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Katy Perry Hombre Adidas Ultra Boost Laceless Triple Negras Espaņa , Jason Derulo and Stevie Wonder were all there - but the only guest who got to give President Barack Obama a hug during his speech was restaurant owner Tim Harris.
Harris has Down syndrome, but he owns his own restaurant and is a Special Olympics star in year-round sports.
And the focus was more on the star athletes than on the pop stars at a White House event on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the Special Olympics organization.
""Presidents need encouragement once in a while too...Thank you, Tim,"" Obama said after Harris left his seat during the president's remarks to give him a hug, Harris' trademark at his restaurant in Albuquerque Hombre Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 Mystery Gris Espaņa , New Mexico.
Established in 1968, the Special Olympics give people with intellectual disabilities opportunities to participate in sports ranging from basketball and bowling to figure skating and gymnastics.
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will serve as honorary chairs of the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles next year. Some 7,000 athletes from 170 countries will take part.
At Thursday's dinner, entertainment celebrities mingled with business magnates under chandeliers before digging into a menu of ""Maryland crab and corn ravioli"" and ""caramelized plum galette"". Dignitaries from the sports world included former basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former tennis player Andy Roddick and former figure skater Michelle Kwan.
Obama praised the other set of athletes in the room Hombre Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 Night Cargo Espaņa , including Loretta Claiborne, the first Special Olympian to speak to the United Nations General Assembly and Dustin Plunkett, Special Olympics ""international global messenger"" who wrote that the organization had ""saved his life.""
""What all these people represent is what the Special Olympics is all about - overcoming obstacles with love and kindness, and generosity, and healthy competition Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 MultiColor Hombre Espaņa ,"" he said. ""It's about pride and it's about teamwork and it's about friendship. And it's about treating everybody with dignity, and giving everybody a chance.""
Seven athletes told their stories after the dinner before Katy Perry started her concert with her hit ""Roar.""
""We are here to put an end to the injustice and captivity and intolerance,"" said Ricardo Thornton, recently appointed by Obama to the president's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Thornton said he had spent time in two institutions but Special Olympics changed his life.
And Claiborne said because of Special Olympics, she converses in four languages Hombre Negras Plata Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 LTD Espaņa , holds two honorary doctorate degrees and has run 26 marathons.
""The days of being left out are over,"" she said.
(Agencies)
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again for the failure to repeal Obamacare.
"Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done." Trump tweeted in the morning.
"Must Repeal & Replace ObamaCare!" he wrote on Twitter Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 Naranja Plata Espaņa , though with no more details of his further plan. Republicans have pledged to repeal Obamacare since 2010. This is also a key campaign promise for Trump.
McConnell on Monday said Trump had "excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process."
"Our new president had of course not been in this line of work before," he said at the Rotary Club of Florence, Kentucky.
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Trump hit back on Twitter on Wednesday after reportedly speaking with McConnell by phone about these remarks: "Senator Mitch McConnell said I had 'excessive expectations,' but I don't think so. After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace, why not done?" he tweeted.
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McConnell has been a steadfast backer of Trump's agenda in Congress. In April, he helped changing the Senate rules so that Democrats couldn't block the confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch.
The U.S. Congress is currently out on its August recess and Trump has been on a 17-day working vacation since Friday at his private golf club in Bedminster, the state of New Jersey.
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