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• Jordan king warns IS fight a 'third world war'

  05-12-2014 21:48
  
  Washington (AFP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that the fight against Islamic State militants is a "third world war," as President Barack Obama pledged a sizable US aid increase to his country.
  
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• Obama to host Prince William on first Washington visit

  05-12-2014 21:21
  
  Prince William will hold Oval Office talks with President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, during his first visit to the US capital. The British royal is travelling to New York with his wife Kate from Sunday through Tuesday and will be going to Washington on a solo daytrip. In Washington, he will also meet separately with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill at the White House, officials said. "The president welcomes the prince's work in this global fight against what i
  
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• Candy Crowley Leaving CNN

  05-12-2014 21:05
  
  CNN's chief political correspondent Candy Crowley is bowing out. CNN chief Jeff Zucker announced it today. Crowley, CNN employee for nearly three decades and, these days host of its Sunday show State of the Union, made news in 2012 she became the first woman in two decades to moderate a presidential debate, which says a lot about presidential debates and the state of White House journalism. Her last broadcast is scheduled for December 21.  Crowley hinted in a statement…
  
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• Obama to meet with Prince William at White House

  05-12-2014 20:47
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William will meet with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Monday, part of a visit to Washington to a conference on illegal trafficking of ivory and other wildlife, the White House said. The visit is part of a trip next week to New York City by William and his wife, Kate, known officially since their 2011 wedding as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. ...
  
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• Obama to meet with UK's Prince William at White House

  05-12-2014 20:34
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William will meet with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Monday, part of a visit to Washington to a conference on illegal trafficking of ivory and other wildlife, the White House said. The visit is part of a trip next week to New York City by William and his wife, Kate, known officially since their 2011 wedding as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. ...
  
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• Prince William To Meet Obama At White House

  05-12-2014 19:59
  
  Prince William will meet Barack Obama at the White House next week during a three-day visit to the US with the Duchess of Cambridge.
  
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• Prince William to Visit President Barack Obama at the White House During Royals U.S. Visit

  05-12-2014 19:30
  
  During his royal visit to America, Prince William will be meeting with President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday, Dec. 8 -- details!
  
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• Royal visit: Prince William to visit White House

  05-12-2014 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is getting some royal treatment.
  
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• Obama Romance Movie In Works – Who Will Play Young Barack?

  05-12-2014 19:04
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The White House legend that is Barack and Michelle Obama's romance is heading to the screen. Southside With You, a drama in the vein of Before Sunrise, chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side. Get On Up's Tika Sumpter will play Michelle Obama (née Robinson), while the search is on to cast the young Barack. As Presidential lore has…
  
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• Obama promises more aid, loan guarantees to Jordan

  05-12-2014 18:38
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Jordan's King Abdullah on Friday that the United States would increase aid to his country and provide additional loan guarantees. Obama, speaking after a visit with the Jordanian leader at the White House, said the two men discussed Iran and it was unclear whether Tehran would seize its chance for a deal in nuclear talks with western powers. The United States and its allies were making slow but steady progress against the militant grou
  
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• Obama nominates Ashton Carter as Pentagon chief

  05-12-2014 17:47
  
  President Barack Obama on Friday named Ashton Carter, a technocrat and academic with deep experience working in the Pentagon, to replace Chuck Hagel as US defense secretary. "All of which means on day one, he will hit the ground running," Obama said, making the announcement from the White House. Hagel, who was conspicuously absent for the announcement, resigned last month after it became clear Obama had lost confidence in his ability to lead the Pentagon in the new situation. A policy
  
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• Obama nominates Ashton Carter for Pentagon chief

  05-12-2014 17:20
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama nominated longtime Defense Department understudy Ashton Carter as his fourth defense secretary on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel, the lone Republican in Obama’s Cabinet, who resigned last week after disagreements with the White House. In Carter, Obama gets a policy expert who has worked for 11 defense secretaries. The 60-year-old Carter pronounced himself ready to give Obama candid, strategic advice once he
  
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• Obama nominates Ashton Carter as new Pentagon chief

  05-12-2014 17:20
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama nominated longtime Defense Department understudy Ashton Carter as his fourth defense secretary on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel, the lone Republican in Obama’s Cabinet, who resigned last week after disagreements with the White House. In Carter, Obama gets a policy expert who has worked for 11 defense secretaries. The 60-year-old Carter pronounced himself ready to give Obama candid, strategic advice once he clears U.S. Senate confirmation, whic
  
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• Romney decision 'doesn't depend on Jeb'

  05-12-2014 16:07
  
  Mitt Romney's tone has changed significantly in the last month, indicating he will make a third run for the White House, Politico's Ben White says.
  
