Articles filed under Political Figures
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Fiscal cliff ads pick up where campaign stoppedDec 07, 2012 2:42 pm - WASHINGTON — Debate over the “fiscal cliff” has money pouring into television, print, radio and online ads, picking up where the wall-to-wall election campaign left off....
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Obama and Boehner discuss fiscal cliff by phoneDec 05, 2012 8:03 pm - WASHINGTON — 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 ...
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Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa.Nov 30, 2012 8:10 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking his case for avoiding a potentially unsettling “fiscal cliff” to the Philadelphia suburbs, employing campaign-style tactics...
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White House: Obama to meet Romney ThursdayNov 28, 2012 8:45 am - WASHINGTON — 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...
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Obama to appeal to public on fiscal cliffNov 27, 2012 10:52 am - WASHINGTON — 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 subur...
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Women overrule moody male votersNov 24, 2012 5:19 pm - WASHINGTON — Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama’s re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box. For the first time in research dating t...
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How Asia sees Obama’s pivot to the PacificNov 20, 2012 8:49 am - TOKYO — A lot has happened in Asia while the United States was off fighting its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most of it can be summed up in one word — China. Fueled...
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Dozen House women defend Rice over Libya commentsNov 16, 2012 5:28 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican senators’ angry criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice over her initial account of the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya smacks of sexism and raci...
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Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White HouseNov 16, 2012 5:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The two women at the center of the David Petraeus scandal — the biographer with whom he had an extramarital affair and the socialite who received worrisome ...
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Changing times: Politicians’ tears more common nowNov 09, 2012 8:53 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 O...