News: A world without nuclear weapons

8:45 am: The Vice President will host President Michelle Bachelet of Chile

10:00 am: The President meets with members of the P5+1

11:00 am: The President chairs the opening plenary session

1:00 pm: The President takes a Nuclear Security Summit family photo

1:30 pm: The President attends a working lunch

3:45 pm: The President chairs the closing session of the Nuclear Security Summit

5:45 pm: The President holds a press conference

In a Washington Post op-ed, the President outlines the steps he’s taking with the international community to to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Read the highlights.

President Barack Obama hosts the Nuclear Security Summit working dinner with the heads of delegations in the East Room of the White House, March 31, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Our businesses have added 14.4 million jobs over the past 73 months-the longest streak ever of private-sector job growth on record, as labor force participation rose. Learn five key points on today’s jobs data.

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Women’s History Month: Celebrating the #GalaxyofWomen

There are countless untold stories of phenomenal women from diverse backgrounds who have changed the course of human history. Over time, these stories become quieted by the passing of years without the passing of a torch. Learn how without protectors of history, these stories may be lost forever.

Suffragists, known as the “Silent Sentinels,” were the first Americans to picket the White House in U.S. history. They stood for suffrage from January 1917 through June 1919. Hundreds of women from different state rotated duties - many went to jail, some were beaten and force fed during hunger strikes. - Photo Credit: Library of Congress

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