Topic: The White House
President Barack Obama will receive Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi on October 7 for their first meeting in Washington since the overthrow in January of the Ben Ali regime, the White House said Tuesday."During his meeting with the prime minister, the ...
Spurred on by the White House, divided US Senators moved late Monday to avert a government shutdown at week's end and defuse an angry battle over disaster relief in Hurricane Irene's wake.But the emerging deal did not provide any immediate money for ...
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House urged Congress on Monday to resolve a budget impasse but said it did not think lawmakers would allow an imminent shutdown of the federal government."We believe it is inconceivable that they will not ...
US President Barack Obama's administration is expecting Congress to vote on his sweeping jobs bill in October, a senior advisor said Sunday, dismissing talk of discord over the bill among Democrats.Obama has encountered stiff resistance from Republicans who make no secret of ...
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday slammed the "sad little stories" of a new book that has exposed the White House's economic team to embarrassing scrutiny at a key political moment.Excerpts from "Confidence Men," by Ron Suskind, billed as "a hidden ...
US President Barack Obama will speak at the dedication of a monument to civil rights leader Martin Luther King that has been rescheduled to October 16, the White House said on Wednesday.The imposing stone monument on the National Mall in Washington was ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican lawmaker said he was optimistic Congress would pass three long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia "very soon".Representative Kevin Brady said his understanding was the White House, Senate leaders and House of Representatives Speaker ...
US House Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans not to boycott President Barack Obama's jobs speech on Thursday and said he hoped for "common ground" with the White House on boosting the economy."He is the president of the United States, and I ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress on September 8 instead of September 7 to unveil proposals to create new jobs, bowing to objections from Republicans, the White House said on Wednesday.Obama had requested originally to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Following other presidential candidates whose books have become a rite of passage to the White House, Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann is writing a memoir to be published on November 21, her publisher said on Tuesday.Bachmann, the Tea Party ...
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Seth Meyers remarks at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner ...2011-05-01
