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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...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama celebrated a bipartisan "season of progress" on Wednesday at a year-end news conference a few hours after the Senate ratified an arms control treaty with Russia. In addition to cutting nuclear weapons and launchers, Obama said the pact will allow U.S. inspectors to "be back on the ground" in Russia. "So we'll be able to trust but verify," he said, quoting the late President Ronald Reagan in another in a string of bipartisan gestures of recent weeks. The president signed legislation ear...
WASHINGTON — Facing a Democratic rebellion, President Barack Obama on Tuesday staunchly defended his decision to compromise with Republicans and temporarily extend about-to-expire tax cuts for all Americans. "There are some who would have preferred a protracted political fight," the president said at a White House news conference a day after the deal was announced. "And I understand the desire for a fight. I'm sympathetic to that." But, he said, a long political battle "would be a bad deal for the economy. And it would be a...
President Barack Obama waves as he is introduced to the troops at a rally during an unannounced visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Friday. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — In a rousing holiday-season visit, President Barack Obama on Friday told cheering U.S. troops in Afghanistan they're succeeding in their vital mission fighting terrorism. But after he flew in secrecy for 14 hours to get here, foul weather kept him from nearby Kabul and a meeting to address frayed relations w...
AKARTA, Indonesia — From the most Muslim nation on earth, President Barack Obama is reaching out to the Islamic world, declaring that efforts to build trust and peace are showing promise but are still clearly "incomplete." Obama on Wednesday will deliver one of the most personal and potentially consequential speeches of his presidency, reflecting on his own years of upbringing in Indonesia and giving an update on America's "new beginning" with Muslims that he promised last year in Cairo. At the same time, the path to l...
Obama calls India creator, not poacher, of US jobs MUMBAI, India (AP) — Searching for help half a world away, President Barack Obama on Saturday embraced India as the next jobs-creating giant for hurting Americans, not a cheap-labor rival that outsources opportunity from the United States. Fresh off a political trouncing at home, Obama was determined to show tangible, economic results on his long Asia trip, and that was apparent from almost the moment he set foot on a steamy afternoon in the world's largest democracy. By t...
