Tag: President Barack Obama

• Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Most powerful Republican intends to employ a “trust and verify” with Obama

  

  Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he intends to employ a “trust but verify” relationship with President Barack Obama when he takes the helm as the new Senate majority leader, saying voters sent a clear message that both parties must govern.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 05:59 UTC

  Republicans take control of the Senate: complicated last two years for Obama

  

  The Republican Party has taken control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power in the final years of President Barack Obama's presidency. After gains in Arkansas, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia and Colorado, North Carolina clinched victory. Kentucky's Mitch McConnell will become the Senate majority leader.

• Friday, October 31st 2014 - 21:21 UTC

  Argentina's holdout dispute spills into the White House: CFK sends letter to Obama questioning Ambassador Soderberg

  

  In a harsh letter, released on Friday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez urged US President Barack Obama to explain whether ”Nancy Soderberg, the person you have appointed as Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), which reports directly to the Government of the United States of America, is also the Co-Chair of the American Task Force Argentina (ATFA), an entity specifically created to attack and slander the Argentine Republic and its President.”

• Wednesday, October 29th 2014 - 06:35 UTC

  Obama congratulates Dilma and underlines 'strategic value' of relation with Brazil

  

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday telephoned Brazilian head of state Dilma Rousseff to congratulate her on her re-election, the White House said in a statement. Obama “emphasized the strategic value of our bilateral partnership and reinforced his commitment to deepening our cooperation in areas such as commerce, energy, and other priority bilateral issues through our existing strategic dialogues”.

• Saturday, October 4th 2014 - 10:44 UTC

  Obama and Cameron condemn brutal murder of British captive Alan Henning

  

  President Barack Obama condemned on Friday the “brutal” murder of British captive Alan Henning on Friday, saying the United States would bring those responsible to justice.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  US expands marine reserve in the Pacific to three times the size of California

  

  US President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum to expand a vast marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will become the largest network of oceanic protected areas in the world.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:04 UTC

  White House says it prefers the UK to remain “strong, robust and united”

  

  The White House weighed in carefully on the Scottish independence referendum, saying Washington would respect the outcome of the vote but would prefer the United Kingdom to remain “strong, robust and united.”

• Saturday, August 16th 2014 - 11:21 UTC

  All ready in Uruguay to receive Guantanamo prisoners, but public opinion is divided

  

  Uruguay will be receiving very soon six men who have spent more than a decade locked up without charge at the US base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. The prisoners have been offered a refuge in Uruguay, where President José Mujica agreed as a humanitarian gesture to accept men that the U.S. has decided do not pose a threat but cannot return to their homelands.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina urges Obama to intercede in holdouts case: Griesa is 'interfering with US foreign policy'

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández on Thursday urged US President Barack Obama to intercede in the dispute between Argentina and holdouts over Argentine debt, while blasting New York judge Thomas Griesa for “not making any sense”.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 08:49 UTC

  The Guardian: How Barack Obama could end the Argentina debt crisis

  

  By Greg Palast (*) - US president need only inform a federal judge that vulture fund billionaire Paul Singer is interfering with the president's sole authority to conduct foreign policy. He hasn't. But why not?