ama, on a visit to London last week. got permission from Queen Elizabeth II for a guided tour of Bucking- ham Palace with her daughters, Sasha and Malia. They were shown around the queen's official residence and its gardens. and the queen herself greeted them af- terward, according to a royal source

a level of insensitivity and disrespect that N.E.A. members wouldn't tolerate in any classroom in America. And to include the President's daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, and suggesting that he holds their safety to a different standard than he is willing to offer for other children..... this was

two young daughters who I wanted to spend time with—and that I wasn't in a position to work the social scene in Washington," Obama told me. But, as Malia and Sasha have grown older, the Obamas have taken to hosting occasional off-the-record dinners in the residence upstairs at the White House. The gu

ked a=lot about students in his speech, acknowledging "the courage of students who, except for the circumstances of their birth, are as Americ=n as Malia or Sasha; students who bravely come out as undocumented in hopes t=ey could make a difference in the country they love." And it I-=;s no accident th

ed with alcohol. He told me 'of course I wonted to die' when I asked if he had intended to take his own life. He said that in 2011, he had been with Malia and who took him to the hospital and on the last occasion, he had been drinking a bottle of spirits and added that he had regular blackouts. 27.