U.S. labor leaders are meeting with President Barack Obama Tuesday, calling on him to reject deep cuts in pensions and health care for the elderly as he works to resolve crucial government financial issues by the end of the year. Newly re-elected, Mr. Obama is turning this week toward a series of talks at the […]
Obama Meeting with Union Leaders on US Fiscal Cliff
Posted November 13th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Lauds Higher US Car Sales
Posted October 13th, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says U.S. car sales are higher than they have been in four years. Mr. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that the high sales were reached because his administration “refused to let Detroit go bankrupt.” He said his administration “bet” on American workers and their ingenuity, and that bet is […]
Obama Dedicates Cesar Chavez Home as National Monument
Posted October 8th, 2012 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama has dedicated the home of the late U.S. labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument, saying the world became a better place when Chavez decided to change it. Chavez’s widow still lives in that home in Keene, California, north of Los Angeles. Chavez is buried at the site. Chavez co-founded the […]
Obama Attends Ceremony for Americans Killed in Libya
Posted September 14th, 2012 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama says the United States will be resolute in protecting its embassies while attending a ceremony marking the return of the bodies of four Americans killed in Libya this week. President Obama said these are “difficult days” for the United States but he said America will never stop working for the world and […]
Obama on Consulate Attack: ‘Make No Mistake; Justice Will Be Done’
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama pointed out as Secretary Clinton did minutes earlier that Libyans helped some U.S. diplomats find safety and carried the body of U.S ambassador Chris Stevens to the hospital. He said it is “especially tragic” that Stevens died in Libya because that is “a place he fought to save.” Mr. Obama said Americans […]
Obama: “No Justification” for Libya Attack
Posted September 12th, 2012 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says there is “no justification” for the “senseless violence” that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other American staff members at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Mr. Obama spoke in the White House Rose Garden with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by his side Wednesday. Mr. Obama said he […]
White House Releases Obama Beer Recipes
Posted September 2nd, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
Barack Obama already has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments – U.S. president, U.S. Senator, Nobel Peace Prize winner. He can now add one more title – brew master. President Obama bought a home brewing kit last year and with the help of some fellow home brewers who work in the White House, created several […]
Obama Pledges Aid to Drought-Stricken Farmers
Posted August 11th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged a wide-ranging response for farmers and ranchers to the one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years. Mr. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday the current corn crop is in “poor or very poor” condition and cattle farmers are “struggling to feed their animals.” The president […]
President Obama Turns 51
Posted August 4th, 2012 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama turned 51 years old Saturday. The president celebrated his birthday by playing a round of golf at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. He is leaving later Saturday for a quiet weekend at Camp David, the presidential retreat. The president’s birthday celebrations continue into next weekend, when he will hold several […]
Company Says Obama’s Mother Has African Ancestry
Posted July 30th, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. genealogy company says it has found evidence that President Barack Obama could have African ancestry from his mother, a white woman from Kansas. The Utah-based company Ancestry.com says Mr. Obama’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, has a mixed race family line that appears to trace back to an African slave in colonial Virginia. It […]
