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Watch live: Obama pardons the Thanksgiving turkey
President Barack Obama on Wednesday continued the long-running tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey at the White House, which began in 1963. This year the White House asked social media users to vote which turkey, “Cobbler” or “Gobbler” should be pardoned by liking their photos on Facebook. Cobbler won, with…
Report: White House ‘did not alter’ Benghazi memo
A “talking points” memo distributed to government officials about the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya was altered by the intelligence community and not the White House, CNN reported. Armed militants stormed the US mission in Benghazi on September 11 in a coordinated assault at two different locations…
White House denies heavy editing of Benghazi memo
The White House denied Saturday having heavily edited talking points to UN Ambassador Susan Rice about the deadly attacks on a US mission in Libya to remove references to terrorism. “The only edit that was made by the White House and also by the State Department was to change the…
Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley made several White House visits
WASHINGTON — Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley, the two women embroiled in the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, visited the White House several times since 2009, a US official told AFP Friday. Broadwell, Petraeus’ biographer and former mistress, attended meetings on Afghanistan and Pakistan held at the…
CIA claims it needs more drones
The CIA has asked the White House to increase the number of drones it employs to transform it into a paramilitary force, despite recent statistics that show the majority of drone deaths are civilians.…
History shows ‘coattail’ effect not so crucial to presidents
History shows “coattail” effect not so crucial to presidents The trifecta of national politics is for a candidate to win the White House and help his party win control of Congress on presidential “coattails.” But is it “game over” for a president when the other team controls the House, the…
Benghazi attack: Pressure on White House as GOP demands answers
Republicans claim Joe Biden misled Americans by suggesting that he and Obama ‘did not know’ about security concerns The White House was under intense pressure on Friday to disclose whether any senior administration officials were aware of requests for increased diplomatic security in Libya ahead of the fatal 9/11 attack…
Fed chair Bernanke presses government to support economy
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he is confident the US economy will continue to expand, but he urged the US Congress and the White House to act to support stronger growth. “We expect the economy to continue grow… We are not expecting a recession,” Bernanke told…
Gary Johnson files anti-trust lawsuit to appear in presidential debates
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson filed an anti-trust lawsuit suit in federal court Friday alleging that the Democratic and Republican parties are conspiring to keep third-party candidates out of the presidential debates and, as a result, out of the White House. In the suit, Johnson’s attorneys argue that the rules of…
Israel sends top officials to the White House
Israel is trying to thaw the frosty relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House, and set up a meeting with President Barack Obama, an Israeli newspaper said on Friday. A report in the Maariv daily said National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror was in Washington and had been…
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