Showing posts with label President Barack Obama. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 10, 2016

President Barack Obama, Supporters Push Policies And Appointments Before Trump Takes Over

December 10, 2016 President Barack Obama , Supporters Push Policies And Appointments Before Trump Takes Over 0 Comments


By McClatchy DC, Dec. 06, 2016 

WASHINGTON - Since Election Day, President Barack Obama has appointed 56 people to boards, commissions and offices in the hopes that they remain in those posts for years to come.

He has reduced the prison sentences of 79 federal inmates. He has handed out the nation’s highest civilian honor to 21 people who he said personally made an impact on his life.
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Sunday, August 2, 2015

"Key Democrats Stepped Forward To Support The Accord"

"Key Democrats Stepped Forward To Support The Accord"

August 02, 2015 Democrats , Iran Deal 0 Comments

Dems Still Weighing Iran Deal, But Happy With Obama Outreach

By Deb Riechmann , July 31, 2015 Yahoo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency — his fellow Democrats in Congress.

A handful of key Democrats stepped forward to support the accord within hours of Obama's personal lobbying at the White House this past week, part of the administration's all-out campaign since the pact was announced July 14. Other Democrats have signaled they are leaning in favor and still others have remained undeclared, awaiting a vote in September.

The deal, which curbs Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions smothering its economy, is not a traditional fight between the White House and Republicans, who control the House and Senate. This is about Obama, who has often been at odds with congressional Democrats, trying to cajole them just weeks after a divisive debate over trade.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

"There's Only One Islam"

"There's Only One Islam"

July 21, 2015 he Ed Show , MSNBC 0 Comments

MSNBC Guest: 'No Such Thing As Radical Islam'

By Brad Wilmouth, July 20, 2015 NewsBusted

On Friday's The Ed Show on MSNBC, during a discussion of conservative criticism of President Barack Obama for not using the words "radical Islam" in the aftermath of the shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee, liberal comedian and Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah tried to misdirect the conversation with a debate over definitions of words as he asserted that "there is no such thing as radical Islam."

Ironically, unlike the similar semantic game played by some on the left who argue that Muslim terrorists should not be considered "Muslims" because their violent actions are supposedly not consistent with the Koran, Obeidallah surprisingly did admit that "radical Muslims" and "Muslim terrorists" do exist:


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Sunday, July 19, 2015

So, Mr. Kerry, Was Ben Rhodes Lying?

So, Mr. Kerry, Was Ben Rhodes Lying?

July 19, 2015 John Kerry , National Security Adviser 0 Comments

Kerry: I’ve Never Heard Of ‘Anytime, Anywhere’ Inspections For Weapons [VIDEO]

By Derek Hunter, July 13, 2015 Daily Caller

The Obama administration is scrambling to sell its Iran nuclear deal to the American people, but it keeps getting tripped up by its own words. One point that struck a nerve with many people is the fact that Iran can delay inspections of a suspected nuclear site by 24 days, allowing for the removal of any evidence of illicit activity.

On April 7, 2015, President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “under this deal, you will have anywhere, any time 24/7 access as it relates to the nuclear facilities that Iran has.”

Now, on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Secretary of State John Kerry said, “This is a term that, honestly, I never heard in the four years that we were negotiating. It was not on the table. There’s no such thing in arms control as any time, anywhere.”

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

God is left on cutting room floor

July 07, 2015 P.W. Adams , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Surprise! Obama Leaves Out GOD In His 4th Of July Weekly Address (VIDEO) 

By P.W. Adams, Jul. 4, 2015, Progressives Today

As Obama’s term as President is slowly nearing its end, more and more of who the man is, and what he truly stands for, is beginning to seep out.

For instance, President Obama released his 4th of July weekly address for 2015 with one key ingredient missing: God.

Unlike his weekly addresses during the previous two years, where the President concluded his speeches with “God Bless You All” (2014) and “So, God bless You All. And may God bless The United States of America” (2013), Obama left out any mention of God in his recent address. Instead, this year, he chose to end his speech with a very politically correct, “Thanks, everybody. From my family to yours, have a safe and happy Fourth of July.”



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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

When we WANT him to go play golf, he doesn't!

July 01, 2015 Campaign Promises , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
After 'Gratifying' Week, Obama Sees Long To-Do List In Time Left

By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason, Jun. 30, 2015, Yahoo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It did not match the week of his wedding or the weeks his daughters were born, but President Barack Obama acknowledged on Tuesday that last week was a particularly momentous one for him.

The Supreme Court legalized gay marriage and upheld his signature healthcare law, and Congress passed legislation critical to a Pacific trade pact Obama wants to finalize before leaving office in January 2017.

