Obama to meet Bill Clinton Friday
An administration official says President Barack Obama is planning to meet with former President Bill Clinton at the White House.The meeting set for Friday comes as Obama adjusts his tactics to deal...
View ArticleGibbs is resigning as White House press secretary
Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and one of the most visible and forceful advocates for President Barack Obama, said Wednesday he is quitting his job to become an outside political...
View ArticlePresident heads straight to hospital
President Barack Obama flew to Arizona Wednesday and headed straight to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' bedside to pay his respects to the wounded lawmaker as he sought to unify a mourning nation.Obama and...
View ArticleObama visits Giffords at Arizona hospital
Thrust into the role of consoler, President Barack Obama on Wednesday stood at the bedside of wounded lawmaker Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and spent private moments with others who were shot in an...
View ArticleObama State of the Union: Spending, but restraint
Eager to show some budget toughness, President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to call for a five-year freeze on all discretionary government spending outside of national security,...
View ArticleObama taps former Time editor to replace Robert Gibbs as press secretary
President Barack Obama has chosen Jay Carney, the communications chief to Vice President Joe Biden and a former Time magazine journalist, to be the next White House press secretary.Carney, 45, will...
View ArticleAxelrod on way out: “We’ve learned some lessons”
David Axelrod, protector of President Barack Obama's message, picked the right day to show up at a news conference. His boss wasn't just going off script. He was going off.Humbled by a poor election...
View ArticleObama to Egypt: Time to transition is now
President Barack Obama said Friday that discussions have begun in Egypt on a turnover of the government, and he said he hoped "to see this moment of turmoil turned into a moment of opportunity." "The...
View ArticleObama says coalition prepared to act in Libya
With American military forces poised for action, President Barack Obama said Saturday that the United States and its allies are prepared to act with urgency to end violence against civilians in...
View ArticleObama: U.S. will not send ground troops to Libya
President Barack Obama authorized limited military action against Libya Saturday, saying Moammar Gadhafi's continued assault on his own people left the U.S. and its international partners with no other...
View ArticleTime’s about up: Shutdown now mere hours away
On the brink of a painful government shutdown, the Obama administration readied furlough notices for hundreds of thousands of workers Friday as Republican and Democratic leaders accused each other of...
View ArticleU.S. slaps sanctions on Syria’s Assad for abuses
The United States slapped sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and six senior Syrian officials for human rights abuses over their brutal crackdown on anti-government protests, for the first time...
View ArticleObama’s Mideast speech offers punishment, praise
In his first comprehensive response to revolts across the Arab world, President Barack Obama is doling out punishment and praise, targeting Syrian President Bashar Assad for attacking his people but...
View ArticleObama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghanistan
Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces...
View ArticleMullen sees risk in quicker Afghanistan withdrawal
The U.S. military's top officer told Congress on Thursday that President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw up to 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer is risky but keeps the U.S. and its...
View ArticleObama chooses new counterterror chief
President Barack Obama's choice for his next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House...
View ArticleObama’s plan: New jobs proposals, challenging GOP
Under fire in a nation desperate for jobs, President Barack Obama will soon announce a broad package of tax cuts, construction work and help for the millions of Americans who have been unemployed for...
View ArticleObama to urge UN to confront roots of Muslim rage
NEW YORK (AP) — Campaign politics shadowing every word, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will challenge the world to confront the root causes of rage exploding across the Muslim world, calling it a...
View ArticleObama launches 2-day blitz; Romney also ups pace
WASHINGTON (AP) — Locked in a stubbornly tight race, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are demonstrating the urgency of the campaign's final stretch, with the incumbent alone set to...
View ArticleObama says he ‘won’t compromise’ on taxes
REDFORD, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama says he "won't compromise" on his demands that the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes.However, Obama held back from directly criticizing Republicans for...
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