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White House holds high-level meeting over security threat

August 24, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top national security advisers met at the White House on Saturday to discuss the potential threat of terrorist attacks that caused Washington and its...

Obama urges House to pass immigration reform by August

August 24, 2021 at 12:35 p.m.

PRETORIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the House of Representatives to follow the lead of the Senate and pass a bill by August to reform the U.S....

Immigration bill clears early test vote; Obama calls for action

August 24, 2021 at 11:42 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to begin consideration of a White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, burying a procedural roadblock that opponents...

Immigration bill clears early test vote; Obama calls for action

May 23, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to begin consideration of a White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, burying a procedural roadblock that opponents...

Obama names Furman as new White House chief economist

August 24, 2021 at 11:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated longtime adviser Jason Furman to be his new chief economist on Monday, elevating a former campaign aide and Clinton administration official to oversee...

Obama names Furman as new White House chief economist

May 23, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated longtime adviser Jason Furman to be his new chief economist on Monday, elevating a former campaign aide and Clinton administration official to oversee...

Five criteria Obama may weigh in seeking Bernanke successor

August 24, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the summer of 2009, with the U.S. economy badly wounded and the nation's financial calamity still a vivid memory, President Barack Obama's closest aides began a...

Five criteria Obama may weigh in seeking Bernanke successor

May 23, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the summer of 2009, with the U.S. economy badly wounded and the nation's financial calamity still a vivid memory, President Barack Obama's closest aides began a...

On Memorial Day, Obama pays tribute to fallen

August 24, 2021 at 10:39 a.m.

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen men and women of the U.S. armed services during a Memorial Day ceremony in which he reminded...

Obama calls Oklahoma tornado’s toll ‘hard to comprehend’

August 24, 2021 at 10:37 a.m.

MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Standing by a pile of debris that once was an elementary school, President Barack Obama on Sunday called the destruction last week's tornado wrought in Moore,...

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