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Two Months Out Of Office, Barack Obama Is Having A Post-Presidency Like No Other
The first cocktail party at Barack Obama's new office last month was certainly more casual than any he had hosted in recent years. The wine bore a random assortment of labels, as if assembled potluck-style. The self-serve appetizers were set out in the narrow hallway. The host, tieless, eschewed formal remarks, as a few dozen of his old administrat...
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Barack Obama, Republican Leaders Seek Elusive Common Ground In White House Meeting
US President Barack Obama met with a frequent critic, House Speaker Paul Ryan, on Tuesday as the political leaders searched for areas where they may be able to overcome partisan divisions.
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Guzman Boasts About Heroin Empire Are 'Maddening': White House
A senior Obama administration official on Sunday called a Mexican drug lord's boasts about his heroin empire in a magazine article "maddening" but would not comment on repercussions for the Hollywood actor who interviewed him.
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Barack Obama Not To Endorse Democrat Candidate Before Primaries: White House
US President Barack Obama will not publicly endorse a candidate before the 2016 Democratic primary election, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said on Sunday.
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Barack Obama Promises Unorthodox State Of The Union Address
US President Barack Obama has promised his final State of the Union address next week will focus on issues "beyond the next election" and skip the traditional list of the year's legislative goals.
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Watch: Beautiful Day, Said Obama While on Rare Walk in Streets
With Washington's unusually long winter hopefully over, President Barack Obama took a break from the confines of the White House to take a short stroll on the streets -- something he did last year too.
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Syria crisis: No proven link of Bashar Assad to gas attack, admits US
President Barack Obama's top aide on Sunday pressed the case for "targeted, limited consequential action" to degrade the capabilities of Syrian President Bashar Assad to carry out chemical weapons attacks as the White House mounted a major push to win support from a divided Congress and skeptical American public for a military strike.
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US not to rush to war in Syria: White House
The US will not rush to war in Syria as it did in the past in the region, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said on Sunday.
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Fight against terror takes pals to the White House
President Barack Obama had gone to his residence after a difficult week when an urgent email brought him rushing back to the Oval Office. The suspect in the Boston bombings had been apprehended.
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Obama loyalist Denis McDonough named White House chief of staff
President Barack Obama on Friday named long-time foreign policy aide Denis McDonough as his new White House chief of staff, tapping a trusted loyalist to help drive his second-term agenda as he unveiled a major overhaul of senior staff.
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Two Months Out Of Office, Barack Obama Is Having A Post-Presidency Like No Other
The first cocktail party at Barack Obama's new office last month was certainly more casual than any he had hosted in recent years. The wine bore a random assortment of labels, as if assembled potluck-style. The self-serve appetizers were set out in the narrow hallway. The host, tieless, eschewed formal remarks, as a few dozen of his old administrat...
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Barack Obama, Republican Leaders Seek Elusive Common Ground In White House Meeting
US President Barack Obama met with a frequent critic, House Speaker Paul Ryan, on Tuesday as the political leaders searched for areas where they may be able to overcome partisan divisions.
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Guzman Boasts About Heroin Empire Are 'Maddening': White House
A senior Obama administration official on Sunday called a Mexican drug lord's boasts about his heroin empire in a magazine article "maddening" but would not comment on repercussions for the Hollywood actor who interviewed him.
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Barack Obama Not To Endorse Democrat Candidate Before Primaries: White House
US President Barack Obama will not publicly endorse a candidate before the 2016 Democratic primary election, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said on Sunday.
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Barack Obama Promises Unorthodox State Of The Union Address
US President Barack Obama has promised his final State of the Union address next week will focus on issues "beyond the next election" and skip the traditional list of the year's legislative goals.
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Watch: Beautiful Day, Said Obama While on Rare Walk in Streets
With Washington's unusually long winter hopefully over, President Barack Obama took a break from the confines of the White House to take a short stroll on the streets -- something he did last year too.
-
Syria crisis: No proven link of Bashar Assad to gas attack, admits US
President Barack Obama's top aide on Sunday pressed the case for "targeted, limited consequential action" to degrade the capabilities of Syrian President Bashar Assad to carry out chemical weapons attacks as the White House mounted a major push to win support from a divided Congress and skeptical American public for a military strike.
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US not to rush to war in Syria: White House
The US will not rush to war in Syria as it did in the past in the region, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said on Sunday.
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Fight against terror takes pals to the White House
President Barack Obama had gone to his residence after a difficult week when an urgent email brought him rushing back to the Oval Office. The suspect in the Boston bombings had been apprehended.
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Obama loyalist Denis McDonough named White House chief of staff
President Barack Obama on Friday named long-time foreign policy aide Denis McDonough as his new White House chief of staff, tapping a trusted loyalist to help drive his second-term agenda as he unveiled a major overhaul of senior staff.
