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Obama speaks to Afghan president three days after NATO strike kills children
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children. The White House announced the conversation, but would not divulge whether Obama mentioned the strike, which caused the latest of…
Watch live: Biden and Holder deliver remarks on gun control
Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder deliver remarks at the White House on measures relating to gun reform. Watch live, broadcast by NBC News on April 9.…
White House features farts in ‘special message’ from the ‘president’
The White House announced on Monday that it would be releasing a “special message from the president.” But instead of an important policy announcement, the White House joined in on the April Fools’ Day fun with a much younger “president” taking the place of President Barack Obama. “It looks like…
Obama won’t push Middle East peace initiative in Israel trip
President Barack Obama on Thursday signaled there would be no big Middle East peace initiative on the table when he arrives in Israel later this month for his first visit as US leader. Obama met American Jewish community leaders at the White House as he prepares for the trip, which…
‘Fox & Friends’: White House canceled tours so kids suffer with ‘maximum pain’
The hosts of Fox & Friends on Wednesday blasted an Obama administration effort to prevent Secret Service furloughs by suspending White House tours as a plan to make children suffer with “maximum pain.” NBC News on Tuesday reported that White House tours had been canceled due to budget cuts from…
White House says ‘no more tours’ until Congress agrees to end sequester
This afternoon, Roll Call reported that the White House will no longer be giving tours to the public due to budget cuts that resulted from the sequester. White House officials said they’re cancelling tours due to staffing reductions resulting from sequestration. White House Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.,…
White House ‘deeply concerned’ with House Republican funding plan
The White House on Tuesday expressed deep concern with a Republican bill to avoid a new fiscal showdown by funding the government through 2013, which keeps most sequester spending cuts in place. The Republican bill introduced in the House of Representatives does not cancel the $85 billion in arbitrary and…
Hillary Clinton fought ‘tooth and nail’ with staff over Afghan policy, says ex-official
Former US top diplomat Hillary Clinton and her staff fought “tooth and nail” to push ideas for diplomacy in Afghanistan in a bitter turf war with the White House, an ex-official says in a new book. Vali Nasr, now dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies…
White House mulling ‘non-lethal’ aid to Syrian rebels: Washington Post
The White House is mulling a major shift in policy on war-torn Syria and could supply rebels with “non-lethal” aid such as body armor, armored vehicles and perhaps even military training, according to the Washington Post. Citing unidentified US and European officials, the newspaper also reported Tuesday that Washington could…
Bob Woodward and the White House argue over the sequester
Why are Bob Woodward and the White House arguing over the sequester? The blame-game over who’s responsible for the “sequester” and its automatic spending cuts – which everyone agrees is a terrible way to run Washington’s business – finds journalistic icon and Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward at the center…
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