DC Scene: Obama’s Boys, Mandela’s Film, Congress’s Oscars
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“If I can persuade Al Sharpton and Bill O’Reilly to come to the same meeting, there are plenty of people of good faith to get something done,” President Barack Obama said in the White House’s East Room yesterday.
The often-dueling talk-show hosts joined basketball star-turned-businessman Magic Johnson, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for the roll-out of “My Brother’s Keeper,” a program Obama is promoting for young men of color.