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ABC News: Politics
Obama: Americans can't wait for ‘perfect' Afghanistan before withdrawalMon, 21 May 2012 19:58:03 -0400
President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged "risks" in his decision to withdraw U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but said war-weary Americans can't wait for that strife-torn country to be "perfect." "I don't think that there is ever going to be an optimal point where we say, this is all done, this is perfect, this is just the way we wanted it and now we can wrap up all our equipment and go home," Obama said at a press conference at the end of a two-day NATO summit in his hometown of Chicago. Obama also said the Pentagon isn't giving him an unrealistically rosy picture of Afghanistan. "I can't afford a white-wash. I can't afford not getting the very best information in order to make good decisions." "I should add, by the way, that the danger a lot of times is not that anybody is purposely trying to downplay challenges in Afghanistan. A lot of times it's just the military culture is 'we can get it done.' And so, their thinking is, 'how are...
Yes, We Can: Obama Defends Hits on Romney's Biz Career as Central to RaceMon, 21 May 2012 17:41:39 -0400
At the close of the NATO Summit, taking questions from reporters, President Obama launched his most direct attack yet at challenger Mitt Romney, defending his campaign’s attacks on Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital and full-throatedly saying "this is what this campaign is going to be...
Prosperity Shortfall Puts Obama at Risk; But Romney's Not Yet Seized the DayTue, 22 May 2012 00:01:48 -0400
Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they’ve gotten worse off as better off under Barack Obama’s presidency, a prosperity shortfall resembling the one that cost the first President Bush his job in 1992. But Mitt Romney has yet to seize the opportunity fully,...
President Obama Hails Resilience of Joplin, Graduates Year After TornadoMon, 21 May 2012 22:36:46 -0400
President Obama returned to Joplin, Mo., tonight, one year after a monster tornado leveled the town on high school graduation day, to celebrate its remarkable recovery and the first class of graduates since the storm. "As I look out at this class, and across this...
Yemen is not only one of the most dangerous countries in the world, it’s also home to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to the grim numbers offered today by State Department officials. Nearly 40 percent of the country — 10 million people...
Thirty-one years after Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by a would-be assassin, an online auction house on the island of Guernsey (an autonomous British protectorate and controversial tax haven just off the northern coast of France) is making available to the highest bidder a...
ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: After the Obama campaign unleashed another attack Monday on Mitt Romney’s business dealings at Bain Capital, the private equity firm went on defense. But Bain’s public statement is as notable for what it included as it is for what it left...
Obama: Fighting Romney on economy ‘is what this campaign is going to be about'Mon, 21 May 2012 18:48:01 -0400
In the spotlight of the world stage, President Barack Obama on Monday unapologetically defended his campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's record at the private equity firm Bain Capital and vowed to keep up the onslaught all the way to November. "This issue is not a distraction," Obama defiantly declared at a press conference wrapping up a NATO summit in his hometown of Chicago. "This is what this campaign is going to be about." "If your main argument for how to grow the economy is 'I knew how to make a lot of money for investors,' then you're missing what this job is about," the president said, evidently relishing the opportunity to knock Romney. "It doesn't mean you weren't good at private equity, but that's not what my job is as president. My job is to take into account everybody, not just some. My job is to make sure that the country is growing not just now, but ten years from now and 20 years from now," he said. Obama's campaign has drawn fire, including from...
CHICAGO — President Obama and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met briefly today on the sidelines of the NATO summit, but made no progress toward resolving their diplomatic standoff over supply routes into Afghanistan. Their meeting, which was also attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai,...
Obama Defends Bain Attacks, Reverse Robin Hood, Afghanistan Take-Aways (PM Note)Mon, 21 May 2012 18:35:40 -0400
Recalling Joplin – In a few hours, President Obama will give a commencement address to high school students in Joplin, Missouri. Use the sliderule to see what the high school looked like one year ago after the tornado – http://abcn.ws/J8M77R Things We Learned Today –...
President Barack Obama will address the 2012 graduating class of Joplin High School Monday night at the school's commencement ceremony. The address comes almost one year after severe tornadoes devastated the Missouri town. Obama visited Joplin on May 29, 2011 to view the damage and participate in a memorial service for victims of the storm. "We can't know why we're tested with the loss of a loved one, or the loss of a home where we've lived a lifetime," Obama said last May. "These things are beyond our power to control. But that does not mean we are powerless in the face of adversity. How we respond when the storm strikes is up to us. How we live in the aftermath of tragedy and heartache, that's within our control." The graduation ceremony takes place this evening between 7-9:30 p.m. CT. Yahoo News will be streaming the ABC News coverage of the speech. More popular Yahoo! News stories: • Americans in Afghanistan to fight...
The president joins the class of 2012 one year after the devastating tornado.
ABC's Jake Tapper solicited questions from soldiers who served in Afghanistan.
Rebuffs Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism, attacks Romney's track record.
President delivers remarks on missile defense, Afghanistan transition.
The president urges reform after worrisome JP Morgan losses.
Roy Charles Brooks and Roy LaVerne Brooks battle for Texas county commissioner.
ABC's Sunlen Miller on the bill to ban non-citizen Saverin from the U.S.
President posthumously honors soldier killed in Cambodia during Vietnam War.
Specialists called in to contain the buzz.
"Draft character, not statistics," says the former senator and NBA Hall of Famer
