First lady, Michelle Obama took a tour of Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains National Park with daughters Sasha and Malia on Tuesday. They are in Ireland while President Obama attends the G-8 summit. (June 18)
President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent _ even though they are authorized in secret. (June 18)
President Obama told PBS’s Charlie Rose that the US has been helping Syrian rebels, even before the White House’s recent decision to provide lethal aid. (June 18)
Source: Suzanne Gamboa / AP / theGrio WASHINGTON — The sole Democratic African-American senator cast doubt on the need for a “black agenda” from the president and on its chances of passage in Congress during a Democratic forum with largely African-American reporters Wednesday. Massachusetts Sen. William “Mo” Cowan said the issues that black Americans are [...]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy At the Father’s Day Luncheon at the White House, President Obama greeted his guests, saying, “Obviously, this is a great way for us to celebrate Father’s Day and just to remind ourselves, those of us who are fathers, how lucky we are, it’s [...]
Source: Lucy Madison / CBS News A presidential trip to Africa this month could cost the government anywhere from $60 to $100 million dollars, according to the Washington Post, which obtained an internal planning document for the travel itinerary. At the end of June, Mr. Obama and his family will take an eight-day trip to sub-Saharan [...]
Source: Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite Speaking at a closed press event for the McCain Institute for International Leadership in Manhattan Tuesday night, former President Bill Clinton warned President Obama that he could risk looking like a “total fool” and a “wuss” if he remained too cautious in his approach toward Syria. Americans “hire you to win,” he explained. POLITICO first reported the remarks [...]
Source: Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan / Reuters / Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to begin debate and amendments on a historic immigration bill, burying a procedural roadblock that opponents regularly use to delay or even kill legislation. With November’s election results indicating broad support for updating the country’s immigration laws, [...]
I hope President Obama appreciates the grand bargain he’s getting from African Americans: unwavering support, stratospheric approval rating, muted exasperation when he disappoints, vociferous defense when he’s under attack. – Courtland Milloy by Courtland Milloy The Washington Post A recent spate of polls suggests that Obama himself is the payoff — that he need not [...]
Source: Gary Strauss / USA Today A TV actress was arrested and charged Friday in connection with ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The arrest of Shannon Rogers Guess Richardson, 35, comes two weeks after Richardson contacted the FBI claiming that her husband, Nathan Richardson, had sent the letters [...]
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