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• New York race protests vent anger over police killings

  05-12-2014 15:48
  
  Thousands of protesters clogged streets in New York and other major US cities for a second straight night Thursday to condemn police killings of young black suspects. Demonstrators blocked roads, tunnels and bridges, with many of them shouting "I can't breathe" -- the words that heavy-set asthma sufferer Eric Garner, 43, gasped repeatedly as police wrestled and held him to the ground during his arrest in July for selling un-taxed cigarettes. The New York Medical Examiner's of
  
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• Why the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal: The competing claims

  05-12-2014 14:21
  
  President Obama blew up a tax deal between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and House Republicans. Both sides have explanations as to why. But in the end, it might just be an instance of a bitterly personal grudge match.
  
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• Obama to name Ashton Carter as defense secretary

  05-12-2014 12:26
  
  Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Friday will name former Pentagon deputy chief Ashton Carter to be his new defense secretary, a White House official said.
  
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• Obama to announce choice of Ash Carter for defense chief Friday: White House

  05-12-2014 12:04
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce his choice of former Pentagon official Ash Carter to be his next secretary of defense on Friday, a White House official said. If confirmed by the Senate, Carter will replace former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who is stepping down from the role. Obama will make the announcement at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT) at the White House, the official said. Sources said earlier this week Obama had settled on Carter for the job. Carter previously served
  
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• Obama to announce choice of Ash Carter for defence chief Friday - White House

  05-12-2014 12:04
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce his choice of former Pentagon official Ash Carter to be his next secretary of defense on Friday, a White House official said. If confirmed by the Senate, Carter will replace former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, who is stepping down from the role. Obama will make the announcement at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT) at the White House, the official said. Sources said earlier this week Obama had settled on Carter for the job. Carter previously served
  
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• Omidyar Network and The Pershing Square Foundation Grant Social Finance, Inc. $4.0 Million to Accelerate Growth of Pay-for-Success Financing

  05-12-2014 12:00
  
  BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Social Finance announced today, at a White House Pay for Success Summit in Chicago, grant awards totaling $4.0 million from Omidyar Network and The Pershing Square Foundation to support its operations over the next three years. The flexible funds will be used to expand Social Finance's transaction and advisory teams, as well as accelerate the flow of Pay-for-Success (PFS) financing (or Social Impact Bond) transactions in the United States. The grants r
  
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• Obama to nominate Ashton Carter as defense secretary

  05-12-2014 12:00
  
  President Barack Obama will nominate former senior Pentagon official Ashton Carter on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, the White House said. Carter is expected to win Senate confirmation easily in 2015.
  
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• Jenna Bush Hager admits to engaging in 'little hanky-panky' on roof of White House

  05-12-2014 09:49
  
  Washington, Dec 5 (ANI): The former first daughter, Jenna Bush Hager has revealed that she engaged in "a little hanky-panky" on the White House roof.
  
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• White House denounces Gambia 'rights abuses'

  05-12-2014 02:00
  
  The White House denounced Thursday human rights violations in Gambia, calling on the government to allow UN experts into the country and revoke laws discriminating against homosexuals. "The United States is deeply concerned by continued reports of human rights abuses in the Gambia," said Bernadette Meehan, National Security Council spokeswoman. "Since October, the government of the Gambia has denied access to UN Special Rapporteurs investigating reports of torture and extrajudicia
  
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• Obamas usher in Christmas with lighting of national tree

  05-12-2014 01:53
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his family presided over the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday in an annual ritual near the White House that featured musical performances from singers Patti LaBelle and Steve Miller. Obama, who was joined by his wife, daughters, and mother-in-law, led the countdown to the lighting of the tree and thanked U.S. troops who would be away from their families over the holiday season. "This Christmas, we count our blessings and w
  
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• CIA torture report out next week: US senator

  05-12-2014 01:52
  
  The US Senate Intelligence Committee will release a long-delayed, damning report next week on Bush-era "enhanced interrogation" practices by the CIA that President Barack Obama and others have described as torture. On Thursday the panel's chairwoman, Senator Dianne Feinstein, confirmed to AFP that a declassified version of the controversial study would be released "next week" after her committee and the White House ironed out differences. At the time Feinstein called the
  
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• Jenna Bush Hager Admits to "Hanky-Panky" in White House, Feels "Fiercely Protective" of Sasha and Malia Obama

  05-12-2014 01:00
  
  Jenna Bush Hager admitted to a "little hanky-panky" in the White House; plus she defended fellow First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama on Watch What Happens Live!
  
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• Hagel dismisses reports he resigned over differences with Obama

  05-12-2014 00:12
  
  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday his resignation last week was not prompted by "major differences" with President Barack Obama, pushing back against statements that he had been fired or quit due to White House micromanagement. Hagel, speaking publicly for the first time about his Nov. 24 resignation, said he decided to step down after several conversations with the president led him to conclude that now was the best timing for a P
  
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• White House summit seeks to boost college graduation rates

  05-12-2014 00:05
  
  Education leaders from around the United States gathered for the White House’s College Opportunity Day of Action to spread what they say is an increasingly urgent message: a high school education is no longer enough in today’s economy.
  
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