Tag: White House

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 05:06 UTC

  Jeb Bush aims the White House presenting himself as an anti-Washington figure

  

  Former Florida governor Jeb Bush vowed to fix a dysfunctional Washington as he began his US presidential bid with an attempt to move out of the shadow of the White House legacies left by his father and brother.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Cuba to be removed from terror sponsors' list, announced President Obama

  

  The White House announced on Tuesday that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the US government's list of nations that sponsor terrorism, eliminating a major obstacle to the restoration of diplomatic relations after decades of hostilities. The decision to remove Cuba from the list represents a crucial step in Obama’s effort to turn the page on a Cold War-era dispute.

• 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.”

• Friday, April 4th 2014 - 07:41 UTC

  White House targets methane emissions

  

  By Nicholas Cunningham of Oilprice.com - On March 28, the White House released a multi-pronged strategy to reduce methane emissions from a variety of sources, a step the administration says is an outgrowth of the President's Climate Action Plan announced last year. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, about 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 07:54 UTC

  Change of policy? Obama hosts Chile and Peru presidents; Biden visits Brazil and Colombia

  

  The White House announced that Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera will travel to Washington in June and meet with President Barack Obama. The White House also said that Vice President Joe Biden’s next week will visit Brazil and Colombia with a stop in Trinidad and Tobago.

• Monday, March 19th 2012 - 07:01 UTC

  Rousseff expected at the White House but with no ‘state visit’ privilege

  

  Next April 9 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is expected in the White House and although formally relations are ‘excellent’, Brazil and the US have many dissenting issues, according to Andres Oppenheimer from the Miami Herald and considered an expert in Latin American affairs from the US perspective.

• Thursday, July 28th 2011 - 20:23 UTC

  Top IMF official joins White House as special assistant on international economic affairs

  

  International Monetary Fund's external relations director Caroline Atkinson resigned Thursday after being appointed the as a White House special assistant to the president for international economic affairs.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 05:58 UTC

  Obama Speaks for the First Time with Honduran President Lobo

  

  United States President Barack Obama spoke this week for the first time with Honduran President Lobo to discuss the situation in Honduras, said the White House.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 01:04 UTC

  Bernanke Warns White House About Failure to Reduce Federal Budget Deficit

  

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said a failure to reduce the federal budget deficit may push up interest rates over time and impair economic growth, putting the recovery at risk.