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Beyonce to sing national anthem at presidential inauguration
Pop diva Beyonce will sing the national anthem before hundreds of thousands of onlookers at US President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony on January 21, organizers said Wednesday. On a stage specially constructed for the event at the foot of the Capitol, the singer — a long-time supporter of Obama —…
Republicans gird for battle over Chuck Hagel at Pentagon
Comments from Republican lawmakers on Sunday presaged a fierce confirmation battle for the man US President Barack Obama is reportedly about to nominate as his defense secretary: Chuck Hagel. Obama has decided he wants the 66-year-old former Republican senator to succeed Leon Panetta at the Pentagon and will make his…
Obama calls for scaled-back ‘fiscal cliff’ package to ‘protect middle-class taxpayers’
Democrat and Republican lawmakers mulled their next move Saturday after leaving Washington for the Christmas holidays without an agreement on averting a year-end fiscal crisis that could lead to stiff tax hikes and drastic budget cuts. On Friday, US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to pass a scaled-down tax package…
John Kerry to receive Secretary of State nomination
US President Barack Obama will nominate Senator John Kerry, a veteran foreign policy hand and former presidential candidate, as his next secretary of state on Friday, a US official told AFP. The current holder of Washington’s top diplomatic post, Hillary Clinton, had indicated that she wishes to step down after…
Time names Obama person of the year again
Time magazine on Wednesday named the recently re-elected US President Barack Obama as its person of the year for 2012 — the second time it has accorded him this honor. The venerable American news magazine said the United States is in the midst of huge cultural and demographic changes and…
Obama ‘willing to compromise’ on ‘tough spending cuts’
US President Barack Obama said Monday he was ready to compromise “a little bit” to head off a tax and austerity crisis, but warned he would not budge on making the rich pay more. Obama took his campaign to hike rates on the wealthy to a factory floor in Michigan,…
Psy apologizes for anti-U.S. rap: ‘Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law, and fathers. Kill them all slowly and painfully’
South Korean megastar singer Psy, famed for his runaway hit “Gangnam Style”, apologised for anti-American performances a decade ago, ahead of a planned show before US President Barack Obama. In 2002 the singer smashed a model US tank at a protest over the American military presence in South Korea and…
Obama to Republicans: Raise taxes on rich or no fiscal cliff deal
US President Barack Obama warned Republicans Tuesday there would be no deal on averting a potentially disastrous fiscal crisis without them caving in to his demand to raise tax rates on the rich. But in an interview with Bloomberg TV, Obama offered a hint of wiggle room, declining to state…
Obama wants fiscal cliff deal before Christmas
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a deal with Republicans before Christmas on averting a tax and deficit crunch that it is feared could pitch the economy into recession. Obama gathered middle class families at the White House to up his campaign for Republicans to join…
Cambodia arrests eight for ‘SOS Obama’ stunt
Cambodian police arrested eight people Thursday for displaying portraits of US President Barack Obama next to the word “SOS” on their roofs ahead of his much-anticipated visit to the nation. The stunt was carried out by residents living near Phnom Penh airport in protest at their threatened eviction, a local…
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