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JUDY WOODRUFF: We return to last September’s attack on U.S. installations in Benghazi, Libya. House Speaker John Boehner demanded today that the White House order the State Department to release e-mails related to whom the agency thought was behind the attack. Yesterday, amid a steady flow of partisan…
Farenthold rips Benghazi security (via Wichita Falls Times Record News)
WASHINGTON — Texas Republican Congressman Blake Farenthold said Wednesday he hopes U.S. officials will stop relying on “the best bad plan” as a result of probes into what happened in Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. During a hearing led by House Republicans to…
Justice Thomas: Black communities in decline (via The Gainesville Sun)
Pittsburgh Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he is heartbroken over the poverty and social troubles among many black communities but has no answers on how to solve these problems. Thomas spoke last Tuesday at Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh. He said he doesn’t bear any ill-will toward others…
Watch: President Obama at the 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (via The White House)
President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2013. First Lady Michelle Obama attended the dinner with the President. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) President Obama last…
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President Barack Obama declared Friday night that the capture of a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings “closed an important chapter in this tragedy.” But he acknowledged that many unanswered questions remain about the motivations of the two men accused of perpetrating the attacks that unnerved…
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President Barack Obama did not personally approve Beyonce and Jay-Z’s trip to Cuba, the White House said Thursday, after the US rapper released a single online slamming criticism of their travels. In “Open Letter,” Jay-Z — who with Beyonce worked to raise funds for Obama’s re-election campaign last…
Obama, first lady backtrack after rare verbal gaffes (via AFP)
US President Barack Obama has apologized to California’s top prosecutor after describing her as “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country,” his spokesman said Friday. On a day that saw Obama’s wife, Michelle, also forced to backtrack during an interview in which she termed herself a “…
North Korea tensions: Is Obama to blame? (via GlobalPost)
As Pyongyang and Washington toy with nuclear war, some question whether the Obama administration pushed the war games too far. David Case BOSTON — It’s been a busy week for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Over just a few days, he has unilaterally nullified the 1953 armistice with South Korea;…
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(The White House) As Easter approaches, we mark the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The people of Northern Ireland and their leaders have traveled a great distance over the past fifteen years. Step by step, they have traded bullets for ballots, destruction and division for dialogue and institutions, and pointed the way toward a shared future for all. There is urgent work still to be done – and there will be more tests to come.
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There are still those few who prefer to look backward rather than forward – who prefer to inspire hate rather than hope. The many who have brought Northern Ireland this far must keep rejecting their call. From building cross-community trust to bringing opportunity to hard-to-reach communities in Belfast and beyond, every citizen and every political party needs to work together in service of true and lasting peace and prosperity. And at every step of the way, the United States will be there as a friend and partner. That is the message I will carry with me when I visit Northern Ireland and attend the G-8 Summit in June.
On behalf of the American people, I salute the people and leaders of Northern Ireland and the model they have given to others struggling toward peace and reconciliation around the world. I pledge our continued support for their efforts to build a strong society, a vibrant economy, and an enduring peace.
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Pete Marovich/Getty Images/AFPSarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 16, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.Former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took center stage to speak before conservative activists Saturday…
Obama’s minimum wage pledge divides economists (via AFP)
Mark Ralston/AFP/FileSecurity officers, airport workers and other contracted service workers march to protest against “low wages and benefits” in Los Angeles, California on June 15, 2011. President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise the minimum wage by 24% has divided economists and businesses who…
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The “cuts” under sequestration are, in fact, not spending cuts at all. Even the one department that faces substantive cuts, Defense, will continue to spend at historically high levels. Cato Institute Senior Fellow Michael D. Tanner comments.
U.S. President Barack Obama discusses the automatic budget cuts scheduled to take effect next week, while in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington February 19, 2013. If Congress fails to act, about $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts begin on March 1 and continue through September 30 as part of a decade-long $1.2 trillion budget savings plan. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
President Obama Speaks on the Impact of the Sequester (via NewsLook)
President Obama highlights the devastating impact of automatic budget cuts on jobs and middle class families if Congressional Republicans fail to compromise to avert the sequester.
As the world digests the proposals put forth by President Obama and his rival Republicans, AFP is closing its Live Report on the State of the Union. 0355 GMT: Speaker Boehner offers his own critique. “Four years after the president first addressed a joint session of Congress, Americans are still…
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An undocumented immigrant, a gay federal employee, victims of gun violence and Apple’s chief executive will sit Tuesday with the first lady when President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech. Michelle Obama will also be joined by wounded warriors, teenage science wizards and health…
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After a morning of scripture and piety, President Barack Obama on Thursday lamented that an annual National Prayer Breakfast had a “shelf life” measured in minutes in poisoned US politics. Obama, headlining the annual multi-faith event, called on his fellow political leaders to show humility and to…
President Barack Obama Tuesday called for stop-gap spending curbs and tax reforms to avert multi-billion dollar budget cuts due to hammer the economy on March 1, but hit a Republican brick wall. Obama warned the fragile economy could not afford the blow from huge cuts to defense and other government…
