Tag: President Barack Obama

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 23:59 UTC

  Obama’s Speech Focuses on Economy

  

  The US president has been focusing on jobs and the economy as he addressed the public in his annual State of the Union speech.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 23:51 UTC

  President Obama Announces Trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador For March

  

  United States President Barack Obama has announced that he will pay his first visit to Brazil and other South American countries in March.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 20:21 UTC

  The US and Interpol to Help Investigate Terrorist Attack in Russia

  

  United States President Barrack Obama pledged on Tuesday to help Russia investigate the deadly terrorist attack on Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, the Kremlin said.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:39 UTC

  Obama to Base Re-election Campaign in Hometown Chicago

  

  US President Barack Obama has decided to run his re-election campaign from his native Chicago, in the hope of recreating the 2008 winning formula.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2010 - 07:09 UTC

  Brazil: Lula disappointed with Obama's LatAm policy

  

  Relations between the United States and Latin America have not changed in any meaningful way under President Barack Obama, Brazilian head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.

• Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 08:55 UTC

  Obama signs bipartisan tax-cut bill resisted by hard core Democrats

  

  United States president Barack Obama signed Friday into law an 858 billion US dollars bill extending for two years Bush-era tax cuts to boost a fragile economy and add jobs.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 07:19 UTC

  Obama defends tax deal with Republicans: “real money for real people”

  

  President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the tentative tax deal he struck with Republicans is a good deal for the American people and a long political fight over tax cuts would have been bad for the US economy.

• Saturday, December 4th 2010 - 01:31 UTC

  Lula da Silva and Obama, best evaluated leaders in Western Hemisphere

  

  Brazil’s Lula da Silva and US Barack Obama are the Western hemisphere leaders best evaluated and most respected, according to a paper based on a public opinion poll and which was released Friday by the NGO Latinobarometro.

• Monday, November 29th 2010 - 22:27 UTC

  Obama begins to attack budget deficit: freezes federal workers pay for two years

  

  Amid expectations over President Barack Obama's comments on the Wikileaks scandal, he instead offered a speech to announce a two-year freeze on the pay of federal workers, as he seeks to show he is committed to reining in the ballooning US budget deficit.

• Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 04:09 UTC

  EU and the US pledge to reach a deal on the Doha trade negotiations next year

  

  European Union leaders and President Barack Obama over the weekend made a point of stressing EU/US close ties after a low-key summit in Lisbon ended with a pledge to push for a deal in the Doha trade negotiation next year.