Jeff Mason

Obama, Clinton promote healthcare reform ahead of October 1 start

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

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama teamed up with his one-time rivals Bill and Hillary Clinton on Tuesday to highlight the benefits of U.S. healthcare reform, a week before...

Members of international advocacy group Avaaz take part in protest wearing masks of Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani and U.S. president Barack Obama, outside U.N. headquarters in New York.

No Obama-Rouhani meeting; too complicated for Iranians

November 4, 2021 at 12:15 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A potential encounter at the United Nations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to take place on Tuesday as the Iranians...

No Obama-Rouhani meeting; too complicated for Iranians

December 24, 2018 at 10:33 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A potential encounter at the United Nations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to take place on Tuesday as the Iranians...

Obama, Clinton promote healthcare reform ahead of October 1 start

May 23, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama teamed up with his one-time rivals Bill and Hillary Clinton on Tuesday to highlight the benefits of U.S. healthcare reform, a week before...

Citing shootings, Obama says must ‘go back at’ gun-control push

August 24, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged supporters on Saturday to "go back at it" and pursue gun-control measures after mass shootings in Washington and Chicago in the past week...

Analysis: Obama lobbies personally for Syria vote

May 23, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After putting a decision to launch military strikes on Syria into the hands of Congress, President Barack Obama is doing what his critics have long accused him...

Obama’s Syria decision: a walk, a debate, and a new approach

May 23, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the end of the day on Friday, after laying out a strong public case for U.S. military action in Syria, President Barack Obama took a 45-minute...

In potential 2016 campaign preview, Obama spotlights Biden on tour

November 3, 2021 at 11:47 p.m.

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has so far stayed neutral about the presidential prospects of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden - two friends who may be vying to...

Obama pitches plan to tie federal student aid to college ratings

August 24, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

SYRACUSE, N.Y./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed a plan to tackle soaring U.S. education costs with a new system that judges colleges and universities on their financial...

In potential 2016 campaign preview, Obama spotlights Biden on tour

May 23, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has so far stayed neutral about the presidential prospects of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden - two friends who may be vying to...

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