AFP – US President Barack Obama appointed a former Microsoft executive on Thursday as the new government technology chief.
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Ex-Microsoft executive named to top US tech post
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AFP – The US debt mountain undermined financial markets Wednesday, even after President Barack Obama signed an emergency austerity bill which averted a disastrous debt default.
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Obama seals US austerity bill, but markets anxious
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AFP – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday announced its top spokesperson, Caroline Atkinson, is leaving the Fund to become a special assistant to US President Barack Obama.
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White House recruits IMF communications chief
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AFP – The heads of Wall Street’s top banks on Thursday urged President Barack Obama and Congress to reach a deal on the debt ceiling, warning of “very grave” dangers if agreement is not reached.
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Top bankers appeal to Obama, Congress on debt limit
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AFP – US President Barack Obama urged polarized lawmakers to find an “11th hour” deal to avert a calamitous early August debt default and heaped praise on a newly unveiled bipartisan budget plan.
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Obama pushes for ’11th hour’ debt deal
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AFP – US President Barack Obama supports repealing legislation which bans federal authorities from recognizing gay marriage, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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Obama supports repeal of US law against gay marriage
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AFP – US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that “some progress” has been made in tough debt talks, as he congratulated a bipartisan group of senators busy hammering out a “balanced approach.”
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‘Some progress’ in debt talks, Obama says
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AFP – US President Barack Obama pressed polarized lawmakers to avert economic “Armageddon” by quickly forging an elusive deal to prevent an early August debt default with ruinous global consequences.
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Obama warns US ‘running out of time’ for debt deal
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AFP – President Barack Obama said Monday it was “not acceptable” for the United States to default on its debt and vowed to meet with Republican opponents every single day until a deal is reached.
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Obama says US debt default ‘not acceptable’
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