Nov 15th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before a congressional committee next month on the handling of the deadly September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday.
“The secretary has committed to testifying before our committee … on the Accountability Review Board’s report, which is expected to be...
Nov 10th, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – China announced on Saturday that it is effectively turning the corner on the economy and likely to meet its growth target for the year, more good news for Communist Party policy makers meeting in Beijing to anoint new leaders for the next decade.
The world’s second-biggest economy had halted a slowing trend, the chief of the economic planning agency said, adding that he was...
Nov 8th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama had little time to savor victory on Wednesday after voters gave him a second term in the White House where he faces urgent economic challenges, a looming fiscal showdown and a still-divided Congress able to block his every move.
Despite a decisive win over Republican Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s election, Obama must negotiate with a Republican majority in the...
Nov 5th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney make a frenetic dash to a series of crucial swing states on Monday, delivering their final arguments to voters on the last day of an extraordinarily close race for the White House.
After a long, bitter and expensive campaign, national polls show Obama and Romney are essentially deadlocked ahead of Tuesday’s election,...
Oct 29th, 2012
AVON LAKE, Ohio—With just eight days to go before Election Day, President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney face what could be the worst scenario for an October surprise: a potentially life-threatening storm.
The superstorm, picking up speed and force–and expected to hit the swing states of New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virgina–is disrupting their campaigns at a time polls have many...
Oct 25th, 2012
Sarah Palin responded to the backlash triggered by the use of “shuck and jive” in her criticism of President Barack Obama’s handling of the attack in Benghazi, claiming the comment was not racially charged.
“For the record,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page, “there was nothing remotely racist in my use of the phrase ‘shuck and jive’—a phrase which many people have...
Oct 23rd, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress expressed surprise and doubt on Tuesday about President Barack Obama’s comment in debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney that the automatic spending cuts set for the new year “will not happen.”
At the same time, they said it was unclear whether the president on Monday night was reflecting a hope, or a possible plan, to...
Oct 20th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — With one debate left, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are retreating from the campaign trail to bone up on foreign policy, leaving the work of courting voters to their running mates.
Monday’s debate in Boca Raton, Fla., with its focus on international affairs, is the third and final between the two rivals and comes just 15 days before the election.
Obama left Friday for...
