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• Obama faces shrinking pool of Pentagon contenders

  01-12-2014 22:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wanted: Thick-skinned candidate to oversee a sprawling bureaucracy grappling with budget cuts and join a national security team besieged by criticism. Must be tolerant of White House interference.
  
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• U.S. plays down idea of safe zone along Syria-Turkey border

  01-12-2014 21:23
  
  (Adds comment from White House, State Dept) By Lesley Wroughton and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday played down the idea of creating a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkish border after a media report cited it as a possible concession to Turkey in return for use of bases to launch attacks on Islamic State militants in Syria. Representatives at the White House, U.S. State Department and the Pentagon all said U.S. ...
  
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• Congressional aide to resign after criticizing Obama daughters: report

  01-12-2014 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional aide who recently criticized President Barack Obama's teenage daughters on social media told NBC News on Monday that she would resign. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Republican Representative Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, had said via a Facebook post that Obama's daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, needed to show "a little class," complaining they appeared to look uninterested last week during an appearance with their fat
  
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• White House: First daughters should be off-limits

  01-12-2014 20:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the controversy over a Republican operative who criticized President Barack Obama's daughters is a reminder of the importance of carefully choosing one's words.
  
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• US not ready to enforce Syria no-fly zone: White House

  01-12-2014 20:31
  
  The United States is not ready to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria, the White House said Monday, after reports it was in talks with Turkey about setting up a refugee safe haven in the north of the country. Turkey has long supported the idea of creating a buffer zone inside Syria to accommodate refugees from the three-way fight between Bashar al-Assad's regime, rebels and Islamic State jihadists.
  
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• Republican aide who criticised Obama's daughters resigns

  01-12-2014 20:22
  
  Washington, Dec 2 (IANS/EFE) The Republican congressional aide who posted a Facebook message criticising the behaviour of US President Barack Obama's daughters during a White House ceremony has announced her resignation.
  
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• Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson

  01-12-2014 20:10
  
  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing. The funds would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the
  
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• Obama Announces Funding Plan for 50,000 Police Body Cameras

  01-12-2014 19:55
  President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more US police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, the White House said Monday. Calls for police officers to wear micro-cameras fitted to uniforms have mounted since the teen, Michael Brown, was shot dead in the Missouri town in August. The decision not to charge the white police officer responsible for the shooting triggered riots and nationwide protests las
  
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• Obama to move on police body cameras after Ferguson unrest

  01-12-2014 19:34
  
  President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more US police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, the White House said Monday. Calls for police officers to wear micro-cameras fitted to uniforms have mounted since the teen, Michael Brown, was shot dead in the Missouri town in August. The decision not to charge the white police officer responsible for the shooting triggered riots and nationwide protests las
  
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• GOP Staffer Resigns Over Criticism of Obama Daughters

  01-12-2014 19:31
  WASHINGTON — An aide to a Republican congressman resigned Monday after her Facebook post criticizing President Barack Obama’s daughters touched off a backlash. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, said 16-year-old Malia Obama and her sister Sasha, 13, should have shown more “class” at a turkey-pardoning ceremony last week at the White House. STORY: Kids ‘Thank’ Michelle Obama for ‘Mystery Mush’ School Lunches Lauten wrote that the girls
  
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• GOP Staffer Resigns After Blasting Sasha and Malia Obama for Wardrobe, ‘Classless’ Behavior

  01-12-2014 18:58
  
  Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN), is resigning after complaining about President Obama's daughters’ clothing and facial expressions during the pardoning of the turkey ceremony at the White House on Thursday.
  
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• House of Cards Has a Season 3 Premiere Date

  01-12-2014 18:12
  
  Netflix has announced a premiere date for the third season of House of Cards, by way of "a special message from the White House." On Monday, the show's official Twitter handle posted the following tease: A special message from the White House. https://t.co/YxFcHfA5qy— House of Cards (@HouseofCards) December 1, 2014 Yep, just like last year, the political thriller will return in February—on Friday, February 27 at 12:01am Pacific. House of Cards stars Kevin Spacey as a power-hun
  
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• Senior Republican Staffer Resigns After Calling Obama Girls Classless

  01-12-2014 18:01
  
  Elizabeth Lauten, a senior Republican staffer, is resigning after writing a Facebook post urging President Obama's daughters to "try showing a little class." On Thanksgiving, Lauten, who is the communications director for Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher, made her comments after the girls appeared bored during Wednesday's White House turkey pardoning. "Dear Sasha and Malia: I get you're both in those awful teen years, but you're a part of the First Family, try
  
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• ‘House Of Cards’ Season 3 Premiere Set For February 27

  01-12-2014 17:30
  
  Netflix just took to social media to announce that Season 3 of its political drama House Of Cards will debut on February 27, 2015. Here's the Twitter unveiling that includes a motion poster: A special message from the White House. https://t.co/YxFcHfA5qy — House of Cards (@HouseofCards) December 1, 2014 The series, which has become an Emmy nom regular since its debut two seasons ago, was renewed for a third season in February and picks up after Kevin Spacey's Vice…
  
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• Congressional aide to resign after criticizing Obama children: report

  01-12-2014 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional aide who recently criticized President Barack Obama's teenage daughters on social media told NBC News on Monday that she would resign. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Republican Representative Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, had said via a Facebook post that Obama's daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, needed to show "a little class," complaining they appeared to look disinterested last week during an appearance with their fa
  
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• The Daily Fix: Obama to Hold Meetings on Ferguson Unrest

  01-12-2014 16:05
  
  Ferguson fallout continues. President Obama is hosting law enforcement, lawmakers, civil rights and religious leaders from around the country at the White House today to discuss relations between communities and law enforcement, The New York Times reported. There will be representatives from Ferguson, Mo., at the meetings. 
  
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• Obama to hold White House meetings on Ferguson

  01-12-2014 09:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others Monday.
  
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• Obama to meet with Cabinet, civil rights leaders on Ferguson

  01-12-2014 02:00
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet at the White House on Monday with Cabinet members and civil rights leaders on issues related to Ferguson, Missouri, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black teenager. The meeting with Cabinet members will include a discussion of a review Obama ordered in August of federal programs that provide equipment to local law enforcement agencies, the White House said in a statement on Sunday. .
  
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