, the President and Vice President welcome troops home from a deployment in Afghanistan and honor the military and intelligence professionals involved in the operation against bin Laden.

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