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Better Relations With U.S.
Better Relations With U.S.
Better Relations With U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Barack Obama in an Independence Day message that he hopes the countries can improve relations. In a statement published on the Kremlin website on Friday, Putin said ‘‘regardless of difficulties and disagreements’’ he hoped that Russia and the U...
U.S Deploys Drones In Iraq
U.S Deploys Drones In Iraq
U.S Deploys Drones In Iraq
Even though armed U.S. drones have been flying over Baghdad, a defense official emphasizes that President Barack Obama still hasn't authorized airstrikes against Sunni militants. The official says a handful of Predator drones armed with Hellfire missiles are being used to protect U...
Presidential Debate
Presidential Debate
Presidential Debate
The New York Times has published a poll that finds disapproval in the way President Obama id dealing with the crises in Iraq. The poll, as Politico's Glenn Thrush explains, is paradoxical because Americans may "basically back his foreign policy - but think he's a weakling for pursuing it."
Working Families Summit
Working Families Summit
Working Families Summit
President Obama wants the government to do more to help working families. Speaking at a White House Summit on Working Families today, the President said people should not have to sacrifice family needs for work demands. He said too many families have to regularly ask, "How do we make this whole thing work...
Marine Earns Medal Of Honor
Marine Earns Medal Of Honor
Marine Earns Medal Of Honor
A Marine veteran is being honored for conspicuous gallantry in the war in Afghanistan. In a White House ceremony this afternoon, retired Marine Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter was awarded the Medal of Honor. President Obama noted that Carpenter threw himself on a grenade to save a fellow soldier in a battle in southern Afghanistan...
President Discusses Iraq
President Discusses Iraq
President Discusses Iraq
President Obama says the U.S. is prepared to take "targeted and precise military action" in Iraq, if necessary. In a White House news briefing today, the President said he is poised to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help curb a growing militant insurgency...
Obama Discusses Iraq
Obama Discusses Iraq
Obama Discusses Iraq
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders believe he does not need authorization from Congress for some steps he might take to quell the al-Qaida-inspired insurgency sweeping through Iraq, the Senate's top Republican and Capitol Hill aides said after the president briefed senior lawmakers Wednesday...
Send No Troops
Send No Troops
Send No Troops
President Obama is still weighing a possible military response to the crisis in Iraq, as the militant group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has taken over several cities in the Sunni heartland since last week. But a new poll shows that the one thing an overwhelming majority of Americans don't want him to do is send American troops back to Iraq to deal with it. ...
Obama On Benghazi Arrest
Obama On Benghazi Arrest
Obama On Benghazi Arrest
A Libyan militant is facing trial in the United States in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. President Barack Obama says Ahmed Abu Khattala will face ``the full weight of the American justice system...
Iraq Strategy
Iraq Strategy
Iraq Strategy
President Barack Obama says Iraq's government must make a sincere effort to address sectarian differences, or else U.S. military help won't succeed in curbing the insurgency there. He says, quote, ``We can't do it for them.'' Obama says the U...

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