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(AP) President Barack Obama says he has established a new framework to govern U.S. force against terrorists.He says it includes clear guidelines as well as oversight and accountability. Obama says in a speech Thursday he put this framework into a single ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says he is lifting his ban on the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center to Yemen. And he is calling on Congress to lift its restrictions on detainee transfers, including limits on imprisoning ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:___It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791_ ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says Attorney General Eric Holder will review Justice Department policy on leaks investigations involving the news media.Obama says in a speech on counterterrorism Thursday he is troubled by the idea that leaks investigations may chill the investigative ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says supporting transitions to democracy in unstable regions like the Middle East will remain a key part of his strategy for fighting terrorism.In a speech at the National Defense University, the president said Thursday that the peaceful ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says he has signed new policy guidelines to oversee when the U.S. can use drone strikes against suspected terrorists.Obama says clear guidelines, oversight and accountability are spelled out in "policy guidance" he signed Wednesday.He says Thursday in ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says his administration informs Congress about every drone strike America orders.In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all drone strikes outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, such as ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says his administration is willing to consider accepting increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.In a speech on new contours of his counterterrorism strategy, Obama took note Thursday of a number of ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls an "appalling attack" that killed a British soldier Wednesday.Two men have been accused of butchering the soldier with knives and a meat cleaver on a London street while horrified bystanders watched.Obama said ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says he will nominate Katherine Archuleta, a former top campaign aide, as director of the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta would be the first Hispanic to direct the agency, which oversees and sets policies for the federal ...
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(AP) The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.That's according to a White House official, who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the trip ahead of the official announcement and requested anonymity.A monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama is threatening to veto House Republicans' student loan bill.The White House Budget Office said Wednesday the GOP plan does not guarantee current low interest rates for students and creates uncertainty for them. The budget office says that ...
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(AP) Michelle Obama says stories of toil and sweat by slaves once housed at a historic home within sight of the White House are an important part of U.S. history that must be preserved for future generations.The first lady commented Wednesday ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama says a far-reaching immigration overhaul approved by a Senate panel is largely consistent with his own principles.He says the bill meets the challenge of fixing a broken U.S. immigration system.The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill in ...
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(AP) The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Dan Tangherlini to run the General Services Administration, the agency in charge of federal buildings and supplies.Tangherlini has been the GSA's acting administrator since April 2012. Obama is nominating him to ...
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(AP) Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate.President ...
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(AP) The White House says President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs.White House spokesman Jay Carney says he can't comment on any specific government investigation into leaks of classified information. But he says Obama believes the ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday.Obama has declared a major disaster ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire neighborhoods.Obama has ordered federal aid to supplement state and ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City suburbs.The White House says Obama told the governor that he's directed the government and the Federal ...
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(AP) A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.The official said Monday that Treasury told the White House in late April about a possible ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) early next month in California.The White House says the meeting will be Obama's first with Xi since Xi became president. The two days of high-level sessions are scheduled ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space.Obama says Ride was a role model to young women and showed that achievement has no limits. He says Ride ...
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(AP) Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to justice.Thein Sein made the comments Monday in a speech at a university in Washington after meeting President Barack Obama.Myanmar has been roiled ...
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