Source: Krissah Thompson / The Washington Post Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday morning to live up to the legacy of their university’s founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. “Just think about this for a moment — for [...]
Source: Olivia Barker/ USA Today And just like that, the most-discussed — and admired — first lady fashion trend since perhaps Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox is gone. Michelle Obama’s ballyhooed bangs are no more, as evidenced by her commencement speech today at Bowie State University in Maryland. Her new look is a familiar one, a return [...]
Source: Major Garrett / CBS News WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Thursday for tighter security for U.S. diplomatic facilities to prevent an attack like the one in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The Benghazi attack is a political controversy. Republicans claim the administration watered down [...]
Source: AP / CBS News WASHINGTON – The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans, who are demanding more information. “Why not release all of the unclassified documents?” said Rep. Jason [...]
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Source: Colleen McCain Nelson and Adam Entous / The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The White House succumbed to mounting pressure Wednesday and decided to publicly release the chain of administration emails surrounding the controversial Benghazi talking points. The move came a week after public interest in last year’s terror attack unexpectedly rebounded with testimony by three [...]
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says the president had “no knowledge” of a Department of Justice probe into AP phone records, but says Obama also believes “classified information needs to remain classified.” (May 14)
Source: Alain Sherter / CBS News (MoneyWatch) Stocks tumbled briefly Tuesday after hackers hijacked the main Twitter feed of The Associated Press and sent out a false tweet about a terror attack at the White House. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 130 points, or roughly 1 percent, after the fake Twitter posting before [...]
Source: AP / MercuryNews.com LONDON — Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. The tweet, which said that there had been two explosions at the White House and President Barack Obama was injured, came after hackers made repeated attempts [...]
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Rose Garden 5:35 P.M. EDT MR. BARDEN: Hello. My name is Mark Barden. Just four months ago, my wife Jackie and I lost our son, and our children, James and Natalie, they lost their little brother Daniel. Daniel was a first-grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Our sweet, 7-year-old Daniel was [...]