The Obama administration is "playing defense" over its decision to cancel tours at the White House due to the budget cuts, or "sequester" that took effect at the beginning of the month, Fox News.com reported.
Amid criticism from campaign finance watchdogs, President Obama spent time at a second "political outreach event" of the day to deliver a speech to about 60 donors and former staffers at an Organizing for Action dinner, elucidating the organization's purpose for his second term.
Second-grade teacher Terrilynn Monette, who joined the "TeachNOLA" program, which sends educators from around the country to New Orleans to teach in troubled and impoverished areas, has been missing since celebrating with her friends at a bar on March 2.