News on Bill Burton

White House deputy spokesman Burton to resign

2011-02-16T13:30:20Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's long-serving aide Bill Burton, a contender for the job of White House press secretary until the president recently picked someone else, said on Wednesday ...

Obama aims to recharge in island getaway for fall battles

2010-08-18T07:15:21Z

Golf, family outings and quiet: President Barack Obama is taking a 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard, an island hideaway favored by the rich and well-connected, before returning to a fierce fall election season.

As they did this time last year, Obama, his wife Michelle and their daughters Malia and Sasha (12 and nine) are leaving sultry President Barack Obama is taking a 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard, an island hideaway favored by the rich and well-connected, before returning to a fierce fall election season.

As they did this time last year, Obama, his wife Michelle and their daughters Malia (12) and Sasha (nine) are leaving sultry President Barack Obama respects the view of anyone -- including top Democrat Harry Reid -- who disagrees with him over the mosque to be built near the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist strikes in New York, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader who is fighting a tough reelection battle in ...

White House says Afghan deadline 'non-negotiable'

2010-08-16T11:15:17Z

The White House said Monday that July 2011 was a "non-negotiable" deadline for starting a US withdrawal from Afghanistan, while insisting that President Barack Obama and his top general in Kabul were on the same page.

The White House was quizzed about a seeming disconnect...

White House press team is all a-Twitter

2010-10-27T06:57:23Z

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Obama monitoring Delta flight firecracker situation

2010-06-25T19:09:40Z

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was "actively monitoring" the situation with a Delta flight on which a man reportedly set off firecrackers, the Whi...

White House not ready to commit to Vineyard return

2010-04-16T10:37:12Z

Obama enjoying Martha's Vineyard vacation, but White House staff not ready to commit to return

President Barack Obama hasn't even finished his Martha's Vineyard vacation and already he's being asked whether he'll come back next year.

A local radio station reporter asked White H...

White House: Obama won't referee Kennedy legacy

2010-04-16T10:37:27Z

White House spokesman: Obama won't referee how groups use Kennedy's memory for health overhaul

The White House says President Barack Obama is not going to referee groups who are using Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's death to push for an overhaul of the nation's health care system.

Whi...

CIA report: 'Inhumane' tactics used on detainees

2010-06-25T20:57:32Z

CIA interrogators threatened to kill the children of one detainee at the height of the Bush administration's war on terror and implied that another's mother would be sexually assaulted, newly declassified documents revealed Monday as the government launched a criminal investigation into the spy agency's "unauthorized, improvised, inhumane" practices.

At the same time, the Obama administration announced a new policy for future ...

Pelosi, Hoyer: Protesters' behavior 'un-American'

2010-06-25T21:07:42Z

The House's top two Democrats on Monday called some of the behavior of health care overhaul opponents "simply un-American." The White House disagreed.

Protesters have disrupted town-hall meetings held by lawmakers, in some cases shouting down speakers at the events. Police have had to intervene and videos of the events have circulated widely on YouTube and cable news....

US supreme court nominee fractures ankle

2010-06-25T22:00:01Z

US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fell and broke her ankle Monday, but was to keep up her full schedule of meetings with senators although on crutches, the White House said.

Sotomayor tripped and sustained "a small fracture" to her right ankle at New York's

US supreme court nominee breaks ankle

2010-06-25T22:00:04Z

US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fell and broke her ankle Monday, but will keep up her full schedule of meetings with senators although on crutches, the White House said.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said that Sotomayor tripped...

Obama piles up 10 million dollars after Palin attacks

2010-04-16T13:29:56Z

Barack Obama has taken in a record 10 million dollars in campaign cash since Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin's scorching assault on the Democratic White House nominee.

"Palin's attacks have resulted in our campaign raising over 10 million dollars -- a one day record -- I hope she gives a speech ever...

Obama Other Spokesman

2010-08-25T00:16:04Z

IN this Aug. 24, 2010, photo, Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton briefs the press in Vineyard Haven, Mass., while the first family is vacationing on Martha's Vineyard. Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary

Obama Burton

2010-08-24T13:30:46Z

Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton briefs the press in Vineyard Haven, Mass., while the first family is vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama Departs The White House For Pennsylvania

2010-06-25T21:58:08Z

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: (L-R) Senior presidential advisors Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod walk with Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, speechwriter Cody Keenan and Assistant to the President Reggie Love across t...

Obama Vacation

2010-06-26T01:20:13Z

Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton wipes his brow as conducts the daily press briefing of media at a makeshift filing center in the un-air conditioned gym at the Oak Bluffs School in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)