Barack Obama

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Barack Obama that their positions on Syria do not coincide but both leaders agree on the need to push for negotiations in Syria's two-year-old civil war.

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President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading.

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President Barack Obama is marking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month by calling on Congress to pass legislation banning workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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The FBI says a Texas woman admitted sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but only after trying to pin it on her husband.

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Another two hours of talks are scheduled today in California between President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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President Barack Obama says he wants 99 percent of American students connected to super-fast Internet within five years. He's directing federal regulators to use an existing program to equip schools with broadband Internet.

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The White House says President Barack Obama is concerned by excessive spending by the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies on conferences and travel.

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One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency is that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans.

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New York City's police commissioner says angry letters mailed to President Obama, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun control group contained threats about shooting people in the face.

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Three people familiar with the decision say President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate a former Bush administration official to head the FBI.

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