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Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress

YoopyaSep 4, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President

Obama and aides confront skeptical Congress on Syria strike

YoopyaSep 2, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama and his top aides launched a full-scale political offensive on Sunday to persuade a skeptical Congress to approve a military

Obama: Forces conspiring against middle class

YoopyaAug 31, 2013April 14, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it won’t be easy to reverse forces that for decades have conspired against working Americans. But he says

Once-brash Rice quietly builds Obama’s bridge to Congress on Syria

YoopyaAug 30, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Susan Rice is facing her first key test as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser as she helps lead a White House effort to convince

Obama on watching ‘The Butler’ – ‘I did tear up’

YoopyaAug 28, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama says he teared up watching a movie about an African-American man who served for 34 years at the White House during the

Obama hits the road to push for education reforms

YoopyaAug 26, 2013April 14, 20240

President Obama on Thursday hits the road in a two-day bus tour through New York and Pennsylvania, where he plans to stop at a series

Insight: Quietly, businesses help reshape U.S. immigration debate

YoopyaAug 26, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – If Texas Representative Ted Poe was looking for reassurance that backing an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws won’t be political suicide for conservatives

Obama says concerned about Syria, but cautious about costs

YoopyaAug 23, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Friday that the international community needs to find out more about whether chemical weapons have been

Obama’s choice for top Europe envoy will face senators determined to know more about Benghazi

YoopyaJul 11, 2013July 4, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — A confirmation hearing Thursday for President Barack Obama’s choice as chief American diplomat for Europe could provide some surprising fireworks on the

As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama’s problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand

YoopyaMay 20, 2013August 18, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses.