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Republicans make repealing Obamacare 'first order of business'

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-sought bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the "first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.
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Publish Date:05/January/2017 | 04:50

U.S. Republican senator introduces Obamacare repeal resolution

EghtesadOnline: Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi introduced on Tuesday a resolution allowing for the repeal of President Barack Obama 's signature health insurance program, which provides coverage to millions of Americans, Enzi's office said in a statement.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 05:06

Trump Must Choose Between Obama Sanctions and Putin Detente

EghtesadOnline: Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin are forcing Donald Trump to pick sides: undo sanctions the U.S. just imposed on Russia for hacking e-mails before last month’s election or set aside a campaign vow to improve relations with Moscow.
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Publish Date:31/December/2016 | 04:41

Netanyahu Looks for Fresh Start With Trump After Obama Years

EghtesadOnline: Strained U.S.-Israeli ties reached another low as Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded blame over the stalled Middle East peace process, with President-elect Donald Trump vowing a fresh start when he takes office on Jan. 20.
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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:25

Obama Said to Ready Sanctions on Russian Officials for Hacking

EghtesadOnline: The Obama administration will announce sanctions against Russian officials and state institutions in retaliation for hacking Democratic Party e-mails in an attempt to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the process.
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Publish Date:29/December/2016 | 18:23

Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault

EghtesadOnline: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its "shameful" decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli settlement-building.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 15:02

Netanyahu Says ‘No Doubt’ U.S. Behind UN Vote on Settlements

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up his broadside at the U.S. government after the UN Security Council declared Israel’s settlements illegal, saying President Barack Obama ’s administration “initiated and stood behind” the resolution.
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Publish Date:26/December/2016 | 14:39

Obama Staged ‘Shameful Ambush’ of Israel, Netanyahu Says

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama ’s administration staged a “shameful ambush” by allowing the UN Security Council to pass a resolution declaring Israel’s West Bank settlements illegal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first public comments since Friday’s vote.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 10:52

Obama signs defense spending bill, criticizes Guantanamo policy

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law an annual defense policy bill, but in a lengthy statement he raised objections to parts of it, including policies blocking him from closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 14:51

Here’s how Obama can hit back at Putin over hacking

EghtesadOnline: The verdict is unanimous: President Barack Obama and every U.S. intelligence service agree that Russian President Vladimir Putin has run a sophisticated intelligence operation designed to disrupt American democracy and elect Donald J. Trump. The lone dissenter? Trump himself.
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Publish Date:19/December/2016 | 21:41

Obama says China would not take change in U.S. policy on Taiwan lightly

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama said on Friday it was fine for President-elect Donald Trump to review Washington's "one-China" policy toward Taiwan, but he cautioned that a shift could lead to significant consequences in the U.S. relationship with Beijing.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:18

Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber attacks

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, the White House said on Friday.
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Publish Date:10/December/2016 | 13:48

U.S. courts look ahead to Trump as Obama cases fizzle

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama 's legal defense of some key initiatives including his signature healthcare law is collapsing as courts put cases on hold until after President-elect Donald Trump, hostile to the policies, assumes office on Jan. 20.
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Publish Date:07/December/2016 | 10:52

Chicago Faces Political Power Outage as Trump Succeeds Obama

EghtesadOnline: Chicago is racing the clock. Nowhere will political power evaporate more dramatically at noon on Jan. 20 than in the third-largest U.S. city, a bastion of Democratic power that’s enjoyed special access to Washington during President Barack Obama ’s eight years in the White House.
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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 17:37

Aleppo's fall would be win for Russia, defeat for U.S. in Mideast

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed moderate rebels' loss of the eastern half of Syria's largest city Aleppo to Russian-backed government forces would be a defeat for President Barack Obama 's efforts to promote democracy and defeat terrorism in the Middle East, U.S. officials conceded on Monday.
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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 10:10

China upset as Obama bars Fujian buying Aixtron's U.S. business

EghtesadOnline: China's Foreign Ministry expressed displeasure on Monday after President Barack Obama blocked a Chinese investment fund from acquiring the U.S. business of German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron.
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 10:16