Cliff Owen

President Obama runs up the stairs to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, MD,  as he prepares to depart Sunday 08/09 for the North American Summit in Mexico. Shot for AP Photo.

My youngest daughter is competing on her neighborhood swim team for the first time this summer. The meets are four-hour events and she typically swims a 50m freestyle around 6:45 pm and then the 25m breaststroke around 9 pm. I get a bit bored since it’s my ex’s swim club and I’ve not yet made many chat buddies. So at last nights meet I started looking around for pictures.

Here are a few

I covered  the House Commitee of Oversight and Government Reform’s hearings on “Tracking the Money: Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse of Recovery Act Funding” July 8 for McClatchy Tribune.  Testifying were Robert Nabors, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget,  Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.

a few of the images

The ceremonial swearing-in of Senator Al Frankin in the Old Senate Chamber for McClatchy-Tribune News service.

Here are some of the photos.

I assisted Matt Mendelsohn with another wedding this past Saturday at the Newseum.

more images to come …

I covered a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery this afternoon for McClatchy Tribune News Service. Sixty years ago U.S. Army Corporal Robert Schoening, 18, went missing from his unit fighting in the Korean War. His remains were recently found and returned to his family — two sisters and a brother.

Here are a few of the images

I’ve been assisting my old friend Matt Mendelsohn with a few weddings this past year. I’m learning a lot from him and my mistakes.

Here’s a small sample of my images.