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ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: President Obama will spend his day today behind closed doors. In the morning, the president will meet with his national security team in the Situation Room and in the afternoon he will receive his regular...

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September 2, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

Obama 'Hopeful, Cautiously Hopeful' About Mideast Direct Talks

From Sunlen Miller After a day of separate meetings in the Oval Office, President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, President Abbas of The Palestinian Authority, King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Mubarak of Egypt walked together in a...

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September 1, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

On Eve of Mideast Peace Talks, Obama Says Without the Attempt 'Failure Is Guaranteed'

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Flanked by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, President Obama emerged after his series of bilateral meetings on Palestinian-Israeli peace admitting that while the upcoming negotiations are...

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September 1, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (10)

Ending Combat Operations in Iraq

Our World News report: -Jake Tapper

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September 1, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Obama and Netanyahu Jointly Denounce Hamas Attacks as “Senseless Slaughter”

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the killing of four Israelis in the West Bank on Tuesday, declaring it a “senseless slaughter.”

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September 1, 2010 in Middle East Peace Process, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (13)

The Presidential Planner

From Sunlen Miller: President Obama will start his day today by participating in a call with FEMA Administrator Fugate on the preparations being made in advance of Hurricane Earl, currently threatening the eastern seaboard, the White House said. "The President...

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September 1, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace On Lessons Learned From Previous Failed Attempts

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, President Obama’s US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, briefed reporters earlier today on the kick-off of direct peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the goal of which is a two-state solution “with security and dignity for both Israelis and Palestinians,” Mitchell sai

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August 31, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

State Department to Assume Lead on Civilian Effort in Iraq

With the US combat mission in Iraq ending today, the State Department takes over as the head of the civilian-led presence there. The department will be increasing its authority while drawing down its presence in many of the provinces, however it faces a number of challenges in doing so. It will no longer be able to depend entirely on the military for security and faces a Congress skeptical of the funding increases it has requested.

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August 31, 2010 in Clinton, Hillary, Iraq, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (3)

President Obama's Iraq Speech -- Excerpts

The White House sent these excerpts from President Obama’s pending address to the nation on ending of combat operations in Iraq.

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August 31, 2010 in Iraq, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (35)

Obama Administration Asks Court to Unfreeze Embryonic Stem Cell Research

The Obama administration filed court papers on Wednesday asking a federal judge to suspend an order he issued last week that blocked the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

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August 31, 2010 in Current Affairs, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (21)

President Obama Tonight: The Mission Remains Unaccomplished – In Iraq and Elsewhere

As he flew on Air Force One to Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas, today, President Obama called President George W. Bush to preview tonight’s Oval Office address and discuss conditions on the ground in Iraq.

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August 31, 2010 in Iraq, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (4)

Thanking Troops, Obama Says Tonight’s Iraq Speech Won’t be a “Victory Lap”

While thanking soldiers at Fort Bliss who served in the Iraq war for “a job well done,” President Obama said his prime-time address tonight is not going to be a victory lap.

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August 31, 2010 in Afghanistan, Iraq, Obama, Barack | Permalink | User Comments (11)

ACLU Sues to Block Targeted Killings

In a case that promises to test the limits of war in the age of terror, the ACLU has filed suit to stop the US government’s practice of targeted assassinations of suspected terrorists around the world.

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August 31, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

DHS Increases Use of Drones on Southern Border

The Department of Homeland Security will be expanding their use of Unmanned Aerial Systems along the Southwest border to provide support and reconnaissance to Border Patrol Agents with the arrival of a new Predator-B aircraft upping Customs and Border Protection’s fleet of drones to seven aircrafts.

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August 31, 2010 in Immigration | Permalink | User Comments (22)

Obama’s Oval Office Makeover

Faced with a deteriorating economic horizon and while President Obama was vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard the Oval Office received a makeover, complete with a new carpet, new wallpaper and new furniture.

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August 31, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (77)

NIH Issues New Stem Cell Research Guidelines as Obama Administration Prepares to Appeal Court Ruling

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- still reeling from a District Court ruling that blocked the use of federal funds for embryonic cell research -- issued new guidance last night detailing how it will comply with the Court's preliminary injunction.

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The Presidential Planner

From Sunlen Miller: After a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Monday, President Obama will mark, for the second time in as many days, the end of the United States’ combat mission in Iraq today by...

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August 31, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (18)

Can You Hear Me Now?

Our "World News" spot on President Obama and the economy: - Jake Tapper

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August 30, 2010 | Permalink | User Comments (10)

Today’s Qs for O’s WH – 8/30/2010

TAPPER: Is the reason the president's not pushing for a bolder move on the economy because he doesn't believe there is one, or because he doesn't think he could get it through Congress?

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August 30, 2010 in Today's Qs for Obama's WH, White House Press Briefing | Permalink | User Comments (23)

"Can You Guys Still Hear Us?": President Obama Talks Economy Amidst Technical Snafus

During a hastily-called Rose Garden event during which the sound system failed him, President Obama attempted today to communicate to the American public that his administration remains on top of the economic crisis.

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August 30, 2010 in Economy, Obama, Barack, White House | Permalink | User Comments (550)