Tag: Barack Obama

President Barack Obama waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One before departing from JFK International airport, Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in New York for a Democratic fundraiser. He signed a DNC fundraising letter on his last full day in office. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Washington Secrets

Obama’s final act: Fundraising

Paul Bedard · January 19, 2017 4:52 pm

President Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference in the briefing room of the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The end of Obama’s journalism lectures

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2017 3:01 pm

In an op-ed, Secretary of State John Kerry wrote that putting diplomacy ahead of force has improved the American standing abroad. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

National Security

Kerry: Obama’s diplomacy ‘helped put the wind at our back’

Kyle Feldscher · January 19, 2017 1:42 pm

U.S. B-2 stealth bombers carried out attacks against Islamic State military camps in Libya Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

National Security

Carter: Stealth bomber strikes kill more than 80 ISIS fighters in Libya

Jamie McIntyre · January 19, 2017 1:21 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin argued that President Obama's move to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning shows he didn't take "seriously" the espionage charges against the former Army soldier. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Manchin: Obama didn’t take Manning punishment ‘seriously’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 19, 2017 12:46 pm

Obama and the hope that failed

W. James Antle III · January 19, 2017 5:13 am

Chelsea Manning is losing treatment for gender dysphoria

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2017 2:04 am

Pence: Transition between administrations ‘orderly, cordial and professional’

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2017 12:32 am

The Iraqi government has struggled to pay its bills and maintain critical infrastructure. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Obama commits US to backing $1 billion Iraqi bond

Nicole Duran · January 18, 2017 9:10 pm

The Obama administration asked all major federal agencies on Wednesday to analyze their personnel practices in order to ensure enough Hispanics are being hired and promoted in the government. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama asks agencies to study low hiring rate for Hispanics

Pete Kasperowicz · January 18, 2017 8:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

These are the 8 questions Obama faced in his last ever press conference

Becket Adams · January 18, 2017 8:49 pm

Obama: ‘We’ve got more work to do on race’

Kelly Cohen · January 18, 2017 8:42 pm