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Obama reveals new details on bin Laden raid
May 3, 2012 President Obama recalls that he lost sleep and did “some praying” the night before approving the raid that killed Osama bin Laden on what he now looks back on as “the most important single day” of his presidency. He said he also avoided doing “a high five” when he saw ...
Obama makes surprise trip to Afghanistan, plans address to nation
May 1, 2012 President Obama has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, on a surprise trip to sign a strategic agreement with Afghanistan. He will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. EDT from Bagram Air Base on Tuesday evening. In going to Afghanistan on the ninth anniversary of the most notorious example of premature presidential ...
Obama releases taxes, doesn't qualify for Buffett rule
April 13, 2012 President Obama earned $789,674 in 2011, the White House announced on Friday. However, with this income, he does not even qualify for the so-called Buffett Rule that he has promoted relentlessly and the Senate will take up on Monday. The Buffett Rule calls for those making over $1 million a ...
Obama, Cameron defend Afghan timetable
March 14, 2012 President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted on Wednesday that neither bad news from Afghanistan nor declining public support for the decadelong war in both their countries would change the pace of the allied withdrawal, which they said will remain targeted on 2014. The two leaders spoke in ...
Obama, in Google+ 'Hangout,' Defends Drone Use, Foreign Aid
January 31, 2012
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President Obama said on Monday that the United States will continue to make heavy use of military drones in Pakistan and Iraq and defended spending on foreign aid, during an unusual "virtual town hall" on Google's social media site, Google+. The latest effort by the White House to make full ...
Obama announces new unit to investigate unfair trade practices
January 24, 2012 President Obama announced Tuesday the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit, singling out China as a country that has had an unfair advantage over American competitors and requires more scrutiny. "I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules," the president said in his State of ...
Obama's State of the Union to set out campaign agenda
January 24, 2012 Don't be fooled into thinking that the lawmakers seated before him are President Obama's target audience at his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. He understands political reality. This is an election year and the opposition party controls what will get through Congress in the next nine months. ...
Obama previews State of the Union address to supporters
January 23, 2012 Charles Dharapak/AP President Obama on Saturday offered a preview of his upcoming State of the Union address, telling supporters in a campaign video that he plans to "lay out a blueprint for an American economy that's built to last" when he speaks Tuesday evening. He promised to talk about programs ...
Jack Lew to become Obama's chief of staff
January 9, 2012 PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP This story has been updated. President Obama promised on Monday that the White House will "not miss a beat" even though he was taken by surprise by the resignation of Chief of Staff William Daley and has had to turn to his third person in the post ...
Romney edges Santorum by eight votes in Iowa; Paul in third
January 4, 2012 Republican Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by eight votes in the Iowa caucuses, with Ron Paul in third place, Iowa Republican Chairman Matt Strawn said on early Wednesday. "Congratulations to Mitt Romney, winner of the Iowa caucuses," Strawn said. He said Romney said had 30,015 votes to Santorum's 30,007. The ...
