Tag: Obama Administration

White House still won’t say if Rhodes will testify

Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2016 5:52 pm

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama laugh together as as they wait for Nordic Leaders to arrive at the North Portico of the White House Friday for a State Dinner. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Secrets

Obama weekly report card: F for Iran deal sales job

Paul Bedard · May 14, 2016 12:01 pm

In a May 5 story, titled "The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru," the New York Times Magazine's David Samuels described how Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes used the press to help lay the groundwork for passage of the Iran deal. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Author of controversial Obama spin doctor story doubles down

Becket Adams · May 14, 2016 12:41 am

Lack of a no-fly zone is "reason that our families are refugees and that Syrians are being killed every day." (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

National Security

Syrian-Americans plead with Rhodes for no-fly zone

Nicole Duran · May 13, 2016 9:49 pm

Schiff said the nuclear deal has been beneficial and Republicans are merely scape-goating Rhodes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Democratic congressman defends Rhodes

David Brown · May 13, 2016 3:28 pm

House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz won't take the Obama administration's "no" for an answer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House Oversight chair: Is Rhodes ‘man enough’ to testify?

Anna Giaritelli · May 13, 2016 12:37 am

The May 5 story, titled "The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru," describes how Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes used the press to help lay the groundwork for passage of the Iran deal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

NYT Magazine defends Rhodes profile from press attacks

Becket Adams · May 13, 2016 12:27 am

White House dodges on Rhodes testimony, lashes out at GOP

Nicole Duran · May 12, 2016 6:19 pm

President Obama said, "I am a strong believer in the First Amendment and the need for journalists to pursue every lead and every angle." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama defends press relationship after Rhodes blowup

Susan Crabtree · May 12, 2016 5:44 pm

Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes was profiled in a New York Times Magazine story on May 5, in which Rhodes said rational conversation with Congress is "impossible." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

GOP calls for Rhodes testimony after Iran spin job

Pete Kasperowicz · May 11, 2016 11:25 pm

Obama To Spend $1 Billion On Monument To Himself

Mark Hemingway · May 10, 2016 4:03 pm

What Rhodes Revealed

Michael Makovsky · May 10, 2016 2:34 pm