The Administration has finally figured out that many of the region’s economies are strong enough global players now to be useful to the U.S. as bloc partners in its bid to stay ahead of China’s burgeoning trade and financial power
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Biden Endorses Chocolate Bullets
Obama Says He Won’t Tolerate Political Bias at IRS
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama said Monday he will not tolerate political bias at the Internal Revenue Service and promised to get to the bottom of the agency’s admitted targeting of conservative groups.
Obama, in his first comments on the revelations of political targeting at the tax agency, said he learned about them from …
Not Nixon, Exactly.
I may have swung a bit too hard, putting Barack Obama’s Administration in the same league as Franklin Roosevelt’s and Richard Nixon’s when it comes to the Internal Revenue Service. The situation remains a major embarrassment, though.
Obama to Welcome U.K. PM Cameron to White House
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama is welcoming British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House for talks on subjects ranging from Syria’s civil war to preparations for a coming summit of the world’s leading …
Obama Calls on Congress to Help More Homeowners
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama says Congress must give more homeowners the chance to refinance their mortgages to save money.
Obama says more than 2 million people are saving about $3,000 a year after restructuring their loans under his administration but that more deserve the same chance.
In his weekly radio and Internet …
IRS Mess
The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups is outrageous. Those who did this should be fired immediately. That’s obvious.
Smoke Forces Evacuation of White House West Wing
(WASHINGTON) — Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room.
President Barack Obama and his family were not affected by the incident, according to the White House.
U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max …
White House: GOP Focus On Benghazi Tied To Mitt Romney (With Transcript)
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney fended off a barrage of questions on Friday afternoon over the Obama administration’s public statements in response to last year’s Benghazi attack.
On Jobs Tour In Texas, Obama Offers Little New Hope For Jobs Progress In Washington
Obama’s swing through the Texas was notable for what it left out—any plan for putting his proposals into law.
Why Barack Obama Plays Golf
Obama took Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Bob Corker, (R-Tenn.), and Mark Udall, (D-Colo.) to the golf course today. Chambliss got a hole-in-one.
Obama to Ohio State Graduates: Participate, Persevere (Transcript)
President Barack Obama addresses graduates of The Ohio State University. “Citizenship is a harder, higher road to take, but it leads to a better place. It’s how we built this country — together.”
Obama Wraps Up Latin Trip with an Eye Back Home
(SAN JOSE, Costa Rica) — President Barack Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security while reaching out to a politically powerful Latino audience back home.
Boosted by reassuring jobs numbers, Obama …
