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WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya. Tweet This Post
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Human-Rights Groups Criticize Obama’s Meeting With Myanmar Leader
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
After months of praising Myanmar for its political reforms, President Obama welcomed the country’s president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years. But human-rights groups are not happy about the invitation. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Obama calls meeting on military sex assault
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top defense leaders were summoned to the White House Thursday to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved. Tweet This Post
Kerry meeting with Putin on Syria
Posted by admin on May 7th, 2013
MOSCOW (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is making the case to Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) that Russia should take a tougher stance on Syria at a time when Israeli air strikes against Syria have added an unpredictable factor to the talks. Tweet This Post
As George W. Bush library opens, a rare meeting of presidents and rivals
Posted by admin on April 22nd, 2013
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Their rivalries have helped to define American politics for more than a quarter-century. And sometimes the complex relationships among the only five people alive who know what it’s like to be president of the United States have seemed to be straight out of a soap opera. They have called [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Bush, George, Library, Meeting, Opens, President's, rare, rivals No Comments »Sen. Manchin Breaks Down in Tears Meeting With Newtown Parents
Posted by admin on April 11th, 2013
Meeting with Newtown families this afternoon, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told them, “I’m a parent and a grandfather, and I had to do something.” He spoke slowly, pausing between words as he choked back tears. “I had to do something.” Mark Barden, the father of… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Breaks, Down, Manchin, Meeting, Newtown, Parents', Sen., Tears No Comments »Kerry meeting with Syrian opposition in London
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
LONDON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Syrian opposition leaders and Russia’s top diplomat a day after saying the U.S. could soon step up aid to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
French finance minister calls off meeting with U.S. treasury secretary
Posted by admin on April 8th, 2013
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici has canceled a meeting in Paris with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew that had been scheduled for Tuesday, a Treasury official said. No reason was given for calling off the meeting, the official said on Monday. (Reporting by Anna Yukhananov; Writing by Jason Lange in Washington; Editing [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: calls, Finance, French, Meeting, Minister, secretary, Treasury, U.S. No Comments »Kerry, Karzai bury hatchet in Kabul meeting
Posted by admin on March 26th, 2013
KABUL (AP) — Eager to overcome a bout of bickering, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unusual unity between their two nations on Monday. The friendly display came as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in [...]
Two Democrats ask Fed, OCC for meeting on foreclosure settlement
Posted by admin on March 25th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday stepped up their scrutiny of how regulators handled a botched review of past home mortgage foreclosures, requesting a meeting with regulatory officials as they seek further information about the reviews. The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reached settlements worth about $ [...]
