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Obama says farewell to defense chief as successor awaits vote

August 22, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama bade a fond farewell to retiring Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at a ceremony on Friday and voiced strong support for his nominated successor, Chuck...

White House warns of damaging “sequestration” spending cuts

August 22, 2019 at 8:44 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday that government spending cuts due to take effect March 1 would have harsh consequences for ordinary Americans and the U.S. economy,...

Exclusive: Obama considering MIT physicist Moniz for energy secretary – sources

August 23, 2021 at 10:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is considering naming nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, who is one of his science and energy advisers, as the next energy secretary, sources familiar with...

Obama giving $155 million in humanitarian aid to Syrians

August 23, 2021 at 10:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States would boost humanitarian aid to Syria and urged other nations to do more to help the United Nations,...

Obama giving $155 million in humanitarian aid to Syrians

August 22, 2019 at 8:31 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States would boost humanitarian aid to Syria and urged other nations to do more to help the United Nations,...

Obama turns to police officers in gun control fight

August 22, 2019 at 8:28 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned to law enforcement on Monday for support in his push to tighten gun laws, meeting at the White House with police chiefs from...

Obama says football needs to become less violent: report

August 23, 2021 at 10:05 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he loves football but thinks the sport should "probably change gradually" so that there are fewer concussions, particularly at the college level. "I'm...

Clinton coy about political future in joint interview with Obama

August 23, 2021 at 10:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sidestepped questions about whether she would run for president in 2016 in a CBS television interview done jointly with President...

Obama says struggling over whether to intervene in Syria

August 22, 2019 at 8:28 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he has been wrestling with the question whether a U.S. military intervention in Syria's 22-month-old civil war would help resolve the bloody conflict...

Obama says football needs to become less violent: report

August 22, 2019 at 8:28 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he loves football but thinks the sport should "probably change gradually" so that there are fewer concussions, particularly at the college level. "I'm...

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