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Jay Carney: Twitter Has Questions (and Jokes) for the New White House Press Secretary

After serving two years as Vice President Biden's communications director, Joe Carney is stepping up to the big stage "I really appreciate the turnout," joked Carney at his first outing as the new White House press secretary. "I've never seen this room so crowded." Carney made his debut Wednesday afternoon, officially...

White House: Basic Citizen Demands Unmet by Egypt

WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday warned Egypt's leaders to expect unrelenting protests unless they start to show real reforms and a transition to a freer society, dismissing governmental concessions so far as not having met even the minimum threshold of what people want. Obama administration officials were also...

White House Challenges Mubarak to Show Who He Is

WASHINGTON -- Confronted by scenes of bloody chaos in Cairo, the White House on Wednesday challenged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to show the world "exactly who he is" by quickly leading a peaceful transition to democracy. That outcome seemed ever more elusive. An Egyptian official complained that the U.S. was...

Officials: US Hoping Mubarak Skips Re-Election Bid in Egypt

WASHINGTON -- The United States has a vision for Egypt's transition to real democracy: President Hosni Mubarak ends the state of emergency that has underpinned three decades of iron rule and gives up any lasting ambitions on winning re-election. Administration officials said Monday that the U.S. government would prefer...

US to Review Aid to Egypt, White House Spokesman Says

WASHINGTON -- Increasing the pressure on Egypt's leaders, the Obama administration threatened on Friday to reduce a $1.5 billion program of foreign aid depending on President Hosni Mubarak's response to swelling street protests in Cairo and other cities. "Violence is not the response" to the demands for greater freedoms,...

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05/30/12 Accused 9/11 planners want Obama, Bush to testify at... Source: The Modesto Bee - Modesto CA For the past 10 years, through the administrations of two presidents, these accused have consistently been described as thugs, murderers, and terrorists who planned the 9/11 attacks and must face justice, the lawyers argued.
05/30/12 Council discusses face-lift for Carlisle Source: The Sentinel - Carlisle PA While that may cost businesses and taxpayers a lot of money, a hired consultant told borough officials Tuesday that such a renovation could ultimately attract up to 600 new businesses and generate tens of millions of dollars for the local economy.
05/28/12 Bob Schieffer Asks Robert Gibbs: âWhat Ever Happened... Source: Accuracy in Media Last week Democratic Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, NJ created quite a stir when he expressed his disgust with the Obama campaign ads attacking Bain Capital and the private equity industry.
05/17/12 VIDEO: Can Dr. Phil Help 700-Pound Man Robert Gibbs... Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle WA It took two medical vans and five EMTs, but 23-year-old Robert Gibbs made it from Northern California to the Los Angeles set of The Dr. Phil Show to get help for his morbid obesity.
05/17/12 Fox News Host Outsmarts Dr. Oz Source: TV Squad WASHINGTON -- "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace outsmarted "Dr. Oz" host Mehmet Oz and "BBC World News America" host Katty Kay during Wednesday night's "Jeopardy!"