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Author Samantha Power being considered for U.S. diplomatic post

May 15, 2013 12:36
By Arshad Mohammed and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samantha Power, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, former White House aide and Harvard professor, is under consideration to be the U.S. State Department's top human rights official, sources familiar with the matter said.

Obama hits out at claims of scandal in tax, Benghazi dramas

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 14:47
Seeking to quell a growing scandal, President Barack Obama said Monday it would be "outrageous" if US tax authorities had targeted conservative groups opposed to his White House. As he battled growing political woes, Obama also denied his team had engaged in a cover-up to downplay the impact to his re-election campaign of the attack on the US mission in Benghazi last year, which killed four Americans.

Pressure rises on White House over Benghazi talking points

May 10, 2013 17:30
By Jeff Mason and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration fought back on Friday against Republican accusations that it covered up details of last year's deadly assault on a U.S. mission in Libya, after a news report that memos on the incident were edited to omit a CIA warning of a threat posed by al Qaeda.

Obama praises George W. Bush at library dedication

Agencia EFEApril 25, 2013 14:47
Washington, Apr 25 (EFE).- President Barack Obama called it "a special day for democracy" as he and all of the living former U.S. heads of state gathered in Dallas for the inauguration of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. The incumbent hailed his predecessor as a leader of "incredible strength and resolve," referring to Bush's response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Obama and fellow Democrats Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter appeared together on the stage at the side of Republicans George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush.

Obama and Bush: foes linked by history

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 01:48
US President Barack Obama spent years trying to bury the White House legacy of George W. Bush. Now, he is coming to Texas to praise him. Obama will head a rare showing of all living ex-US presidents Thursday as Bush inaugurates his presidential library and museum four years after the end of an administration scorched by terror, foreign wars and economic crisis. Among Bush alumni, who chafe at his past criticism of their boss, Obama will likely put politics aside as his controversial predecessor asks history for a fresh look.

As George W. Bush library opens, a rare meeting of presidents and rivals

April 22, 2013 18:30
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 each other names and blamed one another for the nation's problems.

Obama urges Senate to approve immigration reform quickly

April 16, 2013 20:45
Washington, Apr 16 (EFE).- President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged the U.S. Senate to quickly approve a comprehensive immigration reform package that would allow the legalization of undocumented immigrants. Obama met behind closed doors with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), with whom he reviewed the contents of the reform plan prepared by the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" starting in January.

Obama advisor to ‘feel consequences’ of Magnitsky list

April 15, 2013 15:46
US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon will become the first senior US official who will feel the consequences of the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, Alexei Pushkov, the head of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, said on Sunday.Donilon is scheduled to arrive in Moscow on Monday to bring a message from US President Barack Obama, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

Pentagon denies report that Hagel to visit Turkey soon

April 12, 2013 14:49
The Pentagon denied a report from Ankara on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was shortly to visit Turkey, one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East region."While Secretary Hagel looks forward to visiting Turkey - a key US ally-- as soon as a date can be arranged, he is not planning to visit Turkey this month," Pentagon spokesman George Little said.Earlier on Wednesday, a Turkish official in Ankara said Hagel would make the visit around the time of a trip to Israel set for April 21-23.

German deputies demand accreditation for Turks at neo-Nazi trial

April 12, 2013 14:47
Fifty-five German MPs have issued a statement against a German court's refusal to allow Turkish media to follow the trial of five members of the neo-Nazi ring the National Socialist Underground (NSU), whose victims include eight Turks.Germany caused eyebrows to raise in Turkey when it was revealed last month that a Munich court did not allocate seats for Turkish media to follow the NSU trial during which neo-Nazi suspect Beate Zschäpe and four alleged supporters of the terrorist group NSU will be tried for the murder of 10 victims, eight of whom were Turks and one of whom was a Gree
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