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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA director and top military commander in Afghanistan. Facing questions from reporters, Obama also reaffirmed his belief that the U.S. can't afford to continue tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, a key sticking point in negotiations with Republicans over the impending "fiscal cliff." He said, "The American people understood what they were getting" when t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end. Obama's statement put an end to months of wrangling over whether the U.S. would maintain a force in Iraq beyond 2011. He never mentioned the tense and ultimately fruitless negotiations with Iraq over whether to keep several thousand U.S. forces there as a training force and a hedge against m...
President Barack Obama listens as his new White House Chief of Staff William Daley makes a statement in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) BC-US--White House Shake-up,9th Ld-Writethru/1215 Eds: New version. With AP Photos. For global distribution. AP Video. Meet the new boss: Daley is Obama chief of staff BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Overhauling his team at the top, President Barack Obama on Thursday named banker and seasoned political...