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• Democratic senator says still backs more Iran sanctions

  16-01-2015 23:58
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic co-sponsor of a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran if there is no agreement on its nuclear program by July said on Friday he stood by the legislation in the face of warnings that it could torpedo international negotiations. "All I'm saying is let us put in prospective sanctions that don't get imposed ... until July," Senator Robert Menendez said. Menendez was asked about Iran during an event in his home state of New Jersey after a joint
  
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• U.S. Democratic senator says still backs more Iran sanctions

  16-01-2015 23:44
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic co-sponsor of a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran if there is no agreement on its nuclear programme by July said on Friday he stood by the legislation in the face of warnings that it could torpedo international negotiations. "All I'm saying is let us put in prospective sanctions that don't get imposed ... until July," Senator Robert Menendez said. Menendez was asked about Iran during an event in his home state of New Jersey after a join
  
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• Oprah, cast of 'Selma' at White House for film screening

  16-01-2015 23:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and the rapper Common are joining President Barack Obama for a special screening of the film "Selma."
  
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• 'The West Wing' Cast Gets "Cheesy" in White House Video Promo

  16-01-2015 23:22
  
  For its second annual Big Block of Cheese Day, the White House recruited stars from the NBC political drama to promote the virtual gathering.
  
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• Cameron's Anti-Terror Plan Rings Alarm Bells

  16-01-2015 23:17
  
  David Cameron's had a rough ride on both sides of the Atlantic with his plans to ban encrypted communications. Reactions included "colossally stupid", "idiotic" and "technologically illiterate" from former White House cyber officials to people in the digital technology industry.
  
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• U.S. senators will push ahead with Iran sanctions bill

  16-01-2015 22:04
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sponsors of a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran if there is no agreement on its nuclear program by July said on Friday they would push ahead with the legislation, despite warnings that it could torpedo international negotiations. "All I'm saying is let us put in prospective sanctions that don't get imposed... until July," Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez said at a news conference in his home state of New Jersey. He was
  
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• Focused on winning in '16, GOP sets plan for primary debates

  16-01-2015 22:02
  
  CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — As the leading GOP prospects for the White House ramp up their national outreach, Republicans unveiled plans Friday for a primary season aimed at keeping the nominee unscathed and ready to take on the Democratic candidate heading toward Election Day.
  
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• Obama warns Congress against new sanctions on Iran

  16-01-2015 22:00
  
  President Obama is so concerned that a fresh round of sanctions from Congress right now could “blow up” the international diplomatic process with Iran – and narrow options for dealing with Tehran’s nuclear advancement to military intervention – that he made the issue a focus of his meeting Friday with British Prime Minister David Cameron and of the two leaders’ post-meeting White House press conference. Cameron confirmed he has taken the unusual step of contacting several US senators
  
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• Obama, Cameron vow to take on 'poisonous ideology' of radical Islam

  16-01-2015 21:45
  
  By Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to take on "the poisonous ideology" of Islamic extremists and said intelligence agencies must be allowed to track militants online despite privacy concerns. Obama and Cameron held two days of White House talks amid increasing concern in Europe about the threat posed by extremists after 17 people were killed in Paris attacks and Belgian authori
  
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• Obama: Europe should better integrate Muslims

  16-01-2015 21:39
  
  US President Barack Obama on Friday urged European governments to try to better assimilate their Muslim minority populations as they respond to extremist attacks like last week's shootings in Paris. At a White House news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, his first foreign guest since last week's Charlie Hebdo massacre, Obama said the allies would stand by France. The US leader said the 2013 Boston marathon bombing showed that the United States was not entirely safe
  
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• Obama holds White House screening of Oscar-snubbed film "Selma"

  16-01-2015 21:39
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The civil rights movie "Selma" may not have gotten a lot of Oscar love, but President Barack Obama was giving it a lot of attention on Friday. The president was bringing in Oprah Winfrey, Common, David Oyelowo, Tim Roth and other cast members for a screening of the film in the White House family theater. Another featured guest was Georgia Democratic Representative John Lewis, who was beaten by Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma when he an
  
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• UK to boost contribution to NATO exercises in E. Europe - PM Cameron

  16-01-2015 21:36
  
  Britain will send an extra 1,000 troops to take part in exercises in Eastern Europe this year as part of efforts to reassure its NATO allies, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday. The war in Ukraine, in which NATO says Moscow has supported pro-Russian rebels with arms and troops, has alarmed some of Russia's other neighbours, who are seeking greater reassurances for their defence from the Western alliance. "Russia has chosen to tear up the international rule book and trample over the affa
  
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• UK And US Announce Joint Anti-Terror Plans

  16-01-2015 21:00
  
  Britain and the US are to establish a new joint group to counter violent extremism, Barack Obama and David Cameron have announced. Speaking after two-day talks at the White House, the Prime Minister said the US and UK are united in their drive to fight "poisonous and fanatical ideology". The announcement came amid heightened fears of fresh terror threats in the wake of the Paris attacks which left 17 people dead and the arrest of over two dozen people in anti-terror raids in Belgium,
  
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• Last year was Earth's hottest on record, U.S. scientists say

  16-01-2015 20:50
  
  By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Last year was Earth's hottest on record in a new sign that people are disrupting the climate by burning fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases to the air, two U.S. government agencies said on Friday. The White House said the studies, by the U.S. space agency NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, showed a need for action to reduce rising world emissions of greenhouse gases. The records undercut arguments by climate s
  
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• Obama warns U.S. Congress against more sanctions on Iran

  16-01-2015 20:49
  
  By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned U.S. lawmakers on Friday not to trigger new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, saying such a move would upset diplomatic talks and increase the likelihood of a military conflict with Tehran. In a joint news conference at the White House, Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron urged members of Congress to be patient and hold off on any legislation calling for further sanctions now.
  
