Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Family bike ride for Obamas on Martha’s VineyardAug 16, 2013 10:46 am - WEST TISBURY, Mass. — President Barack Obama says he’s having a “great time as always” on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. Obama took his wife, Michelle, and daughters Ma...
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Obama cancels U.S.-Egyptian military exerciseAug 15, 2013 10:07 am - CHILMARK, Mass. — President Barack Obama has scrapped joint U.S.-Egypt military exercises scheduled for next month, saying American cooperation with the Egyptian governm...
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Lawmakers say obstacles limit oversight of NSA surveillanceAug 10, 2013 9:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration points to checks and balances from Congress as a key rationale for supporting bulk collection of Americans’ telephone communication...
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Obama: 'Appropriate reforms' for spy program in worksAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Responding to critics, President Barack Obama promised on Friday to work with Congress on “appropriate reforms” for the domestic surveillance programs that ...
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White House wants ‘more results,’ spikes Putin summitAug 07, 2013 8:43 am - WASHINGTON — Already faltering, President Barack Obama’s five-year effort to reboot U.S.-Russian relations finally crashed Wednesday, as the White House abruptly cancele...
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Obama economic tour attracts low expectationsJul 25, 2013 9:30 am - WASHINGTON — It’s hard to find anyone who thinks President Barack Obama’s series of heavily promoted economic speeches will be the flash point that unclogs the system in...
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Obama leery of intervention in MideastJul 03, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — From Egypt to Syria to Iraq and beyond, the Obama administration is determined to show it will only go so far to help save nations in chaos from themselves....
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Obama ends Africa trip by joining Bush at memorialJul 02, 2013 9:27 am - DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican predecessor President George W. Bush found common ground in Africa on Tuesday, honoring the vi...
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Obama recasts chase for Snowden as unexceptionalJun 28, 2013 8:37 am - WASHINGTON — The last thing President Barack Obama wants to do is turn Edward Snowden into a grand enemy of the state or a Daniel Ellsberg-type hero who speaks truth to ...
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Obama yet to have African legacy like predecessorsJun 28, 2013 8:37 am - DAKAR, Senegal — President Barack Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father’s home continent, even as he has yet to...