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Yesterday, President Obama had lunch in Minneapolis with a woman named Rebekah, who wrote him a few months ago, to share the challenges facing her family and how hard they need to work just to make ends meet.

The President and Rebekah spent the day together -- grabbing burgers and holding a town hall with other members of the community. He spoke with folks about what's on their mind, and the issues that Americans across the country deal with every day.

Follow along to see updates and highlights from the President's trip to Minnesota.

This week takes us south of the border with the Vice President, at our nation's capitol at the first ever White House Summit on Working Families, and along for the ride as a woman who wrote the President gets a reply...in person.

On Wednesday, President Obama addressed the League of Conservation Voters at their annual Capital Dinner. In his remarks, he commended them for their work to protect the planet, and emphasized that the work is "even more urgent and more important" now than when he last spoke to the League in 2006, due to the rapidly growing threat of climate change.

This past Monday, Administration officials, businesses, economists, legislators, advocates, and working citizens came together for the first-ever White House Summit on Working Families. The Summit focused on igniting a national conversation and setting a concrete agenda to bring American workplaces into the 21st century.

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