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White House Backs CIA Over DNI in Turf Battles

The White House this week sided with Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta in a turf battle he was waging against President Obama's director of national intelligence, Adm. Dennis Blair (Ret.), knowledgeable sources tell ABC News. For decades, the chief...

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President Obama to Troops in Alaska: 'We'll Give You the Strategy and Clear Mission You Deserve'

ABC News' Rachel Martin reports: President Obama stopped off in Anchorage, Alaska today to visit troops at the Elmendorf Air Base, before heading off to Asia for a one-week four nation trip, his first excursion to Asia as president.

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Gates Irked By Recent Leaks: 'Everybody Out There Ought to Just Shut Up'

ABC News' Kirit Radia: Speaking to reporters traveling with him to Oshkosh, Wisconsin today, where he toured a plant building the new more mobile armored trucks called MRAP-ATVs that will be deployed to Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates lashed...

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Seeking Benchmarks and "Off-ramps," President Obama Sends Pentagon Officials Back to their Desks

The president sent war council officials back to their desks to answer specific questions to which he has yet to hear the answers, senior administration officials tell ABC News.

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President Obama Announces 'Jobs Summit'

ABC News' Rachel Martin reports: President Obama today announced a “job creation forum” that will take place at the White House sometime in December. In short remarks today before leaving on his trip to Asia, the president said that while...

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On Afghanistan, President Obama Presses Pentagon for More Information Before Making Decision

Some White House officials thought that President Obama's 8th "war council" meeting Wednesday to decide on a strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan might be the last.

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POTUS to announce WH Job Creation Summit in December

As he prepares to depart on a week long 4-country excursion to Asia, President Obama will make remarks this morning in which he will address the nation's 10.2% unemployment rate and call for a White House summit on job creation to be held in December, called the "Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth," administration officials tell ABC News.

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The Presidential Planner

President Obama today will make his first trip to Asia as president, departing this morning for a four-country, weeklong tour of Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. Mr. Obama is leaving for his trip one day later than scheduled so he could attend the memorial service at Ft. Hood on Tuesday and hold a meeting with his national security team on Wednesday. More from ABC’s Karen Travers and Yunji de Nies here.

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