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Obama vows 'serious' bid to cut US deficit

President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to take
AFP - Sunday, November 15

President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to take "serious steps" to cut the huge US budget deficit, which is complicating America's economic recovery hopes and threatening his own political prospects. More »

  • Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. The Obama administration is considering relocating some Guantanamo detainees to a mostly vacant prison in the president's home state of Illinois, US media reported

    Illinois prison mulled for Guantanamo inmates: report

    AFP - Sunday, November 15

    The Obama administration is considering relocating some Guantanamo detainees to a mostly vacant prison in the president's home state of Illinois, US media reported.

  • A memorial to the victims of the Fort Hood shooting near the apartment complex where suspect Major Nadil Malik Hasan lived in Killeen, Texas. President Barack Obama has promised a

    Shooting probe to be 'careful and thorough': Obama

    AFP - Sunday, November 15

    President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a "careful and thorough" probe into the Fort Hood military base shooting, focusing on how the rampage that killed 13 people might have been prevented.

  • Castro as commentator on US politics

    AP - Friday, November 13

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  • US President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington. Obama on Thursday announced a jobs forum to be held at the White House in December, as the United States struggles with a 10.2 percent unemployment rate.

    Obama announces December jobs crisis talks

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a jobs forum to be held at the White House in a bid to combat unemployment that has soared to the highest level in 26 years.

  • US Afghan envoy warns against troop surge: reports

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    The US envoy to Afghanistan has warned against a troop surge for the country as President Barack Obama heads to Asia, weighing strategy options in the eight-year conflict, reports said Thursday.

  • US President Barack delivers remarks at the Memorial Amphitheater after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to mark Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Obama warned Wednesday that the US commitment to Afghanistan was

    Obama warns Afghan commitment 'not open-ended'

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    President Barack Obama has warned that the US commitment to Afghanistan was "not open-ended" and that Kabul must make improvements in governance, an administration official said.

  • VIDEO: Worshippers at a mosque outside Washington describe Nidal Malik Hasan. Originally filed 081109. Duration: 1:29

    Obama leads memorial at Texas army base

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    US President Barack Obama led a poignant memorial service Tuesday for victims of the Fort Hood army base attack, saying "no faith" could justify the "murderous and craven" shootings.

  • VIDEO: Worshippers at a mosque outside Washington describe Nidal Malik Hasan. Originally filed 081109. Duration: 1:29

    No faith can justify Fort Hood rampage: Obama

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    US President Barack Obama said no faith could justify the Fort Hood rampage, in an address Tuesday memorializing victims of the accused gunman, Major Nidal Hasan, a devout Muslim.

  • No Obama decision yet on Afghanistan: White House

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    The White House denied President Barack Obama had come to a decision on sending US reinforcements to Afghanistan, after media reports said he had made up his mind on a troop buildup.

  • Obama, Netanyahu meet in shadow of Mideast crisis

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    President Barack Obama hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday for closed-door talks in a tense atmosphere that underscored tensions between the two allies as US efforts to revive Middle East peace talks flounder.

  • Obama to sign vet jobs order, meet with Netanyahu

    AP - Tuesday, November 10

    President Barack Obama plans to make the federal government the model employer of America's veterans.

  • Iran ignores US proposals on uranium: report

    AFP - Monday, November 9

    The administration of US President Barack Obama has told Iran it is willing to allow the country to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to any of several nations, including Turkey, for safekeeping, The New York Times reported Monday.

  • Democrats gird for next step in health care fight

    AFP - Monday, November 9

    Democrats braced for the next battle in pushing the most sweeping US health care overhaul in a half-century through Congress, after handing President Barack Obama victory in a narrow House vote.

  • U.S. House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul

    Reuters - Sunday, November 8

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.

  • Obama to push lawmakers on health care vote

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was to make a rare in-person plea Saturday for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to remake US health care.

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