Posts Tagged ‘Conference’

Obama Fed Grapes While Urging Press Conference To Enjoy Orgy

WASHINGTON—Standing before members of the White House Press Corps Wednesday afternoon as aides lowered a bunch of grapes into his mouth, President Obama encouraged everyone gathered in the West Wing briefing room to abandon their inhibitions and rev… The Onion Tweet This Post

Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

HONOLULU (AP) — Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $ 3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise. Tweet This [...]

Obama tackles North Korea, sexual assault in military at joint news conference

At a joint White House news conference with visiting South Korean President Park Geun-hye, President Barack Obama discussed issues ranging from sexual assault in the U.S. military to North Korea’s security threats. Tuesday’s press conference followed a private lunch and meeting with the president, Vice President Joe Biden and Park, South Korea’s first female president. [...]

President Obama news conference #1

President Obama is scheduled to deliver a statement and answer questions from reporters in the White House briefing room at 10:30 AM ET on Tuesday morning. Join the discussion in the comments and follow live updates throughout the press conference. Tweet This Post

Obama schedules news conference at the White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a news conference Tuesday morning at the White House. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Reid Set to Push for Conference on Budget

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is expected to ask the Senate for consent to move to a conference on the budget, according to a Democratic aide.  Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Toomey Refused to Have Schumer at Press Conference

Roll Call: “Four senators may have signed on to a gun background check deal Wednesday, but only two showed up for the news conference — in part because Sen. Patrick J. Toomey’s public support for the bill hinged on not having to stand next to Sen. Charles E. Schumer.” Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This [...]

Aides Hustle Bachmann Out of Press Conference

When the questioning at a press conference turned to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) ethics problems from her 2012 presidential campaign, “aides closed in blocking reporters and photographers and ushered her out of the room,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Hillary Clinton headlines NY women’s conference

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a rousing speech Friday about improving the future of women across the globe, gave no hint of plans for her own future. But that didn't mean everyone in the audience wasn't thinking about it. Tweet This Post