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Obama: Weiner has embarrassed himself and should resign

United States President Barack Obama, increasing pressure on Rep. Anthony Weiner to quit, said Monday “I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign.”In a rare foray into a congressman’s ethical conduct, Obama told NBC’s Today show that Weiner’s sexually charged photos and messages online to several women were highly inappropriate.“I think he’s embarrassed himself. He’s acknowledged ...

Obama urges blacks to vote and “guard the change”

“I need everybody here to go back to your neighborhoods, and your workplaces, to your churches, and barbershops, and beauty shops. Tell them we have more work to do. Tell them we can’t wait to organize. Tell them that the time for action is now,” he told the Congressional Black Caucus.The words of America’s first black president showed a deliberate ...

Obama tries to put Republicans on immigration hot seat

Seeking to inject urgency into the push for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, President Obama on Thursday called on Republicans to join the effort, telling them he can’t pass a bill without them. After pushing through an economic stimulus bill and health care with barely any Republican support in the first 16 months of his administration, the president ...

Obama to Nominate Jack Lew, an Orthodox Jew, as Next U.S. Treasury Secretary

U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew as his next Treasury Secretary on Thursday, replacing Timothy Geithner, according to a source familiar with the matter.Lew had been widely expected to be tapped for the role. He has served as budget director for Obama and for former President Bill Clinton.Last year, Lew was named Obama’s ...

Obama to Jewish leaders: U.S. supports Israel’s security

America opposes efforts to de-legitimize Israel, President Obama told a 50-member delegation of Jewish leaders during a White House meeting.Obama met Tuesday with members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.A statement issued by the White House called the one-hour discussion “productive.” The statement said that Obama “reiterated America’s unshakeable support for Israel’s security, opposition to any ...

Obama to Jewish leaders: Israel needs to create context for Mideast peace

U.S. President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders this week that Israel must use its military, political and cultural strength to create a context for peace with the Palestinians, according to participants of a 50-member delegation that met with Obama at the White House.Obama also told the delegates of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that Washington was ...

Obama tells Jewish donors that U.S.-Israel disagreements are only ‘tactical’

U.S. President Obama told a group of his Jewish supporters in Washington on Monday night that “there may be tactical disagreements” in terms of how to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but added that everyone shares the goal of achieving peace where kids can go to bed at night and not worry about missiles falling on them.Read More: @ haaretz.comYou might also ...

Obama stresses strong bond with Israel in New Year clip

A week after his speech supporting Israel at the United Nations, US President Barack Obama offered his annual Jewish New Year wishes on Tuesday, stating that the US “will will continue to stand with Israel because the bond between our nations is unshakable.”The US president – who made the comments in a YouTube clip – said the Jewish New Year ...

Obama still enjoys high approval rate among US Jews

WASHINGTON – A Gallup poll released Tuesday revealed that the majority of American Jews are staying true to US President Barack Obama.The survey found that contrary to recent reports suggesting the Jewish community’s support in the American president may be slipping since his Mideast policy speech in May, the majority of Jewish American will not transfer their support from the Democrats to ...

Obama says no regrets over ground zero Islamic center comments

President Obama said Wednesday that he has “no regrets” about his comments last week supporting the rights of Muslims to build an Islamic center and mosque two blocks from the site of the September 11 terror attacks in New York.“The answer is no regrets,” Obama said when asked about bringing up the issue Friday at a White House dinner commemorating ...

Obama reportedly bargaining with Netanyahu for 60-day freeze extension

The Obama administration reportedly is promising Israel broad security and diplomatic guarantees in exchange for extending a settlement moratorium by 60 days.According to an article posted Wednesday evening by David Makovsky, a senior analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a letter from President Obama to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges that the United States will:Read More: @ ...

Obama Picks Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney to Lead SEC

President Barack Obama will nominate Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, tapping an attorney with broad experience in prosecuting white-collar crimes to lead an agency that has a central role in implementing Wall Street reform.A White House official said the president would announce White’s nomination during a ceremony in the State Dining Room Thursday afternoon.At the ...