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First Lady Michelle Obama with Harvey Weinstein, Whoopi Goldberg, David Frankel, Naomie Harris, Ryan Coogler, Blake Lively and Gayle King gives riveting great advice as she welcomes high school students to the White House for a workshop about careers in film and to learn about animation, special effects, makeup, costume, directing, music and sound effects, as well as hear from leaders in the film industry about how their education helped them succeed.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama celebrate Hanukkah with a reception at the White House. They light the large Menorah for the sixth night of Hanukkah and sing.
The White House welcomes an agreement to extend a truce between Israel and Hamas by two days. "We would of course hope to see the pause extended further, and that will depend upon Hamas continuing to release hostages," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and US President Joe Biden meet and shake hands at the White House ahead of a bilateral meeting during Yoon’s six-day visit to the United States. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, DC. IMAGES
US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, warned Turkey against engaging with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during the daily press briefing in Washington D.C. on Monday. Rhodes said that although the US support the Turkish effort to rid Jarablus of so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, they do not however "support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against" the SDF.