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Obama urges undocumented students to share their stories with Congress

Agencia EFEMay 21, 2013 21:48
Washington, May 21 (EFE).- President Barack Obama on Tuesday encouraged undocumented students to continue sharing their stories of sacrifice with leaders of Congress as a bipartisan bill to reform the U.S. immigration system makes its way through the Senate. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday in the Oval Office received seven immigrants, including several undocumented young people whose families have been affected by the fight over undocumented immigration. Upon leaving the meeting, the students expressed confidence that Congress will approve the reform this year.

Obama to travel to Africa in late June

May 20, 2013 18:16
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July to reinforce U.S. ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the White House said on Monday. "The trip will underscore the president's commitment to broadening and deepening cooperation between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa to advance regional and global peace and prosperity," the White House said in a statement.

Scandals risk tainting Obama's second term

Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2013 15:31
With time ticking down to get things done in his final term, President Barack Obama risks suffering long-term consequences from a series of scandals that have hit the White House in recent days. After wavering initially, the US leader launched an all-out offensive to contain fallout from the trio of controversies. Senior Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer, doing the rounds of weekly television talk shows Sunday, went into damage control mode on the scandals, including one related to alleged abuses by the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service as it targeted conservative groups.

Obama rides high in US poll, despite scandals

Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2013 11:00
President Barack Obama was riding high in a new opinion poll released Sunday showing that 53 percent of Americans approve of the way he's doing his job, despite a flurry of recent scandals. The survey of 923 adults by CNN and the ORC International polling organization found that 45 percent of respondents disapprove of Obama's job performance.

Top White House adviser says Obama learned of IRS scandal from news reports

The Canadian PressMay 19, 2013 09:45
WASHINGTON - A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on Sunday.

His political problems boiling in capital, Obama takes a road trip to promote a jobs agenda

The Canadian PressMay 17, 2013 04:45
BALTIMORE - President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work is not done, and our focus cannot drift," Obama said.

Obama says had no prior knowledge of tax abuses

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 18:45
US President Barack Obama said Thursday he had not known about abuses by tax officials who targeted conservative groups until a report into the affair was leaked to the press last week. "I promise you this. The minute I found out about it, then my focus has been about making sure we get the thing fixed," Obama told reporters. The president spoke just a day after sacking acting Internal Revenue Service chief Steven Miller over reports that some agents had singled out groups affiliated with the ultra-conservative Tea Party and other right-wing causes.

Obama says had no prior knowledge of tax abuses

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 13:46
US President Barack Obama said Thursday he had not known about abuses by tax officials who targeted conservative groups until a report into the affair was leaked to the press last week. "I promise you this. The minute I found out about it, then my focus has been about making sure we get the thing fixed," Obama told reporters. col/dc
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