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Barack Obama re-elected as US president
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama embrace Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden moments after the television networks called the election in their favor, while watching election returns at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 6, 2012.
Barack Obama has been elected to a second term as President of the United States. Republican candidate Mitt Romney has...
Biden vows to confront rising power of China
US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at West Point during the graduation ceremony for the class of 2012 in New York, May 26, 2012.
The US Vice President Joe Biden says Washington has devised a new policy in a bid to counter the rising power and influence of China.
Joe Biden on Saturday addressing cadets of the US Military Academy during a graduation ceremony in West Point, New York, spoke about the United...
Obama endorses same-sex marriage by way of another massive flip-flop
US President Barack Obama officially endorsed same-sex marriage on Tuesday. Also on the president’s agenda for the day was once again flip-flopping on a major issue during an election year.
Explaining his recent change of heart to ABC’s Robin Roberts in an interview taped Tuesday afternoon, President Obama says, “at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important...
The Shocking Face Of China's Brutal One Child Policy
Can’t happen here? Top academics and eugenicists are calling for what Obama’s science czar once advocated.
This is the shocking face of China’s brutal one child policy which many academics and pressure groups are now calling to be imposed in the west – the image shows a 9 month old baby lying dead in a bucket, forcibly aborted by Chinese family planning authorities in the town of Moshan, Shandong...
Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits US for First Time in 13 Years
On U.S. soil: Chinese President Hu Jintao walks alongside U.S. Vice President Joe Biden upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting Hu on a full state visit.
The Chinese president arrived in the United States on Tuesday to meet with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, in what is being billed as the most important visit of its kind in three decades.
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Obama Disavows July 2011 Afghan Drawdown Date
Though it is hard to imagine that eight and a half years in anything the Obama Administration could do with regards to the Afghan War would constitute a “hasty exit,” President Obama attempted to reassure again today that this would not happen, in comments which formally disavowed the July 2011 drawdown date he set himself in December.
“We didn’t say we’d be switching off the lights,”...
Colombian football team robbed in South Africa, Obama sends feds to protect US team
Obama administration takes unprecedented action to protect an American sports team.
The Colombian football team had $2,500 looted from their hotel rooms by hotel staff in South Africa. The same thing happened to the Egyptian team during preliminaries.
Now the Obama administration has ordered federal agents to South Africa to protect the American team. A large force will protect American football players...
Why Israel Always Prevails
If the State Department had issued travel advisory warnings to US government officials about to travel to Israel, Vice President Joe Biden would have no doubt ignored them. A better friend to Israel could not have been found in the 36 years that Biden represented Delaware in the US Senate and there was speculation that his popularity among Jewish voters and major Jewish donors was the primary reason...
Ties between U.S. and Israel 'at their worst in 35 years' over housing row
Relations between the U.S. and Israel have sunk to their lowest point in 35 years, derailing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. admitted that the crisis was real and dismissed attempts to play down the diplomatic row.
Michael Oren said: ‘Israel’s ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975 – a crisis of historic proportions.’
Israeli...
US vice president wants US warheads with worldwide reach
US Vice President Joe Biden
US Vice President Joe Biden says Washington should seek an “adaptive missile defense shield” and conventional warheads with global range.
Biden, who spoke at the National Defense University on Thursday, added that development of programs such as the planned anti-missile in Europe would allow the United States to decrease its nuclear weaponry.
“Capabilities...