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Obama's not-so-secret admirer: Donald Trump

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama has a new fan: Donald Trump. After lambasting Obama for months as a failed leader unfit to be president, the Republican president-elect found kinder words on Tuesday for the man he will succeed in the White House on Jan. 20
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Publish Date:23/November/2016 | 14:56

Obama declines comment on reports of possible removal of NSA chief

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama declined on Sunday to comment on media reports that senior defense and intelligence officials in his administration had requested the removal of National Security Agency chief Mike Rogers.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 07:33

Obama offers bleak assessment of situation in Syria

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that chaos in Syria could persist for "quite some time" and that Russian and Iranian support for President Bashar al-Assad's air campaign had emboldened the Syrian leader's crackdown on rebels.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 07:25

Obama, Putin talk about Syria and Ukraine in quick summit meet

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke for around four minutes on Sunday at the APEC summit about Syria and Ukraine, in what is likely to be their last in-person meeting before Obama leaves office.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 05:39

Senior U.S. officials recommend removal of NSA director: sources

EghtesadOnline: The heads of the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community have recommended to President Barack Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Michael Rogers, be removed from his position, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:20/November/2016 | 06:52

Wall Street keen for a fellow traveler at Treasury

EghtesadOnline: With President-elect Donald Trump promising to spend as much as half a trillion dollars on infrastructure and slash taxes – initiatives that could add dramatically to the U.S. debt and balloon the budget deficit - Wall Street is far more focused on who will next head the U.S. Treasury than it was in the previous selection process under President Barack Obama .
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 05:46

Obama to reassure U.S. allies about Trump's commitment to NATO

EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama said on Monday he would reassure U.S. allies during his trip overseas this week that Republican President-elect Donald Trump plans to maintain core U.S. strategic relationships around the world, including with NATO.
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Publish Date:15/November/2016 | 06:29

Obama officials work against time to wrap banking rules

EghtesadOnline: U.S. officials are striving to put finishing touches on a slew of banking rules before President Barack Obama leaves office and hands regulatory power to Donald Trump who has vowed to rewrite the existing financial rule book.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 05:50

U.S. protesters march against Trump presidency for fifth day

EghtesadOnline: Demonstrators in major U.S. cities took to the streets on Sunday for a fifth straight day to protest President-elect Donald Trump, whose campaign manager said President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton should do more to support a peaceful transition.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 05:30

Trade. North Korea. Iran. The dangers awaiting Trump.

EghtesadOnline: Barack Obama met with Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Thursday following his spectacular election upset on November 8. While the president-elect promptly promised to “put America’s interests first, but deal fairly with everyone”, many U.S. allies are nervous about what his win will mean for U.S. policy. That means he now has to begin a major campaign of re-assurance, and prepare for a host of challenges in a world full of potential danger.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:44

Trump Now Wants to Keep Popular Obamacare Provisions, Scrap Rest

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump reversed himself on completely eliminating the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama ’s signature health law, saying instead he would keep two popular features and pledged no gap in coverage as it’s replaced.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 08:03

Obama administration suspends Pacific trade deal vote effort

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama 's administration has suspended its efforts to win congressional approval for his Asian free-trade deal before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, saying on Friday that TPP's fate was up to Trump and Republican lawmakers.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 06:12
These are the three big areas the Republican president-elect may attack first.

How Trump Can Unravel Obama’s Climate Change Legacy

EghtesadOnline: The makeup of the U.S. Senate defined President Barack Obama ’s limited ability to enact energy and environmental policies. The same may be true, though to a lesser extent, for Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 11:38

U.S. spy agencies to begin top secret Trump briefings within days

EghtesadOnline: U.S. intelligence agencies will soon begin giving President-elect Donald Trump the same top secret national security briefings they give President Barack Obama , current and former intelligence officials said Wednesday.
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Publish Date:10/November/2016 | 07:10

Final reckoning approaches for Obama's high court nominee

EghtesadOnline: Several intriguing scenarios could unfold after Tuesday's U.S. election to break the deadlock over filling a Supreme Court vacancy that has provoked a bitter nine-month standoff between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans.
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Publish Date:07/November/2016 | 05:40

Fate of Obama legacy initiatives in hands of courts, successor

EghtesadOnline: When President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20 after eight years, several of his major initiatives will still hang in the legal balance, meaning the U.S. courts and his successor will play a major role in shaping his legacy.
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Publish Date:06/November/2016 | 05:03

Obama shortens prison sentences for 98 convicts: White House

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences for 98 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his latest round of commutations, including for 42 people serving life sentences, the White House said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:28/October/2016 | 15:32