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White House threatens NDAA veto over Guantanamo provisions
In an official statement released Thursday, the White House said it would veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2013 if it passed in its current form. The White House “strongly objected” to provisions of the annual defense spending bill that would limit the administration’s ability to move terrorism…
Watch live: White House briefing
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney holds a briefing. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 29. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
White House: Going over ‘fiscal cliff’ will ruin consumer spending in 2013
The White House warned Monday that American consumers will spend $200 billion less in 2013 if the looming fiscal cliff is not averted and automatic tax hikes are triggered across the board. The fresh warning came as US lawmakers return to work after the week-long Thanksgiving holiday with time running…
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…
The day Obama chose a strategy of silence on climate change
The invitation to the White House in the spring of 2009 struck Barack Obama’s allies in the environmental movement as a big moment: a clear sign that climate change was on his radar and that the president was eager to get to work. The event was indeed a turning point,…
How the 2014 elections tip prospects for a ‘grand bargain’ on the deficit
How the 2014 elections tip prospects for a 'grand bargain' on US deficits (via The Christian Science Monitor) If President Obama wins a second term, a top White House aim is to work with Congress to strike a “grand bargain,” a massive debt-reduction deal that would shore up the government’s…
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…
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