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Obama picks attorney Jeh Johnson for Homeland Security chief

November 4, 2021 at 12:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson, a national security expert who had a role in ending the military's ban on gays in the...

Obama picks attorney Jeh Johnson for Homeland Security chief

December 24, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson, a national security expert who had a role in ending the military's ban on gays in the...

Obama: China benefits from missed trip, U.S. credibility suffers

August 24, 2021 at 9:03 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that China had probably taken advantage of his absence from a summit in Asia this week and he warned that the...

Obama: China benefits from missed trip, U.S. credibility suffers

May 23, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that China had probably taken advantage of his absence from a summit in Asia this week and he warned that the...

Obama climate adviser Zichal to step down: officials

August 24, 2021 at 9:10 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top adviser on energy and climate change, Heather Zichal, plans to step down in the next few weeks after five years at the White...

Obama climate adviser Zichal to step down: officials

May 23, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top adviser on energy and climate change, Heather Zichal, plans to step down in the next few weeks after five years at the White...

Bank CEOs warn of consequences from U.S. shutdown, default

May 23, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief executives from major financial institutions met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday and warned of "adverse" consequences if government agencies remain closed and if lawmakers failed...

Obama prepares for government shutdown, hopes for deal

May 23, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday prepared Americans for what he called an "entirely preventable" government shutdown while urging Republicans in Congress to reach an 11th-hour deal...

Obama, Iran’s Rouhani hold historic phone call

August 24, 2021 at 8:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone on Friday, the highest-level contact between the two countries in three decades and a...

Obama pledges diplomacy with Iran, but he and Rouhani don’t meet

August 24, 2021 at 8:38 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday cautiously embraced overtures from Iran's new president as the basis for a possible nuclear deal, but a failed effort to...

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