All posts tagged "obama"

  • President Barack Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)
    White House: North Korea is different from Cuba

    (Yonhap) — The United States has no intention of seeking the kind of diplomatic engagement it pursued with Cuba in dealing with North Korea because Pyongyang has nuclear and missile programs, the White House said Thursday. “Our...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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  • Alan Gross, waves as he and his wife Judy leave following his statement at his lawyer's office in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Gross was released from Cuba after 5 years in a Cuban prison. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama: US re-establishing relations with Cuba

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday and declared an end to America’s “outdated approach” to the communist island in a historic shift aimed at ending a half-century...

    • Posted December 17, 2014
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    Obama: Some of CIA’s harsh methods were ‘brutal’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that some of the tactics described in a Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations were “brutal,” ”wrong” and “counterproductive,” but that releasing the information was an important step in...

    • Posted December 9, 2014
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    [PRI] How Obama’s executive actions might benefit Asian Americans

      During an address on his new immigration measures on Friday, President Barack Obama took pains to note that “not everyone who comes here is Latino” — and with good reason. Today most of...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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  • Locals gathered at the Korean Resource Center in Los Angeles Thursday night to watch President Obama announce his new immigration plan. (Park Sang-hyuk/The Korea Times)
    200,000 undocumented Korean immigrants welcome Obama’s action

    The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Korean immigration advocates and organizations welcomed President Obama’s new immigration plan, announced in a speech Thursday night. The action will affect approximately 200,000 Koreans who are in the country illegally, they...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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    Obama orders immigration reform

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on “felons, not families.”...

    • Posted November 20, 2014
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    5 things to watch in Obama’s immigration speech

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of wrangling with Congress over how to fix the country’s immigration system, President Barack Obama is ready to announce his plan to take action alone. Just how far does he go? Who’s...

    • Posted November 20, 2014
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