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• US, British leaders oppose extra sanctions on Iran

  16-01-2015 20:46
  
  Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron warned Friday that extra sanctions on Iran would derail the ongoing efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. "We agree that the international community needs to remain united as we seek a comprehensive, diplomatic solution to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons," Xinhua quoted Obama as saying at a joint press conference in White House with Cameron. "Additional sanctions on Iran at th
  
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• Rep. Jason Chaffetz to Mitt Romney: Let Your "Hair Down a Little Bit'

  16-01-2015 20:34
  
  While many Republicans are split about another Mitt Romney campaign, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is making no secret he is the former Massachusetts governor’s biggest cheerleader on Capitol Hill. But as Romney considers another bid for the White House, the Utah congressman is offering some advice on what he can do differently from his previous failed presidential runs. “I want Mitt to just be Mitt. I want him to let his hair down a little bit, just tell it like it is,” Chaffetz told ABC N
  
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• Barack Obama to host Selma screening at White House

  16-01-2015 20:26
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting a screening of Selma Friday at the White House on Friday. This comes one day after the Academy Awards snubbed the film about Martin Luther King Jr., and the Alabama civil rights march in 1965, in some key categories. While the film is nominated for best picture and best song, it failed to secure nominations for director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo. The White House has been planning the Selma screening for a while, and the event is designed
  
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• Obama warns Congress more sanctions against Iran could lead to war

  16-01-2015 19:57
  
  By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron warned U.S. lawmakers on Friday not to trigger new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, saying such a move would upset diplomatic talks and potentially lead to war. In a joint news conference at the White House, Obama and Cameron urged members of Congress to be patient and hold off on any legislation calling for further sanctions now. "There is no good argum
  
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• US House speaker uses Taylor Swift for Obama swipe

  16-01-2015 19:54
  
  US House Speaker John Boehner has gone all Taylor Swift on America, and the verdict is still out whether haters gonna hate hate hate on his latest anti-Obama messaging -- or shake it off. Digital directors for the most powerful congressional Republican in years released "12 Taylor Swift GIFs for you" Friday on Boehner's official website -- a sign that either Swift has just achieved world domination, or Boehner is trying to reach a younger audience in 2015. The White House last wee
  
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• White House says 2014's warming shows 'we can't wait'

  16-01-2015 19:30
  
  U.S. reports showing 2014 was the warmest year on record are a reminder that climate change is happening now and that action to fight global warming must not be delayed, the White House said on Friday. "We can't wait to take action," a White House official said in a statement after NASA and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration released reports that last year was the warmest since record keeping began in 1880.
  
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• UK And US To Stage Cyber War Games To Test Banks

  16-01-2015 19:20
  
  Britain and the US will stage cyber "war games" together to boost both countries' resistance to cyberattacks. During talks in Washington David Cameron and President Barack Obama also agreed to set up of a joint "cyber cell" to defeat cyberattacks, the White House said in a statement. The unprecedented amount of intelligence co-operation and information sharing between the two nations topped the agenda of the talks. Plans to force social media companies to share secret i
  
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• UK And US Announce Joint Anti-Terror Push

  16-01-2015 19:17
  
  Britain and the US are to establish a new joint group to counter violent extremism, Barack Obama and David Cameron announce. Speaking after talks with the president at the White House, the Prime Minister said the US and UK are united in their drive to fight "poisonous and fanatical ideology". "Britain and America both face threats to our national security from people who hate what our countries stand for and are determined to do us harm," Mr Cameron told a joint press confer
  
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• Obama, Cameron agree to cyber war games, joint 'cyber cell'

  16-01-2015 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have agreed to conduct cybersecurity war games and establish a joint "cyber cell" to prepare for and share intelligence on malicious hacking, the White House said in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
  
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• Sprint says Obama net neutrality plan wouldn't curb investments

  16-01-2015 18:40
  
  Sprint Corp will keep investing in its networks even if U.S. regulators adopt stricter "net neutrality" rules as long as they are applied with a "light touch," the company said in a letter to the FCC released on Friday. Sprint's position appears to contrast with other cable and phone companies who have staunchly rejected the possibility that the FCC regulate Internet service providers (ISPs) more strictly under a section of communications law known as Title II, which wou
  
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• Key senator sees no 'Chained CPI' in Obama budget

  16-01-2015 18:17
  
  Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the leader of the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, said on Friday he does not expect "Chained CPI" cost of living cuts for Social Security to be in President Barack Obama's next budget. "It is my understanding that the Chained CPI (Consumer Price Index) will not be in the president's budget," Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told a news conference in which he promised to take a strong line against any proposed cuts in social progr
  
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• Obama to host 'Selma' screening. Is he trying to make a point?