"I might see if we can make next week even better," quipped Obama, who has about 18 months left in his presidency.

What's next? Obama told reporters he hopes to next work with Congress on an infrastructure funding package and on reforming the criminal justice system.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

She's getting away with it!!

June 30, 2015 Benghazi , Catherine Herridge 0 Comments
Benghazi Night Call Between Clinton And Obama Withheld, Documents Show

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By Catherine Herridge, Jun. 29, 2015, Fox News

New documents released by a federal court show President Obama called then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the night of the 2012 Benghazi attack -- but the contents are being withheld by the State Department.

It had previously been disclosed that Clinton and Obama spoke the night of the terror attacks. But the documents offer additional information about the timing of the call -- after the initial attack on the U.S. consulate, but before the second wave where mortars hit the nearby CIA annex and killed former Navy SEALs Ty Woods and Glen Doherty.

The contents of the call, however, are being withheld, not because the information is classified but because the administration claims they represent internal deliberations about the 2012 terror assault.

The claim comes as Clinton also faces accusations that she withheld Benghazi-related emails from her private server in the trove of emails handed over to the State Department.


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Monday, June 29, 2015

Maybe He's Putting His Presidential Library in Tehran

June 29, 2015 Iran Nuclear Procurement , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Obama Sent Iran Message Ahead Of Nuclear Deadline: Report

By Yahoo News, Jun. 29, 2015

Tehran (AFP) - US President Barack Obama recently sent a private message to Iran's leadership via Iraq's prime minister, an Iranian newspaper reported Monday on the eve of a deadline for a nuclear deal.

Hamshahri, Iran's highest-circulation daily, citing a lawmaker, said "one of the leaders of a neighbouring country" took the message from Obama to officials in Tehran.

The subject discussed was the nuclear talks between Iran and world powers led by the United States it said, without giving further details on its content.

The newspaper suggested that the message bearer was Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who met Obama on June 8 on the sidelines of a G7 summit in Germany.

Abadi visited Tehran on June 17, meeting Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as well as President Hassan Rouhani.


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If Bernie Keeps Heat On Hillary, Expect Biden To Jump In!

June 29, 2015 Joe Biden , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
New Yorker: Why Joe Biden Should Run 

By Amy Davidson, Jun. 12, 2015, The New Yorker

On the night of October 11, 2012, Barack Obama loped across the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base, looking as if he were trying hard not to grin. It was a change of mood; eight days earlier, he had done poorly in his first Presidential debate with Mitt Romney, and the feeling in his campaign was gloomy. But, that evening, Vice-President Joe Biden had had his first debate with Paul Ryan, during which he called out the Romney campaign on its “malarkey.” Some commentators thought that he had looked foolish—he’d laughed a lot, and when Biden laughs, he throws back his head. (Mark Salter, the Republican operative, called the Obama-Biden debate combination “sleepy cop/crystal-meth cop.”) 

But even many of the critics thought that he’d won. He had reminded a lot of people of why they wanted a Democrat in the White House, particularly on questions like income inequality. One of those people seems to have been Obama himself. He’d watched the debate on Air Force One and, though there wasn’t a plan for him to speak to reporters, he swung over to where they were standing.

“I’m going to make a special point of saying that I thought Joe Biden was terrific tonight,” the President said. “I could not be prouder of him. I thought he made a very strong case. I really think that his passion for making sure that the economy grows for the middle class came through. So I’m very proud of him.”


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Sunday, June 28, 2015

This will not end well

June 28, 2015 Iran , Iran Nuclear Procurement 0 Comments
Obama Plays 'Let Make A Deal' With Nuclear Iran 

By Michael Goodwin, Jun. 28, 2015, NYPost.com

The gods of news are working overtime. They delivered the twin bombshells from the Supreme Court, President Obama’s moving eulogy for one of the victims of the savage South Carolina church massacre and then the dramatic hunt for the two escaped New York convicts.

After those events, most people had no attention span left for anything else, including, unfortunately, the most far-reaching news of all. That would be the simultaneous expansion of Islamic terrorism by both of its main sources, the Islamic State and Iran.

On Friday alone, jihadists left their bloody tracks in countries on three continents, striking France, Tunisia and Kuwait. The attacks left scores dead and came after an Islamic State leader demanded that Ramadan mark a “calamity for the infidels . . . Shiites and apostate Muslims.” Spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani has said that “Muslims everywhere, we congratulate you over the arrival of the holy month. Be keen to conquer in this holy month and to become exposed to martyrdom.”


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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Whose House?

