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WASHINGTON (AP) — The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of low-profile existence, stymied by congressional infighting and, at times, censorship by government [...]
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Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions
Posted by admin on June 19th, 2013
BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world’s nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Doctors to Obama: Let us treat Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
More than 150 doctors and other medical professionals are asking President Barack Obama to allow them to treat hunger strikers in the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors,” the physicians wrote in an open letter published in The Lancet medical journal on Tuesday. “Without [...]
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No Comments »Obama opens 24-hour trip to Germany
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Opinion: Sometimes When Things Get Really Stressful, I Close My Eyes, Sit Back, And Pretend I’m Back In Kenya (by Barack Obama)
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
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Obama loses German hearts and minds ahead of Berlin visit
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
Editor’s Note: Marc Young, an American journalist based in Berlin, is covering President Barack Obama’s visit for Yahoo News. BERLIN—When Barack Obama last visited Berlin back in 2008, Constanze Fröhlich felt like she was part of history. “He was about to become the first black president – I wanted to support that,” the 35-year-old university [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: ahead, Berlin, German, Hearts, Loses, Minds, Obama, Visit No Comments »Obama: Iranian people want a ‘different direction’
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that Iran’s election of a relative moderate shows that the country’s people want to change course. But he stressed that Tehran still needs to show the international community that it’s not pursuing a nuclear weapon. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Obama defends Syria policy, plays down NSA spying ‘ruckus’
Posted by admin on June 18th, 2013
President Barack Obama promised in an interview broadcast late Monday that his decision to arm Syrian rebels does not mean the United States is “taking sides in a religious war.” Obama, speaking to PBS’s Charlie Rose, also played down the “ruckus” over the NSA’s controversial surveillance programs. “If you're a U.S. person, then NSA is [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: defends, Down, Obama, plays, policy, ruckus, spying, Syria No Comments »Obama: NSA secret data gathering “transparent”
Posted by admin on June 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is defending top secret U.S. spying programs and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. Tweet This Post
Michelle Obama Seen Outside Walking Family Rhinoceros
Posted by admin on June 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON—Spectators outside the White House received a rare treat this morning when they witnessed First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn going for a stroll with the family’s pet rhinoceros, Chauncey. The Onion Tweet This Post
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