US President-elect Barack Obama has named Leon Panetta, a former White House Chief of Staff, to head the Central Intelligence Agency and retired admiral Dennis Blair as the director of the National Intelligence.John Brenna, a former leader of the National Counter-terrorism Center, will be his Homeland Security Adviser and Deputy National Security Adviser for Counter-terrorism Serving, Obama announced.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Barack Obama on Monday held face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain.
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US President Barack Obama has signed his first bill into law since he assumed the top office, making a historic provision that ensures equal pay for both men and women.
The US President emphasised that the blueprint has been built to last -- an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.
United States President Barack Obama has warned Syria's Assad regime that it would be held 'accountable' if it uses its stockpile of chemical weapons.
The Republican senator trails Obama by only two points, or 45-47 per cent. Obama's lead falls within the survey's margin of error.
Top aides to United States President Barack Obama on Monday held talks with the Dalai Lama ahead of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's planned US visit in October.
Top aides to United States President Barack Obama on Monday held talks with the Dalai Lama ahead of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's planned US visit in October. Led by Valerie B Jarret, White House adviser and assistant to the President for inter-governmental affairs and public engagement, Obama's three senior aides had a two-hour closed-door meeting with the Dalai at his residence at Mcleodganj, about 22 km from Dharamsala.
A feistier and forceful Barack Obama appeared to debate his way back into the game at second faceoff with rather 'grim' Republican rival Mitt Romney in New York on Tuesday night with one of the first verdicts branding him the winner of the debate.
World leaders on Wednesday hailed President Barack Obama's decisive win for a second term, hoping to deepen cooperation with the United States in tackling pressing global issues such as economic downturn and climate change apart from ensuring international peace and security.
Obama's detractors describe the new approach to counter-terrorism as the Jesuit approach. Will it succeed? Obama and Brennan want to give the new policy a try, writes security expert B Raman
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and a champion of peace and human rights, has died at the age of 100. Carter, who was known for his work with the Carter Center, promoting democracy and conflict resolution, was also a close friend of India. He visited the country in 1978, forging a lasting relationship between the two nations.
"We welcome the important decisions made last night by the European Union which lay a critical foundation for a comprehensive solution to the Eurozone crisis," Obama said.
Srinivasan is the only Indian American re-nominated by Obama for the District of Columbia Circuit.
A ceremonial reception was accorded to United States President Barack Obama at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on Monday morning. At 9:45 am, Obama's cavalcade arrived on the red clay path outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan, flanked by horses. Obama and First Lady Michelle were welcomed warmly at the presidential palace forecourt by President Pratibha Patil and her husband Devisingh Patil.They were then greeted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur.
United States President Barack Obama has said America must do more to protect its children in the wake of Friday's shootings at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, BBC reported.
As a leader, he was ambitious, not for himself but for India and its people. His was not the short-term election cycle calculation of individual political gain. His was a practical vision of how to better the lives of his fellow citizens, asserts Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, who served as foreign secretary and national security advisor when Dr Singh was prime minister.
Ever the style icon, PM Modi wore a beautiful colourful turban.
Khan elaborated, "Eighty percent of Muslims live outside the Arab world. Around 50 percent live in the Indian subcontinent. I think Obama didn't address the progressive Islamic people who think that their beliefs don't obstruct development and progress. He didn't address religious but progressive class of Muslims."
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Monday offered his deep condolences on the passing of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
The Nobel committee awarded the peace prize to Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples and cited his push for nuclear disarmament".
In another embarrassment for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's White House campaign, the person heading the team looking for his running mate has abruptly resigned following outcry over his personal loan dealings. James A Johnson, a Washington insider for about three decades, stepped down Wednesday as questions were raised over the terms on which he borrowed loans from a company involved in the US housing crisis.
The internal battle within the Obama administration seemed to have been won by Paul Volcker, the impressive and outspoken former Federal Reserve chairman who has long been a critic of financial innovation.
BREAKING NEWS: United States President Barack Obama speaks to PTI on his visit to India.
United States President Barack Obama got emotional as he thanked staff at his campaign headquarters.
Noting its role in reviving the US economy and creating jobs, President Barack Obama will visit a steel plant owned by NRI tycoon Lakshmi Mittal whose company is the largest supplier of steel to the US auto manufacturing sector.
President Barack Obama has said that he is committed to a comprehensive immigration reform, which is expected to benefit lakhs of illegal immigrants and also large number of Indians living in the US who are having painful years of long wait to get permanent residency.
The Obama were treated to a wide spread of Indian cuisine at the Presidential Banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Joseph Biden and Barack Obama faced each other as challengers in the 2008 Democratic primary, but in opting for a staus quo in Washington the Unirted States voters consolidated their partnership as brothers-in-arms.
'If the criminal or civil charges are deemed unworthy or defective, Trump's new justice department and SEC can withdraw the criminal and civil cases.'
US President Barack Obama vowed to secure all the vulnerable nuclear material around the globe in four years; as terrorist groups like Al Qaeda are aiming at getting a hand on them. "At April's Nuclear Security Summit, we will bring forty-four nations together behind a clear goal: securing all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years, so that they never fall into the hands of terrorists," Obama said in his State of the Union Address.
"We got him," United States President Barack Obama said as soon as it became clear that the special forces were able to kill Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad.
The two leaders conversed on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit here for ninety minutes and worked to clarify gaps in negotiations over on the Syrian crisis.
'When we urge you to complete the task of eliminating terrorism, we are not suggesting that we are ready to fight the battle to the Last American. Indians, Americans and humanity itself have a stake in ridding the world of the scourge of terrorism. There should be no more Headleys to perpetrate terrorism.'
United States President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to the presidential race but added that he fundamentally disagrees with his vision, which, if implemented, would take the nation backward. "Just last morning, my opponent chose his running mate, the ideological leader of the Republicans in Congress Mr Paul Ryan. I want to congratulate Congressman Ryan," Obama said at a campaign event in Chicago.
United States President Barack Obama has reiterated his administration's commitment towards building an active, cooperative and comprehensive relationship with China, which requires strong diplomatic and military ties. Obama's assurance to China came during his meeting with Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, at the White House. Obama recalled his two previous meetings with the Chinese president.
Taking a tour of the Agriculture and Food Security Expo at St Xavier's College in Mumbai on Sunday, Obama had displayed a keen interest in the products on display and asked entrepreneurs to take their 'remarkable' work around the world.
The Internal Revenue Service announced on February 8 a special voluntary disclosure initiative designed to bring offshore money back into the US tax system and help people with undisclosed income from hidden offshore accounts.
Dr Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, President Obama, Michelle Obama, Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee were seated at the lead table.
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