  16-01-2015 17:17
  
  President Obama, his family, and guests will watch the movie “Selma” tonight at the White House. Officials announced the screening shortly after the acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. biopic was largely shut out of Academy Award nominations, though it did gain a spot on the “Best Picture” short list. Did Mr. Obama order up the film fare as a means to quietly comment on “Selma” missing out on Best Director and Best Actor nominations? It’s the beginning of the Martin Luther King Jr. ho
  
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• Senate Budget Democratic leader sees no 'Chained CPI' in Obama budget

  16-01-2015 17:08
  
  Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the leader of the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, said on Friday he does not expect "Chained CPI" cost of living cuts for Social Security to be in President Barack Obama's next budget. "It is my understanding that the Chained CPI will not be in the president's budget," Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told a news conference in which he promised to take a strong line against Republicans' proposed cuts in social programs.
  
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• President Obama to Host ‘Selma’ Screening at the White House

  16-01-2015 16:08
  
  The Washington Post reports that President Obama will host a screening of 'Selma'
  
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• With flowers and fluent French, Kerry pays respects to France

  16-01-2015 15:27
  
  By Arshad Mohammed PARIS (Reuters) - Bearing flowers and his fluent French, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered his condolences and "a hug" to France on Friday for the deaths from last week's Islamist attacks. Kerry's visit came after the United States failed to send a top official to attend Sunday's march in the French capital, an omission that led to significant domestic criticism and a rare White House admission that it had made a mistake. While Kerry and his aides stressed that he was
  
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• Hackers 'real threat' to City - PM

  16-01-2015 13:15
  
  Cyber-hackers pose a "real threat" to the City of London, David Cameron said as he prepared to strike an "unprecedented" deal to tackle network attacks with Barack Obama in talks at the White House today.
  
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• UK and U.S. intelligence agencies to up cyber security cooperation

  16-01-2015 10:07
  
  Britain and the United States will increase cooperation on cyber security, Prime Minister David Cameron said, setting up "cyber cells" to share intelligence and conduct simulated attacks to test the defences of organisations such as banks. Cameron is on a two-day visit to Washington focussed on the economy and security, and is due to have a second meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday at the White House. The cooperation between Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping agency and the U
  
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• Cameron meets Obama, vows cyber security cooperation

  16-01-2015 06:57
  
  Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off two days of talks Thursday at the White House, with the British leader promising progress on the "new threat" of cyber security.
  
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• Obama, Cameron meet amid specter of terrorism in Europe, US

  16-01-2015 06:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will be meeting at the White House amid growing fears about the specter of terrorism in Europe and the West.
  
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• ‘Selma’ Set For Obama Hosted Screening Friday, Ava DuVernay & Cast In Attendance

  16-01-2015 03:23
  
  Selma may haven't received Best Director and Best Actor Oscar nominations today but the civil rights film will be playing at the Executive Mansion with the leader of the free world tomorrow evening. President Barack Obama will host a screening of the Ava DuVernay helmed feature about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sources confirm. This is of course the same White House where meetings between Dr. King and then President Lyndon B, Johnson occurred, as depicted in the film…
  
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• Obama to Host ‘Selma’ Screening at White House

  16-01-2015 02:48
  
  The movie “Selma” may have scored only two Oscar nominations, but on Friday it will get a special distinction: A screening at the White House. President Obama is scheduled to host a screening of the movie, the latest in a line of Oscar contenders like last year’s “Mandela” and 2012’s “Lincoln” to screen there. Cast... Read more »
  
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• Obama hosting UK's David Cameron for working dinner

  16-01-2015 02:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron had a working dinner Thursday night at the White House as Cameron began a two-day visit.
  
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• Republican activists widely say Romney should sit out White House run

  16-01-2015 02:01
  
  By Tim Reid SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's declaration that he is considering a third shot at the White House after being a two-time Republican presidential loser was widely greeted with disdain at a national gathering of Republican activists on Thursday. Romney, the Republican U.S. presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors in New York last week that he is considering another White House run in 2016. Romney lost to incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama in 2012, and l
  
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• Christie talks more openly about a possible presidential run

  16-01-2015 01:51
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is talking more openly about a potential White House run.
  
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• Cyber cell to fight online attacks

  16-01-2015 01:08
  
  A cyber cell of British and American intelligence and security agents is being created to defeat online attacks in an "unprecedented" deal to be struck by David Cameron and Barack Obama in talks at the White House today.
  
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• White House Initiative to Screen Pivot Network Doc About Campus Sexual Assault

  16-01-2015 00:21
  
  The It's On Us campaign to educate students about campus sexual assault has teamed up with filmmaker Lisa Jackson and Participant Media's Pivot TV to bring 'It Happened Here' to college campuses.
  
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