In his second-to-the-last State of The Union Address, President Barack Obama called on the Congress for authorization of the use of force against ISIS.
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One year after YSEALI
It is the United States President Barack Obama who started the Young South East Asian Leaders’ Initiative – giving the youth an avenue to share their ideas for the improvement of their community.
Obama speaks out regarding police incident in New York CIty
The United States President Barack Obama spoke out after a grand jury decided not to press charges against a police officer who shot an armed African-American selling illegal cigarettes in New York City.
Obama unveils U.S. immigration reform, setting up fight with Republicans
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for some 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans who vow to fight his moves. In a White House speech, Obama rejected Republican arguments that his decision to bypass Congress and take executive action was tantamount to amnesty for illegal immigrants. It was his biggest use of executive actions in a year […]
Obama to announce go-it-alone plan on immigration Thursday
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama will outline a plan on Thursday to relax U.S. immigration policy and grant relief from deportation to as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants in a go-it-alone move that will deepen a partisan divide with Republicans. The White House said Obama will deliver a televised speech on Thursday night laying out the plan followed by a trip to Las Vegas on Friday to build support. Nevada is home to the highest proportion […]
Obama, Republicans sound conciliatory note but battles loom
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama and his powerful U.S. Senate adversary struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday, but Obama’s plans to proceed with new immigration rules foreshadowed a bumpy start to his relationship with a Republican-controlled Congress. Obama and Mitch McConnell, who will become majority leader when Republicans take charge in the Senate in January, signaled they hoped to get past a previously frosty relationship to pass legislation on priorities on which they can both agree. Republicans […]
Obama names Ebola ‘czar’ as West Africa death toll rises
BY JEFF MASON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola “czar” on Friday as the global death toll from the disease that has ravaged three West African countries rose to more than 4,500. Amid growing concerns about the spread of the virus in the United States, authorities said a Texas health worker, who was not ill but may have had contact with specimens from an Ebola patient, was quarantined on a […]
Obama at U.N. pledges steps to more open government
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:59pm EDT (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday that the United States would provide easier access to federal spending information, part of a global effort to create more open governments. Governments that are responsive, transparent and accountable lead to prosperity and opportunity and discourage corruption, Obama said at a meeting of the Open Government Partnership, a group of 64 nations meeting at the United […]
Obama sends 3000 military personnel in west Africa
United States President Barack Obama said that he will send 3000 military personnel to west Africa to help battle the Ebola outbreak.
Obama to ramp up U.S. response to Ebola with military mission
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:04am EDT (Reuters) – The United States will ramp up its response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa with plans to build 17 treatment centers, train thousands of healthcare workers, and establish a military control center for coordination, U.S. officials said. The plan will be unveiled by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, senior administration officials told reporters. Obama, who has called the epidemic a national security […]
US lawmakers support Obama’s steps against ISIS
Nevertheless, they are apprehensive of an open-ended conflict. Obama sent a panel of top administration officials to the Capitol for the said step. Included in the plan are first-time airstrikes against Syria and sending more military advisers to Iraq. Said measure aims to stop the violence perpetrated by ISIS.
Obama leads U.S. in remembrance of September 11 victims
(Reuters) – Led by President Barack Obama, Americans commemorated the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Thursday by observing moments of silence for the thousands killed that day at New York City’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. In what has become an annual ritual, relatives began slowly reciting the nearly 3,000 names of the victims at a ceremony in lower Manhattan, from Gordon Aamoth Jr. to Igor Zukelman. Readers […]
