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The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty.
Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead a U.S. delegation to Germany for next week's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the White House said Friday.
President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.
President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the Fort Hood shootings and the double-digit unemployment figures at the White House later this morning.
White House economic adviser Christina Romer (ROH'-mur) says the 10.2 percent unemployment rate for October is a stark reminder of how much more needs to be done to get people back to work.
The White House says President Barack Obama on Friday morning will sign a bill that expands a popular homebuyers tax credit and extends unemployment benefits.
President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.
President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.
Obama: New Iraqi election law an important milestone, advances political process to bring lasting peace
A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning of a Navy assault ship built with steel from the felled World Trade Center towers.
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik admitted in court Thursday that he lied to the White House while being considered for chief of Homeland Security.
President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.
- The 2009 gubernatorial elections provided a much-needed momentum boost for Republicans after back-to-back election cycle drubbings.
Classical music took over the White House on Wednesday as Barack and Michelle Obama used two concerts and a series of workshops for young musicians to send a clear message that the music of the masters isn't just for stuffed shirts.
The White House is calling for the release of three Americans being held in Iran on accusations of espionage.
The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president.
Is America's space effort due for a major course correction? Or is staying the course and sticking with NASA's five-year-old plan to return to the moon the best strategy?
Voters nervous about the economy and fed up with the political establishment dominated the off-year elections, sending a strong message to President Barack Obama, who won the White House as a change agent but has himself become the face of political power and incumbency.
The White House on Wednesday expressed concern about a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in Iran as President Barack Obama said he wanted the U.S. and Iran to move beyond "suspicion, mistrust and confrontation."
An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate "a transcendent party" on the move again. The White House said the elections were not a repudiation of President Barack Obama.
Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White House priorities.
Newly released White House tapes from the Vietnam War era portray President John F. Kennedy wrestling over the fate of South Vietnam's strongman in a situation that appears to mirror President Barack Obama's quandary today in dealing with Afghanistan's shaky government.
The White House says detainees at Guantanamo Bay are not yet receiving vaccinations against the swine flu.
Insurers, Drugmakers Turn to Senate for Health-Bill Changes U.S. drugmakers, medical-device companies and insurers are gearing up for another chance to make changes to House-passed legislation overhauling the health-care system when the issue moves to the Senate.
Panel goes AWOL in GOP earmark warOn Nov. 19, 2008, House GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor created a select committee on earmark reform to bring "meaningful change to the process by which Washington spends taxpayers' hard-earned money."
BBC - Mark Mardell's America: The hard fact of healthcare costsAnd the debate rolls along. Here's an interesting slant from the land of healthcare nirvana, the United Kingdom with a comment wall not full of hate-speech nor personal attacks. Reasoned, informed debate both pro and con. Sane
The incident that grabbed international attention from Fort Hood Thursday raises once again the specter of domestic terrorism and whether it is part of a growing trend that threatens the very existence of western civilization.
Obama will meet Netanyahu at White HouseThe White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama will be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington, ending days of uncertainty.
Obama visits press room, praises congressional health care plans - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidencyPresident Obama made a brief visit to the White House press room today to praise the American Medical Association and AARP for endorsing a health care bill pending in the U.S. House.
HR 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" passed the House of Representatives shortly after 11pm eastern time tonight, 220 - 215.
Democratic consultant says he got a warning from White House after appearing on Fox News -- latimes.com'We better not see you on again,' the strategist says he was told by a White House official. Obama aides have taken an aggressive stance against the network and may be seeking to isolate it.
The Rose Garden Path, The White House has gotten bad at listening, and now it's paying the price :: Peggy NoonanFirst thought on Tuesday's elections: There's a lot of firing going on in America, and now that includes politicians. Seems only fair and will likely continue.
10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care BattleWild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.
Astroturf In Action: Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Pays For 40 Buses To Haul In Protesters Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the corporate front group founded in the 1980s by Koch Industries billionaire David Koch, worked closely with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today.
Many California jobs 'saved' by stimulus funds weren't in jeopardyUp to one-fourth of the 110,000 jobs reported as saved by federal stimulus money in California probably never were in danger, a Bee review has found.
NYT: Suspect "mortified" about deployment - The New York Times- msnbc.comTrust the good old NYT to take the side of our enemies. Sugar-coating the generational strategy of an age-old enemy. Wonder how many more Manchurian Candidates are out there waiting to be set off ...
The Republican Health PlanHouse Republican leaders have produced their own health care reform bill. Here is the first thing you need to know: It would do almost nothing to reduce the scandalously high number of Americans who have no insurance.
Election result: Red-state Dems worried, rethink agendaWhile the White House and party leaders are urging calm, Democratic incumbents from red states and Republican-leaning districts are anything but; Tuesday's statehouse defeats have left them acutely aware that their votes on health care reform and other major Obama initiatives cou …
Campaign Dirty Trick Targeted Gay GOP Alderman Candidate, MSM Fail to Run with StoryAn openly gay city council candidate is targeted by malicious campaign literature suggesting he may be a pedophile and subsequently loses his bid for alderman.
Obama: U.S. must reverse course with IndiansPresident Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.
Obama wasn't on the ballot - Why the 2009 Elections Don't Matter To The Obama White HouseWhat do these strange, odd-year elections – suddenly so feverishly important, now that America's excitable right-wingers from Rush Limbaugh on down demand that they be – tell us about Barack Obama's political health? Not very much, really.
CBO: House GOP Healthcare Plan Reduces Costs, Lowers DeficitLast night, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the House Republican health care plan, reporting that it will reduce healthcare premiums by up to 10 percent and lower federal budget deficits by $68 billion over the next ten years.
Senate panel approves Democratic climate billEnvironment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved a Democratic climate change bill that would require industry to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.
Budget Monitor Says G.O.P. Bill Leaves Many UninsuredThe Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for peopl …
FOX News Ratings Spike Not TrueFact: The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype -- hype that Fox News and the Beltway press have relentlessly pushed.
Given the warm and friendly welcome from the President yesterday, plus rousing standing ovations (on cue, no doubt) as she addressed Congress, one would rightly assume that all was well in the camp of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her host.
Sounding the Alarm of a Marxist Takeover of AmericaSound the alarm, take action, the Marxist Movement (Obama's Agenda) is taking over everything American, America! Banks, housing, GM...us!
The Republican Leadership Health Plan: For The Healthy, While They're Healthy The Republican leadership in the House has sent a health care bill to the Congressional Budget Office and the early details don't look good: - Insurers could circumvent state-based consumer protections by selling policies across state lines
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