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• North Korea Says US Behind ‘The Interview,’ Threatens to ‘Blow Up’ White House

  21-12-2014 22:19
  
  North Korea on Sunday threatened to blow up “the White House, the Pentagon and the whole Mainland’ if President Obama retaliates for the Sony Pictures cyber attack.
  
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• Obama expresses condolences to N.Y. police commissioner after shootings

  21-12-2014 21:49
  By Julia Edwards HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton on Sunday to express his condolences for the Saturday killing of two New York police officers and to offer any needed assistance, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. Obama's response followed an attack by 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley who allegedly walked up to the two officers in a parked squad car in Brooklyn and shot them dead. Obama called Bratton while vacationing
  
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• After Killing ‘The Interview,’ North Korea Works On Sequel: Threatening U.S.

  21-12-2014 21:29
  
  In its harshest rhetoric to date, North Korea is claiming that the U.S. government was behind the making of The Interview. The country is now threatening to attack the "the White House, the Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland" if the U.S. follows through with President Obama' statement Friday that the the States will "respond proportionally" to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures that the U.S. government said was ordered by the North Korean government in retaliation f
  
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• Analysis - Young Cuban-American groups emerge as Obama allies

  21-12-2014 21:18
  
  By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - For a handful of Cuban-Americans, President Barack Obama's new Cuba policy wasn't much of a shocker. For months, they quietly advised the White House in hopes of shaping a new policy towards the communist-run nation. "A lot of what the president announced is what we, and others in Miami, have been doing for a long time," said Felice Gorordo, co-founder of Roots of Hope, a non-partisan group of Cuban-American university students and young profe
  
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• Young Cuban-American groups emerge as Obama allies

  21-12-2014 21:00
  
  By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - For a handful of Cuban-Americans, President Barack Obama's new Cuba policy wasn't much of a shocker. For months, they quietly advised the White House in hopes of shaping a new policy towards the communist-run nation. "A lot of what the president announced is what we, and others in Miami, have been doing for a long time," said Felice Gorordo, co-founder of Roots of Hope, a non-partisan group of Cuban-American university students and young profe
  
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• Sony Lawyer Dings Obama For “Blame The Victim” Cyber-Attack Comment – Video

  21-12-2014 19:42
  
  On today's Meet the Press,  Chuck Todd discussed North Korea's hack attack against Sony with Sony Pictures Entertainment lawyer David Boies, actor (and former White House staffer) Kal Penn, former director of The National Counterterrorism Center Michael Leiter, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and former ambassador to South Korea Christopher Hill. Here's a partial transcript of Boies' comments: DAVID BOIES: I think we ought to move beyond who was…
  
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• Sony Attorney Dings Obama For “Blame The Victim” Comment On North Korea’s Cyber Attack — Video

  21-12-2014 19:42
  
  On today's Meet the Press,  Chuck Todd discussed North Korea's hack attack against Sony with Sony Pictures Entertainment lawyer David Boies, actor (and former White House staffer) Kal Penn, former director of The National Counterterrorism Center Michael Leiter, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and former ambassador to South Korea Christopher Hill. Partial transcript of Boies' comments: DAVID BOIES: I think we ought to move beyond who was…
  
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• Obama Wants Long-Term Infrastructure Plan, Not Keystone

  21-12-2014 13:00
  
  If there were any lingering doubt about whether President Obama might support the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline project, he convincingly dispelled it at his Friday year-end White House news conference. “There’s been this tendency to really hype this thing as some magic formula to what ails the U.S. economy, and it’s hard to see on paper where exactly they’re getting that information from,” Obama said.  He offered a litany of criticisms of the long-standing proposal by TransCanada to
  
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• North Korea denies hacking Sony

  21-12-2014 11:33
  
  By Jack Kim and Steve Holland SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has said U.S. accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander," and that it wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States. The United States stands by its assertion that North Korea was to blame, a White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman said on Saturday, in response to the remarks. U.S. ...
  
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• N.Korea denies hacking Sony, U.S. stands by its assertion

  21-12-2014 07:29
  
  By Jack Kim and Steve Holland SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has said U.S. accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander," and that it wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States. The United States stands by its assertion that North Korea was to blame, a White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman said on Saturday, in response to the remarks. U.S. ...
  
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• North Korea denies hacking Sony, U.S. stands by its assertion

  21-12-2014 07:29
  
  By Jack Kim and Steve Holland SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has said U.S. accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander," and that it wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States. The United States stands by its assertion that North Korea was to blame, a White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman said on Saturday, in response to the remarks. U.S. ...
  
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• Obama shows off his DJing skills at White House dance party

  21-12-2014 06:34
  
  Washington, Dec. 21 (ANI): US President Barack Obama was the deejay in an impromptu groove session with some friends at the White House private dance party recently, it has been reported.
  
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• President Obama briefed on New York police shooting

  21-12-2014 03:41
  
  Kailua, Hawaii (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the fatal shootings of two New York police officers, a White House official said on Saturday. Obama was informed of the shootings while playing golf in Kailua, Hawaii, where he is vacationing for two weeks with his family. White House officials are continuing to monitor the situation, the official said. (Reporting By Julia Edwards)
  
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• Obama aims for quiet Xmas

  21-12-2014 02:20
  
  Christmas in Hawaii has been a tradition every year that President Barack Obama has been in the White House.
  
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• N. Korea proposes joint probe with US into Sony cyber attack

  21-12-2014 00:33
  
  North Korea called Saturday for a joint investigation with the US into a crippling cyber attack on Sony Pictures, denouncing Washington's "slandering" after President Barack Obama warned Pyongyang of retaliation. The US blames the isolated state for the hacking which prompted the cancellation of the Christmas Day release of "The Interview", a madcap romp about a CIA plot to kill leader Kim Jong-Un which infuriated North Korea. Mark Stroh, a National Security Council spok
  
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