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Despite new hopes, U.S. treads cautiously after death of Venezuela’s Chavez

August 24, 2021 at 12:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the death of Venezuela's stridently anti-American President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday raised hopes in Washington for better U.S.-Venezuela relations, the Obama administration reacted cautiously as it...

Netanyahu: “Credible military threat” needed to stop Iran nuclear drive

August 24, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Iran was getting closer to being able to build a nuclear bomb despite sanctions and diplomacy and said...

Obama: No ‘Jedi mind-meld’ with Republicans

August 24, 2021 at 12:13 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who said just days ago that he had no interest in playing a "blame game," spent much of a news conference on Friday pointing...

Obama: No ‘Jedi mind-meld’ with Republicans

May 23, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who said just days ago that he had no interest in playing a "blame game," spent much of a news conference on Friday pointing...

Obama reaches out to three key Republicans on immigration reform

August 23, 2021 at 11:35 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reached out directly on Tuesday to key Republican senators negotiating a sweeping U.S. immigration overhaul and urged them to help craft a bipartisan reform...

Joe Biden’s tip for self-defense: Get a shotgun

June 21, 2019 at 3:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's advice for self-defense: Buy a shotgun, not an assault rifle. Biden, who is spearheading a push for President Barack Obama's gun control...

Obama honors six staff killed in Newtown school massacre

August 23, 2021 at 11:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked a poignant moment in his push to curb gun violence as he awarded presidential medals posthumously on Friday to six educators killed in...

Obama honors six staff killed in Newtown school massacre

August 22, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked a poignant moment in his push to curb gun violence as he awarded presidential medals posthumously on Friday to six educators killed in...

Obama: Americans deserve to know more about drone war

August 22, 2019 at 8:51 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday promised to be more forthcoming with the American public on his administration's campaign of lethal drone strikes amid criticism over the targeting...

Analysis: Obama to Republicans – Can we just move on?

August 23, 2021 at 11:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to try to push past the fiscal battles that plagued his first term -...

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