Tag Archives: Barack Obama

• Politics

  Obama says gun lobby stokes fear of federal action

  Gun lobby generating fear over gun-violence plan, President Barack Obama says
• Politics

  Obama to name Jack Lew his Treasury Secretary

  Lew, 57, has been the leading candidate for months and would be the second Treasury Secretary during the Obama administration.
• News

  President Obama arrives in Hawaii for Christmas

  President Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii early Saturday morning for their Christmas vacation.
• News

  Obama to lay out gun policy first steps after Newtown tragedy

  The White House has said Obama supports reinstating the assault weapons ban
• News

  Obama is Time magazine Person of the Year

  “We are in the midst of historic cultural and demographic changes, and Barack Obama is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new America,” Time said.
• News

  Obama remains committed to assault weapons ban, White House

  Obama carefully avoided thorny Second Amendment questions during first term
• News

  President Obama: ‘Our hearts are broken today’

  President Barack Obama wiped away tears and paused to collect himself during Friday’s briefing
• Politics

  What did Obama and Romney eat, discuss during White House power lunch?

  Mitt Romney’s lunch at the White House Thursday was not how the former GOP nominee would have imagined it a month ago.
• News

  While Obama speaks, Clinton sleeps

  Cameras catch Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dozing off during the president’s historic Mynamar speech.
• News

  In Myanmar, Obama lauds courage of Aung San Suu Kyi

  Obama meets with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s president
• News

  Obama: No sign Petraeus scandal hurt national security

  The president addressed the ongoing controversy for the first time publicly.
• News

  Obama calls on House to pass tax hikes for wealthy

  President Barack Obama says his election victory shows America backs his plan