Obama Administration

Type: Organization

Name: Obama Administration

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 reports

5 Things we learned from Obama's speech

President Barack Obama recast the U.S. fight against terrorism as no longer a "boundless global war" but a targeted effort to dismantle specific extremist networks.He said America was at a "crossroads" and should no longer see it as a "self-defeating" ... [Published WDSU New Orleans - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Drone, CODEPINK, Guantánamo Bay, United States

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Barack Obama

Nelson Graves: Scandals, Smandals

By Nelson Graves For The News Virginian The Daily ProgressI’ve given up hope that Republicans will ever accept Barack Hussein Obama as president of the United States of America. It just isn’t going to happen.Republicans, especially the tea party faction ... [Published Daily Progress - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Nelson Graves, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 7 reports

WikiLeaks

The War on the Media

We’ve been covering the recent scandals with Benghazi and the investigation of the AP. Another scandal has emerged this week: the investigation of Jeffrey Rosen , a Fox News correspondent. The Administration tracked his movements in the State Department, ... [Published Right Thinking - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Jeffrey Rosen, Classified Information, WikiLeaks, Glenn Greenwald, Criminal

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Is the Obama administration not pursuing Benghazi clues? (FOX) 338.663

Categories Mariano item.id="home" channel='video' subchannel'featured' ... [Published Xfinity Comcast - May 23 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, Obama Administration

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

Freed From Partisan Divisions, Press-Snooping Scandal Looks Likely To Linger

The Obama administration has finally createdunity — of outrage over surveillance of news organizations andthreats against journalists. By targeting both media organizationsthat have traditionally been supportive of the administration and organizations ... [Published REASON Online - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Obama Administration, JAMES ROSEN, National Security

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 44 reports

Eric Holder

Obama Administration Admits Drone Strikes Accidentally Killed U.S. Citizens

Washington, May 23 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has formally acknowledged U.S. drone strikes killed four U.S. citizens in Yemen and Pakistan.In a letter to the U.S. Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the United States deliberately ... [Published Radio Habana Cuba - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Obama Administration, Eric Holder, Yemen, United States

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 4 reports

Obama administration calls London terror attack ?senseless violence? – the same language President Obama used over Benghazi

The US State Department has issued a statement in the aftermath of yesterday’s barbaric killing of a British soldier by Islamist militants in Woolwich. It reads in full:The United States condemns today’s attack in the Woolwich district of London. We stand ... [Published Telegraph - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Benghazi, Acts of Terrorism, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, London

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 reports

Obama administration’s harassment of reporters violates freedom of the press

President Obama and his Justice Department need to get straight on the difference between espionage and news reporting. The administration appears to be on a campaign to harass journalists who are doing the job that the Constitution reserves for them ... [Published Buffalo News - 22 hours ago]

Entities: JAMES ROSEN, Obama Administration, Stephen Kim, Harassment

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 6 reports

Obama Speech Attempts to Fulfill Pledges For More Transparency

WHITE HOUSE — The Obama administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged the killing of four Americans in drone strikes. This came on the eve of a speech by President Barack Obama about the legal principles supporting use of drones against terrorist ... [Published VOA News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Drone, Jeh Charles Johnson, Detainee

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 11 reports

Obama Administration Investigates Fox News Journalist, Obtains Personal Emails

The balance between a free press and national security is an important and precarious one, but the current presidential administration may be tipping the balance in favor of security. The administration of President Barack Obama is being condemned for ... [Published JD Journal - May 22 2013]

Entities: JAMES ROSEN, Obama Administration, Investigation, North Korea

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

Chuck Todd: Obama Wants to 'Criminalize Journalism'

NBC’s chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd said on Wednesday that the Obama Administration’s seizure of reporters’ emails and phone records is evidence that “they want to criminalize journalism.” Todd, who made his comments on MSNBC's ... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 22 2013]

Entities: Chuck Todd, Obama Administration, Dana Milbank, Dick Cheney

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 7 reports

Lois Lerner didn't say anything today. Why that's a bad thing for the Obama Administration

Oh Lois Lerner, you say it best when you say nothing at all.As expected, Lerner, the head of the Internal Revenue Service’s tax-exempt office, pled the Fifth Amendment rather than testify today in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ... [Published Washington Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: Obama Administration, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Tom Daschle, White House

Quotes

"The whole objective of selective transparency is so they do not lose the ability to use the strikes" he said

Standing up for drones [Published BBC - 44 mins ago]

"None of the committee members got everything they wanted," said Obama, "and neither did I But in the end, we all owe it to the American people to get the best possible result over the finish line."

The Danger in D.C. is Bipartisanship [Published Sitnews - 44 mins ago]

"The purpose of an oversight investigation is not to simply try and make the president look bad" Waxman says

Castor Proves White House Bane as Issa’s Investigative Pit Bull [Published BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago]

Land managers ask themselves, "Isn't there a way to solve my problem cheaply by cutting down some trees and looking good on my resume?"

