US President Barack Obama poked fun at one of sport's biggest stars at the White House on Tuesday, remarking that British soccer player David Beckham had a knack for combining athletic prowess with commercial appeal.
United States President Barack Obama has issued the toughest warning to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, saying the use of chemical or biological weapons by Damascus would be a 'red line' that would change his calculus significantly and provoke a foreign military intervention.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday said he has managed to pull the American economy back from brink; which has been experiencing the worst recession since the great depression of the last century.
Asserting that he is a testimony to the progress America has made with regard to racism, President Barack Obama has acknowledged that race remains a factor in the US society.
United States President Barack Obama has no plans to travel to Pakistan when he visits India and other Asian nations in November this year.
Several people have called for First Lady Michelle Obama to run for president in 2020.
Former United States president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday refused to debate with his Democratic rival and Vice President Kamala Harris until the Democrats formally decide on their nominee, whereas the latter said that she is ready for a debate.
United States presidential candidate Barack Obama congratulated India on Thursday on its 62nd Independence Day, saying the two countries should enjoy "strong relations" to protect their people from 21st century threats.
United States First Lady Michelle Obama has reportedly received a death threat from a police officer, who worked as a motorcycle escort for White House officials and visiting dignitaries. The Washington D C police are investigating a metro police officer for making alleged comments.
US President Barack Obama will embark on his maiden trip to Asia mid-November when he will travel to China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that Japan will be the first stop in his four-nation sojourn beginning November 11.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan presented US President Barack Obama a coffee table book on the state and requested him to keep it in the White House museum.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday lauded the World Cup champion US women's soccer team for inspiring 'millions of girls to dream bigger' and suggested that goal-scoring phenom Carli Lloyd might want to consider becoming his White House successor.
"The return of militant-inspired violence after a 4-month lull following the 2010 floods demonstrated how insurgent elements have managed to survive and even return to many areas previously cleared by the Pakistan military," a White House report sent by Obama to the Congress said.
United States President Barack Obama knew that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone was being tapped and personally approved the spying, which may have begun as early as 2002, a damning media report said on Sunday.
Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion' into Tawang at the LAC in December 2022, helping India thwart China's expansionist designs, show how operationally effective the USA-India friendship has become on the ground. A engaging excerpt from Sreeram Chaulia's must-read new book, Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners.
United States President Barack Obama named Vivek Kundra as the Federal Chief Information Officer at the White House on Thursday.Vivek Kundra had formerly served as the Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, and was responsible for technology operations and strategy for 86 agencies. He has been recognized among the top 25 CTO's in the country and as the 2008 IT Executive of the Year for his pioneering work to drive transparency.
It is also for the first time ever that so many Indian-Americans have been roped into a presidential administration ever before the inauguration. Biden, a Democrat, is still quite far away from filling all the positions in his administration.
As Barack Obama prepares for his historic entry into the White House, the father in him has written a letter to his two daughters, Malia (10) and Sasha (7) explaining the family's new journey and why he has chosen this path.
'There are ominous portents of an isolationist administration not only building a physical wall to the south to prevent unwanted immigrants from entering the land of milk and honey, but also trade walls not just against China, but all nations,' foresees Sreekant Sambrani.
China on Saturday summoned the United States Charge d'Affaires in Beijing and lodged a strong diplomatic protest over the meeting between President Barack Obama and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan and India.
Indian-American actor and erstwhile White House official, Kalpesh Suresh Modi alias Kal Penn used his prime time slot on the opening day at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, to both introduce a sense of levity and comic relief as well as implore young people to get enthused once again to re-elect Obama
According to media reports, Luke Angel, 17, had sent an insulting email to the White House in a drunken state after watching a programme about September 11 attacks on the US.
Shreya was the only Indian-American to have been invited by the US First Lady.
"India today is a rising and responsible global power. So I believe that the relationship between the United States and India will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century," Obama said at a joint press conference with the Indian leader after their delegation-level and one-on-one talks at the White House. President Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaffirmed their "full and complete" commitment to implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
The strategic partnership between India and the United States has "retreated" under the current Obama Administration as compared to the momentum built during the Bush-era, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign has said.
Hussain will become the special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, an intergovernmental group with 57 member countries from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
In an exclusive interaction with the Hindu American community, 26-year-old DuBois -- a political strategist and Pentecostal minister -- said his office has been tasked with some special projects by the president in his first term in office, one of which was "promoting inter-faith dialogue and cooperation both here at home and across the globe, especially cooperation through service."
US President Barack Obama has decided to send 300 additional American Special Operations troops to assist in Iraq's fight against the advancing Sunni, Al Qaeda-inspired extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has captured several cities and has its sights set on Baghdad.
The move experts said would ban companies from cutting deals for faster service.
United States President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American Ajit Varadaraj Pai as commissioner, federal communications commission, the White House said.
'What we say is, look, we are going to provide them with additional military support, targeted at terrorists, and we are going to help build their democracy. We have wasted $10 billion with Musharraf without holding them accountable for knocking out those safe havens,' Senator Obama said.
Barack Obama and Michelle showed off their moves at the end of a state dinner in Argentina.
Just hours after the White House confirmed that United States President Barack Obama would be travelling to India in January, the State Department on Friday announced that it will send a top diplomat to India next week to lay the ground work for the historic presidential visit.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Republicans are the only ones who acknowledge the debt crisis and have repeatedly attempted to help reverse the dangerous spending trend in Washington.
Obama is soon expected to sign the bill that was also passed by the House of Representatives.
In an effort to keep a close tab on the economic situation of the country, which is in a deep recession, the US President Barack H Obama, has sought a daily briefing on economy.
Strategic consideration were the reasons behind frequent meetings between United States President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese state-run media said on Wednesday and cautioned India that it cannot rise by "containing" China or picking one side against the other.
The programme has been criticised by not only the opposition Republican Party, but also the strong healthcare lobby.
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