President Obama

President Barack Obama says Congress' willingness to come together and prevent year-end tax increases makes him hopeful there will be more economic progress in 2012.

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President Barack Obama is delaying his request for another $1.2 trillion increase in the nation's debt limit at the request of congressional leaders.

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The Obama administration is considering whether to allow Yemen's outgoing president into the United States for medical treatment.

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President Barack Obama is starting his delayed Christmas vacation in Hawaii after securing an agreement to extend payroll tax cuts into 2012.

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President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee have returned more than $70,000 in campaign contributions from former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine following the collapse of MF Global, Corzine's financial firm.

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President Barack Obama has capped a bruising year by winning a tax cut extension for millions of Americans, but his momentum may be hard to maintain in the coming election year.

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The Obama administration moved Tuesday to boost renewable energy on both coasts, approving onshore solar and wind farms in the West and pushing for offshore wind power in the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Obama administration is expanding sanctions against Iran's shipping center as it steps up efforts to isolate the country from the international financial system.

The Treasure Department on Tuesday added 10 Iranian shipping companies and a shipping executive to a black list that freezes any assets they may have U

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Applauding their "extraordinary achievement," President Barack Obama saluted returning troops Wednesday, declaring that the nearly nine-year conflict in Iraq is ending "not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home."

Marking the conclusion of the war at this military redoubt

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President Barack Obama says he will delay his Hawaiian vacation and stay in Washington "as long as it takes" to win an extension of the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.

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