May 24 letters to the editor [Published Oakland Tribune - 1 hour ago]

More Content

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Fannie Mae Winning at the Alamo Prompts Lender ... [Published Bloomberg - 40 mins ago]
Standing up for drones [Published BBC - 44 mins ago]
The Danger in D.C. is Bipartisanship [Published Sitnews - 44 mins ago]
Letter to the editor: Obama administration wins... [Published News Sentinel - 47 mins ago]
Unfolding the Benghazi Mystery [Published NO QUARTER - 54 mins ago]
Castor Proves White House Bane as Issa’s Invest... [Published BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago]
May 24 letters to the editor [Published Oakland Tribune - 1 hour ago]
Sound Off for May 24, 2013 [Published Register Citizen - 1 hour ago]
Heartland Institute Experts React to Keystone X... [Published Heartland Institute - 1 hour ago]
Obama urged to push for economic reforms in India [Published msn.co.in - 1 hour ago]
Never forget: Generation ‘X’ should learn from ... [Published Stillwater Gazette - 1 hour ago]
O'Reilly On IRS: "President Obama Is Not Holdin... [Published Media Matters for America - 1 hour ago]
Kline student loan bill sets up next Washington... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1 hour ago]
Benghazi could have been stopped [Published Modesto Bee - 1 hour ago]
What to do about Syria? Stay far away from it [Published New York Post - 1 hour ago]
Should The Law Governing The War On Terror Be C... [Published Eurasia Review - 1 hour ago]
A penny for Penny Pritzker’s thoughts [Published seattlepi.com - 2 hours ago]
Hiding behind the flag [Published Boulder Weekly - 2 hours ago]
Answers on IRS only raisemore questions and cal... [Published Lucianne.com - 2 hours ago]
The story so far: Democracy on prescription [Published ACQ Magazine - 2 hours ago]
The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic F... [Published Canadian Dimension - 2 hours ago]
Lawyer tellsSaudi airline tostop discriminating [Published WorldNetDaily - 2 hours ago]
Congressman: Time for special prosecutors [Published WorldNetDaily - 2 hours ago]
USA: Amnesty International Responds to Presiden... [Published Amnesty International - 2 hours ago]
Keystone vote sparks political fight [Published QC Times - 2 hours ago]
The War on the Media [Published Right Thinking - 2 hours ago]
IRS: the real scandal [Published Workers World Online - 2 hours ago]
Obama Treasury Secretary: ‘We are overachieving... [Published The Committee on Financial Services - 2 hours ago]
Preschool Benefits [Published Jackson Free Press - 2 hours ago]
Why Obama won't close Guantanamo [Published The Week Magazine - 2 hours ago]

Blogs

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Unfolding the Benghazi Mystery [Published NO QUARTER - 54 mins ago] The failure of the Obama Administration to respond effectively and decisively to the attack on US diplomats and intelligence officers last September in Benghazi continues to dog the President, and rightly so. Why did the White House decide to not seek ...
The War on the Media [Published Right Thinking - 2 hours ago] We’ve been covering the recent scandals with Benghazi and the investigation of the AP. Another scandal has emerged this week: the investigation of Jeffrey Rosen , a Fox News correspondent. The Administration tracked his movements in the State Department, ...
On Fox Business, MRC's Tim Graham Says Obama Te... [Published NewsBusters.org blogs - 2 hours ago] MRC director of media analysis Tim Graham appeared Thursday on the Fox Business program "Varney & Co." to discuss whether the Obama scandals were going to turn the media elites around on Barack Obama. Graham said this is a temporary rough patch. But ...
The Family Research Council’s Sad Attempt to At... [Published Firedoglake - 2 hours ago] Tony Perkins This is just pathetic. Apparently the Family Research Council is attempting to attach gay equality to the Department of Justice leak story: When the Justice Department is done violating journalists’ First Amendment rights, it looks ...
Another Appeals Court Rules Obama Recess Appoin... [Published Breitbart Feed - 4 hours ago] Breitbart News reported on Jan. 25 that the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. declared President Barack Obama’s recess appointments unconstitutional. Now another federal appeals court has done so as well, all but guaranteeing the Supreme ...

Audio/Video

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Feds targeted FOX reporter James Rosen [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - 15 hours ago]
Confirmed: American Citizens Killed By U.S. Drones [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - 21 hours ago]
US confirms drone strikes killed four citizens [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 23 2013]
Kathleen Sebelius: A Work In Progress [Published Forbes - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Inside Story Americas: Obama's squeeze on media... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 22 2013]

Press Releases

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In Reversal, USAID Raises Budget for Wasteful C... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 22 2013]
Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more th... [Published Business Wire Technology News - May 22 2013]
Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more th... [Published Business Wire Health News - May 22 2013]
American Cities and Mayoral Legacy—Author Keith... [Published CisionWire - English - May 21 2013]
ASSE President Rick Pollock Urges Obama Adminis... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 20 2013]