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  • President Joe Biden, accompanied by Attorney General Eric Holder, meets with Sportsmen and Women and Wildlife Interest Groups and member of his cabinet, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Biden is scheduled to meet with video game representatives Friday as the White House explores cultural factors that may contribute to violent behavior.

    Biden seeks video game industry input on guns Jan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Looking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry for ideas as the White House seeks to assemble proposals in response to last month's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. Biden is scheduled to meet with video game representatives Friday as the White House explores cultural factors that may contribute to violent behavior.

     
  • Vice President Joe Biden, with Attorney General Eric Holder at left, speaks during a meeting with victims’ groups and gun safety organizations in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington Wednesday.

    Biden pledges urgent Obama action on gun control Jan 9, 2013 12:00 AM
    Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could "take thousands of people out of harm's way" and improve the safety of millions more.

     
  • Facing an end-of-the-month deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims’ organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House this week for discussions on potential policy proposals for curbing gun violence. President Barack Obama has ordered an administration-wide task force to send him proposals by the end of January. The group will be led by Vice President Joe Biden.

    White House ramping up discussions on gun violence Jan 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Facing an end-of-the-month deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims' organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House this week for discussions on potential policy proposals for curbing gun violence. President Barack Obama has ordered an administration-wide task force to send him proposals by the end of January.

     
  • President Barack Obama and his choice for Defense Secretary, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, left, listen as the president’s choice for CIA Director, Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, right, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.

    Graham calls for delay on Brennan nomination Jan 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    A Republican senator is calling for a delay in confirming President Barack Obama's pick for CIA director until the administration provides answers on the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Libya.

     
  • President Barack Obama is Time Magazine's Person of the Year. The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC's “Today” show. The shortlist for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls' education. It also included Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Italian physicist Fabiola Giannati. Obama also received the honor in 2008, when he was President-elect. Last year, “The Protester” got the honor.

    President Obama is Time's 'Person of the Year' Dec 19, 2012 12:00 AM
    President Barack Obama has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012. "We are in the midst of historic cultural and demographic changes, and Obama is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new America," Time Editor Rick Stengel told NBC's "Today" show, where he announced the selection on Wednesday.

     

  • Hagel, Kerry poised to assume Cabinet roles Dec 15, 2012 12:00 AM

     
  • President Barack Obama, accompanied by members of his Cabinet, speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington to discuss Superstorm Sandy.

    Budget constraints will affect Obama legacy Dec 8, 2012 12:00 AM
    Republicans argue the debt limit votes are their only leverage to curb excessive federal spending. They also have issued warnings in recent days that Obama's apparent refusal to budge on taxes threatens to damage any hopes of resetting bipartisan relations in his second term.

     
  • This still image from video released by the Business Roundtable, shows its online video on the “fiscal cliff.”

    Fiscal cliff ads pick up where campaign stopped Dec 7, 2012 12:00 AM
    In general, the ads are less sharp-edged than the most caustic 2012 election spots. In many cases, the intent is to bring pressure to bear on the whole of Congress, not just a particular member or group of members. But combined, the ads reflect the high stakes involved and intense competition to shape the outcome.

     
  • President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the fiscal cliff at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The president warned Republicans not to create another fight over the nation’s debt ceiling, telling business leaders it’s “not a game that I will play.”

    Obama and Boehner discuss fiscal cliff by phone Dec 5, 2012 12:00 AM
    For the first time in days, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner spoke by phone Wednesday about the "fiscal cliff" that threatens to knock the economy into recession, raising the prospect of fresh negotiations to prevent tax increases and spending cuts set to kick in with the new year.

     

  • Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa. Nov 30, 2012 12:00 AM

     
  • The White House says President Barack Obama will meet privately Thursday with his vanquished rival Mitt Romney, their first face-to-face encounter since the election.

    White House: Obama to meet Romney Thursday Nov 28, 2012 12:00 AM
    The White House says President Barack Obama will meet privately Thursday with his vanquished rival Mitt Romney, their first face-to-face encounter since the election.

     
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    Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliff Nov 27, 2012 12:00 AM
    President Barack Obama plans to make a public case this week for his strategy for dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, traveling to the Philadelphia suburbs Friday as he pressures Republicans to allow tax increases on the wealthy while extending tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or less.

     
  • Associated Press/Oct. 19, 2012 A mostly women audience listens behind President Barack Obama as he speaks about the choices facing them in the election, during a campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. More women voted for Obama, more men for Romney.

    Women overrule moody male voters Nov 24, 2012 12:00 AM
    For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively — Republican Mitt Romney — lost. More women voted for the other guy.

     
  • As U.S. President Barack Obama tours Asia to push his year-old pivot to the Pacific policy, the big question on everybody’s mind is how much of a role Washington, with its mighty military and immense diplomatic clout, can play in keeping the peace in the Pacific.

    How Asia sees Obama’s pivot to the Pacific Nov 20, 2012 12:00 AM

     
  • Tears run down the cheek of President Barack Obama as he speaks at his final campaign stop on the evening before the 2012 election, in the downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Barack Obama isn’t the only world leader unashamed or unable to avoid being seen crying in public.

    Changing times: Politicians’ tears more common now Nov 9, 2012 12:00 AM
    It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election. But Barack Obama isn't the only world leader unashamed to be seen crying in public — or simply unable to avoid it. Attitudes seem to have changed since the early 1970s, when an alleged crying incident during the presidential primary season went a long way toward derailing the candidacy of a Maine senator.

     
  • Speaker of the House John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, on Wednesday expressed a willingness to discuss tax hikes.

    Fiscal cliff: Impasse on tax rates is big hurdle Nov 8, 2012 12:00 AM
    House Republicans' hard line against higher tax rates for upper-income earners leaves re-elected President Barack Obama with a tough, core decision: Does he pick a fight and risk falling off a "fiscal cliff" or does he rush to compromise and risk alienating liberal Democrats?

     
  • Now that the election is over, President Barack Obama will revamp his administration for a second term, including changes to his Cabinet.

    Change coming to Obama’s team, just not right away Nov 8, 2012 12:00 AM
    Big changes are coming to President Barack Obama's administration — just not right away.

     
  • President Barack Obama now has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways. That could mean tougher Iran and Syria policies, or new engagement toward countries such as Cuba and North Korea.

    Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term Nov 8, 2012 12:00 AM
    Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening America's approach to Iran and Syria while potentially engaging other repressive countries such as Cuba and North Korea and refocusing on moribund Middle East peace efforts.

     
  • House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, says Republicans are willing to consider some form of higher tax revenue as part of the solution to the “fiscal cliff” problem — but only under what he calls “the right conditions.”

    Obama, GOP leaders lay down markers on budget deal Nov 8, 2012 12:00 AM
    Taking little time to celebrate, President Barack Obama is setting out to leverage his re-election into legislative success in an upcoming showdown with congressional Republicans over taxes, deficits and the impending "fiscal cliff." House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are willing to consider some form of higher tax revenue as part of the solution — but only "under the right conditions."

     
  • President Barack Obama, with his arm around daughter Sasha, and first lady Michelle Obama and eldest daughter Malia exit Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a flight from Chicago on Wednesday.

    Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided government Nov 7, 2012 12:00 AM
    One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a compromise to avert looming spending cuts and tax increases that threaten to plunge the economy back into recession. Added Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Of course" an agreement is possible.

     
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