AFP – US President Barack Obama will welcome Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to the White House on June 8, officials said Saturday.
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Nigeria’s Jonathan to visit White House
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AFP – Republican House Speaker John Boehner warned he will reject allowing the cash-strapped US government to increase its borrowing unless the White House agrees to deep, long-term spending cuts.
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Top Obama foe links US debt ceiling to budget cuts
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AFP – Top US Senator John McCain, shortly after talks with President Barack Obama, urged embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday to “step down and relinquish power.”
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Time for Mubarak to ‘step down’: US Senator McCain
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AFP – US President Barack Obama said Friday that job creation and improving economic forecasts were clearly trending favorably, after a large dip in unemployment figures to 9.4 percent.
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Job creation trends clear : Obama
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AFP – President Barack Obama, heading back to Washington where a new divided Congress awaits, said Tuesday he expects Republicans will try to stall his reforms but ultimately will work with him to improve the battered US economy.
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‘Our job is to govern,’ not bicker, says Obama
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AFP – The White House Sunday slammed Republican plans to cut taxes for wealthy Americans as a recycled failed policy, while sparring lawmakers vowed a vote on the hot-button issue before the tax cuts expire in December.
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Obama adviser slams Republican pledge as a rehash
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AFP – President Barack Obama is seeking a lifeline and his Republican foes see an opening to bash Democrats for economic malpractice over tax cuts in the first big row of the mid-term elections.
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Obama, Republicans in rich row over tax
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AFP – A senior US senator Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to quickly name an ambassador to ASEAN, worrying that the absence was setting back efforts to build relations with Southeast Asia.
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Obama needs to act quickly on ASEAN: senator
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