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• Obama mourns death of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, calls him 'true giant'

  22-03-2015 23:48
  
  President Barack Obama offered condolences on Sunday on the death of Lee Kuan Yew, calling Singapore's first prime minister "a true giant of history." Obama said in a White House statement that he appreciated Lee's wisdom, including during discussions they held on the president's trip to Singapore in 2009 when Obama was formulating his Asia-Pacific policy. "He was a true giant of history who will be remembered for generations to come as the father of modern Singapore and as one the great strateg
  
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• Congress seeking answers in apparent Secret Service breach

  22-03-2015 23:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say the Secret Service won't let them hear from four employees who witnessed an episode outside the White House in which two high-ranking agency officials are accused of driving into a secure area without authorization.
  
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• Calif. governor calls Ted Cruz 'unfit' to run for president

  22-03-2015 23:25
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown says U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz' views on climate change make the Texas Republican unfit to run for president and that he would entertain making another bid for the White House himself if he were younger.
  
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• Lee Kuan Yew: feared founder of modern Singapore

  22-03-2015 22:22
  Lee Kuan Yew, one of the commanding figures of Asia's post-war economic rise, was an authoritarian leader who transformed Singapore from a sleepy British imperial outpost into a global trading and financial centre. US President Barack Obama said after meeting the still healthy Lee at the White House in October 2009 that "this is one of the legendary figures of Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries". The Cambridge-educated lawyer set Singapore on a path that has seen average incomes
  
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• Cruz to become first major candidate to jump into 2016 race

  22-03-2015 21:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz will become the first major candidate for president when he launches his campaign Monday, kicking off what's expected to be a rush over the next few weeks of more than a dozen White House hopefuls into the 2016 campaign.
  
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• White House Brief: Things to know about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

  22-03-2015 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is set to become the first high-profile Republican to enter the 2016 race for president. Here's a quick snapshot with a few key things to know about Cruz before his announcement Monday.
  
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• US Senator Ted Cruz to announce presidential bid

  22-03-2015 20:38
  
  Conservative US Senator Ted Cruz will fire the starting gun on the Republican race for the 2016 presidential election ticket on Monday when he confirms plans to run for the White House. The far-right Texas Republican will announce his presidential bid -- as opposed to forming a preliminary exploratory committee -- at an event at Liberty University in Virginia, a source familiar with his plans told AFP. Cruz, 44, will be the first Republican to officially confirm plans to run in the next presiden
  
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• And they're off: Ted Cruz to be first to announce 2016 bid

  22-03-2015 20:07
  
  By Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative firebrand who frequently clashes with leaders of his Republican Party, will become the first major figure from either party to jump into the 2016 U.S. presidential election race on Monday. Cruz is expected to announce his candidacy at Liberty University, an evangelical Christian school in Virginia, according to an aide, giving the Tea Party favorite a head start on what is likely to be a crowded fiel
  
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• McCain to Obama: get over your temper tantrum

  22-03-2015 16:42
  
  U.S. Senator John McCain accused President Barack Obama of throwing a "temper tantrum" over comments by Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu, adding to the conflict between the White House and the Republican-dominated Congress over Israel. McCain, asked on CNN's "State of the Union" show if U.S.-Israel relations were at a dangerous point, said, "I think that's up to the president of the United States." Obama's sensitive relationship with Netanyahu was strained
  
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• Netanyahu allies blame White House criticism on misunderstanding

  22-03-2015 15:29
  
  By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu's allies acknowledged on Sunday that his election-eve disavowal of a Palestinian state had caused a rift with the White House, but blamed U.S. President Barack Obama's unprecedented criticism on a misunderstanding. The Israeli prime minister pledged on the eve of his re-election victory last week that there would never be a Palestinian state while he is prime minister. Since winning re-election, Netanyahu has tried to row back,
  
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• Obama to announce 'modified plan for troop withdrawal in Afghanistan' on Tuesday

  22-03-2015 07:40
  
  Washington, March 22 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama is expected to announce a modified plan on troop withdrawal in Afghanistan in order to help the nation's new dispensation fight the Taliban and other insurgent groups. As part of his government's emerging national security strategy, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had urged Obama to consider some flexibility in his plans to reduce the number of non-combat U.S. troops from 10,000 to 5,500 by year's end, reported Fox News. He is also e
  
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• NC State shocks Villanova; Notre Dame wins with heavy heart

  22-03-2015 07:38
  
  Thirty years after its improbable national championship, Villanova was on the wrong side of a massive March upset. North Carolina State, a program that authored one of the early chapters on March shockers, can add another stunner to the list: The Wolfpack are back in the Sweet 16. The Wolfpack ended one season and busted millions of brackets - including one with a White House address. N.C. State's Cat Barber was busted in an unguarded moment directing a cutting remark at President Barack Ob
  
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• Obama rips Netanyahu over Arab voter comments

  22-03-2015 05:22
  
  The White House said earlier this week that Obama had warned Netanyahu on Thursday that his last-minute campaign pledge to oppose the creation of a Palestinian state and his comments about Israeli Arab voters would force a rethink in Washington. "Although Israel was founded based on the historic Jewish homeland and the need to have a Jewish homeland, Israeli democracy has been premised on everybody in the country being treated equally and fairly," Obama said.
  
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• Inside White House InstaMeet: President Obama Invites Social Media Into East Wing

  22-03-2015 00:48
  
  Four years after launching the event, Instagram celebrated its 11th Worldwide InstaMeet in style at the White House in Washington, DC on Saturday. The gathering marked the first InstaMeet that has taken place inside the White House and the first time that photographers have been able to bring their phones into the White House to snap pictures. Of the 1,500 Instagram users who applied, only 20 of the White House’s followers were chosen to tour the East Wing with President Barack Obama’s offic
  
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