Matt Birk, the Baltimore Ravens' center who retired after the team's Super Bowl win, didn't join the team this week at the White House. He said it was because of President Obama's support for Planned Parenthood. "I am Catholic, I am active in the pro-life movement, and I just felt like I couldn't deal with that," he said. (Associated Press)
Matt Birk, the Baltimore Ravens' center who retired after the team's Super Bowl win, didn't join the team this week at the White House. He said it was because of President Obama's support for Planned Parenthood. "I am Catholic, I am active in the pro-life movement, and I just felt like I couldn't deal with that," he said. (Associated Press)
**FILE** President Obama speaks on May 2, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, where he announced he will nominate Penny Pritzker (right) as secretary of commerce and Michael Froman (left) as U.S. trade representative. (Associated Press)
**FILE** President Obama walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington to board Marine One on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)
President Barack Obama listens as U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, his choice to be his next National Security Adviser, speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on June 5, 2013, where the president made the announcement. Samantha Power, his nominee to replace Rice, is at left. (Associated Press)
President Obama listens as U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, his choice to be his next National Security Adviser, speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on June 5, 2013, where the president made the announcement. Samantha Power, his nominee to replace Rice, is at left. (Associated Press)
White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Thursday, April 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Obama arrives to make a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 4, 2013, in Washington. (Associated Press)
President Obama arrives to make a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 4, 2013, in Washington. (Associated Press)