June 27, 2015 Heckler , LGBT 0 Comments
Transgender Heckler: Obama's Response 'Heartbreaking'

By Mark Hensch, Ju. 25, 2015, The Hill

An activist who heckled President Obama and was ejected from a White House reception wrote in an op-ed published on Thursday that she finds the president’s actions on transgender immigrants disheartening.

Jennicet Gutiérrez wrote in the Washington Blade that her protest on Wednesday evening is justified, given Obama’s past inaction on helping transgender immigrants.

“Last night I spoke out to demand respect and acknowledgment of our gender expression and the release of the estimated 75 transgender immigrants in detention right now,” Gutiérrez wrote.

“It is heartbreaking to see how raising these issues were received by the president and by those in attendance,” she wrote in the article titled, “I interrupted Obama because we need to be heard.”

“I stood for what is right,” she added. “Instead of silencing our voices, President Obama can also stand and do the right thing for our immigrant LGBTQ community.”


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Friday, June 26, 2015

Scalia: "words no longer have meaning"

June 26, 2015 Obamacare , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Supreme Court Upholds Tax Subsidies Under Obamacare 

By CBS Washington, JUN. 25, 2015

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live, under the 2010 health care law.

The outcome is the second major victory for Obama in politically charged Supreme Court tests of his most significant domestic achievement. It came the same day the court gave the administration an unexpected victory by preserving a key tool the administration uses to fight housing bias.

Chief Justice John Roberts again voted with his liberal colleagues in support of the law. Roberts also was the key vote to uphold the law in 2012. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a dissenter in 2012, was part of the majority on Thursday.

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"offenses such as drug possession, theft or fraud" get a pass!

June 26, 2015 Amnesty , Illegal Immigrants 0 Comments
Obama Extending Amnesty To Illegals In Prisons, Jails 

By Stephen Dinan, June 23, 2015, The Washington Times

The administration has ordered agents to begin ignoring many of the illegal immigrants they encounter in prisons and jails, as President Obama begins to implement a lesser-known part of his deportation amnesty policy — though his program isn’t sitting well with either side of the immigration debate.

In a nod to so-called sanctuary cities, the president’s policy prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from targeting most illegal immigrants for deportation, including most of those who come into contact with state and local police.

Agents can still troll jails and prisons, but are told to no longer go after illegal immigrants with offenses such as drug possession, theft or fraud if it involved stealing an identity to try to further their unlawful presences in the U.S., according to details of the policy released Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee.

Even some illegal immigrants who are charged with serious felonies but are released by local authorities won’t be picked up by immigration agents until they are convicted, the committee said.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

CNN Guest Larry Elder Smacked Down Obama's Use Of The N-Word In The Most Epic Way Possible

June 25, 2015 CNN , Marc Lamont-Hill 1 Comments
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Mitch McConnell pulls it off--Cruz opposes

June 24, 2015 Alexander Bolton , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Senate Advances Fast-Track Trade Bill For Obama 

By Alexander Bolton, Jun. 23, 2015, The Hill

The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance President Obama’s trade agenda, approving a measure to end debate on fast-track authority.

The 60-37 motion sets up a vote on final passage on Wednesday. If the Senate approves fast-track or trade promotion authority (TPA), it would then be sent to Obama’s desk to become law.

Fast-track authority would allow Obama to send trade deals to Congress for up-or-down votes. The White House wants the authority to conclude negotiations on a sweeping trans-Pacific trade deal.

Thirteen Democrats backed fast-track in Tuesday’s vote, handing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a major legislative victory. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) voted against the procedural motion.

The Democrats cast "yes" votes even though the trade package did not include a workers assistance program for people displaced by increased trade. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program was a part of the last fast-track package approved by the Senate in May, but became a key part of opposition to the package among Democrats in the House.

To move fast-track forward, the White House and GOP leaders in both chambers decided to break TAA away from fast-track and to try to approve both in separate votes.


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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Media Did Not Know What To Do!

June 23, 2015 CNN Money , N-Word 0 Comments
Some News Outlets Bleep Obama's Use Of N-Word 

By Tom Kludt, Jun. 22, 2015, CNN Money

After President Obama used the n-word in an interview on Monday to make a point about enduring racism, decisions about whether to air and write the slur varied among the media.

Fox News and MSNBC debated Obama's use of the word but bleeped it in news reports.

CNN, the owner of this website, initially did the same thing, but executives soon decided it should be aired without any editing. (Producers were advised to air it judiciously, only when the full context is included.) Similarly, CNN.com spelled out the word in its story about the interview but not in the headline.

The New York Times printed the word, while Politico covered it with dashes and some media outlets revisited their initial coverage decisions as the day wore on.

"We don't have a policy on the n-word specifically, so this morning we dashed it out as a precaution," Politico's digital editorial director Blake Hounshell told CNNMoney in an email.

In an interview with the comedian Marc Maron on the "WTF" podcast, Obama spoke candidly when he addressed the long history of racism in the United States.


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Sunday, June 21, 2015

“The first thing Obama will do...is pick a fight with Israel”

June 21, 2015 Israel , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 0 Comments
Ambassador Reveals How Obama Undermined Israel
By Larry Getlen, Jun. 21, 2015, NYPost.com

On Nov. 8, 2011, President Obama met with then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Cannes after what had been a particularly rough week for US-Israeli relations.

The week prior, the UN agency UNESCO admitted Palestine as a member state. Congress responded by cutting off UNESCO’s funding, a move the Obama administration direly opposed. Michael Oren, who served as Israel’s US ambassador from 2009 to 2013, said the president, having opposed Palestine’s admission to the agency, “thought he had done enough . . . and did not need to punish them further.”

President Obama responded to Congress’ act by admonishing Israel for supporting it, with Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides telling Oren, “UNESCO teaches Holocaust studies, for chrissakes. You want to cut off f–king Holocaust studies?”


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There's climate change--and there's a golf!

June 21, 2015 California , Golf 0 Comments
Obama's Penchant For Desert Golf Faces Scrutiny In Drought 

By Jesse Marx, Jun. 20, 2015, USA Today

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. —One question for President Obama as he heads for Palm Springs, Calif. this weekend: whether it's appropriate to play on plush green golf links in the desert amid a severe drought.

"This administration's commitment to helping those affected by the drought is second to none," said White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz Thursday in answer to a reporter's question on that topic before the president headed to the West Coast.

"I know that many courses have taken water mitigation steps aimed at water conservation," Schultz said.

That's true. Golf course managers convened a task force in 2013 to focus on reducing the water footprint of their properties. Since then, more owners have replaced some acres of grass with desert landscaping, and it's possible that more still will follow to cut back on watering during the drought.


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Saturday, June 20, 2015

More Gun Control, Please, Say Obama!

June 20, 2015 Associated Press , Mass Shootings 0 Comments
Obama Rejects Mass Shootings As 'New Normal' In America 

By Nerda Pickler, Jun. 19, 2015, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he refuses to accept the idea that regular mass shooting are "the new normal" in America but doesn't expect Congress to respond because of the influence of the National Rifle Association.

Obama said his first comments on the church shootings in South Carolina, in which he said that political realities foreclosed action by Congress, had been misinterpreted by some as showing he was resigned to inaction on the issue of access to guns.

"I'm not resigned," he told the U.S. Conference of Mayors. "I have faith that we will eventually do the right thing."

The president said more thoughtful debate is needed from partisans on both sides on the issue — "without demonizing all gun owners who are overwhelmingly law-abiding, but also without suggesting that any debate about this involves a wild-eyed plot to take everybody's guns away."

In an interview earlier Friday with comedian Marc Maron for his podcast, Obama said the country has to find a way to respect hunting and sportsmanship traditions while preventing a 21-year-old who "is racist or is deranged from going into a gun store and suddenly is packing and can do enormous harm."

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Did He Recommend That Actors Point Fingers And Say, "Bang!"?

June 19, 2015 Chuck Lorre , President Barack Obama 0 Comments
Obama Addresses Gun Violence At Hollywood Fundraiser 

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By Ted Johnson, Jun. 18, 2015, Variety

Hours after delivering a statement on the shooting massacre of nine people at an historic church in Charleston, S.C., President Obama and a group of entertainment industry donors had a lengthy discussion about the roots of gun violence in the first of two Hollywood-centric fundraisers in Los Angeles on Thursday, according to an attendee who was present.

About 30 people attended the event at the Pacific Palisades home of Chuck Lorre, executive producer of “Two and a Half Men.” Tickets for what was billed as an intimate discussion with the president sold for up to $33,400 each, with proceeds going to the Democratic National Committee.

Among those attending were Kiefer Sutherland, Matthew Perry, Conan O’Brien, UTA’s Jay Sures, Bob Broder, Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon and writer-producer James Burrows.

The attendee described the meeting, which lasted an hour and 15 minutes, as different from other events in that it offered an opportunity for Obama to have a “long, thoughtful” and serious discussion about issues, including gun violence and his presidency, in a much more “macro” sense than in other forums. The discussion about gun violence touched on gun laws, mental health and race, among other factors, the attendee said. Obama talked about being an optimist, especially about the country’s place in history.


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