Sun, 12/05/2010 - 07:51 by harsheeb
Washington-- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday said a free-trade agreement with South Korea would create 70,000 U.S. jobs and increase exports by $11 billion per year.
He said he was "very pleased" trade negotiators had wrapped up talks that began, technically, with the George W. Bush administration, which had left an accord on the table when the Obama administration took over.
U.S. and South Korean trade negotiators Friday said they had overcome the stumbling block of automobile imports and exports, one of the issues that caused the Bush era agreement to fail to find support in Congress.
The new agreement calls for the United States to phase out a 2.5 percent tariff on Korean automobiles during a five-year period.
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Tue, 11/02/2010 - 22:51 by Prince damin
Seoul -- U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to a free trade agreement with South Korea Tuesday, an official in Seoul said.
In a half-hour telephone conversation, both Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak pledged to wrap up discussions of the free trade accord before next week's Group of 20 summit in Seoul next week, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
A spokeswoman for Lee, Kim Hee-jung said the two leaders agreed to "upgrade the South Korea-United States alliance by a notch."
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Fri, 04/16/2010 - 07:52 by harsheeb
Washington -- U.S. President Barack Obama, who used social technology to help drive his presidential campaign in 2008, pushed "Send" Monday for a tweet from Haiti.
The president visited the Disaster Operations Center at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington with first lady Michelle Obama, reviewing the coordination point for the organization's effort in Haiti, including logistics for moving staff and volunteers, directing nursing care and moving blood supplies.
The Obamas moved through the maze of cubicles to speak with employees.
While at the social media team desk, Obama hit "Send" for a Twitter message, or tweet: "President Obama and the First Lady are here visiting our disaster operation center right now."
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Thu, 03/18/2010 - 08:08 by Shruti Sharma
Washington -- U.S. President Barack Obama hopes he can go 2-0 on NCAA tournament picks, tapping the Kansas University Jayhawks to win it all this year.
Kansas is the No. 1 seed overall and the top seed in the Midwest region.
In an interview aired on ESPN Wednesday, Obama said his Final Four picks were Kansas, Kansas State University, University of Kentucky and Villanova University, with Kansas and Kentucky playing for the national championship, USA Today reported.
Obama, who enjoys shooting hoops with aides on weekends, last year picked North Carolina, which won't be defending its title this year. The Tarheels are participating in the NIT.
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Sat, 01/09/2010 - 11:18 by Ishita Sood
New York, January 9 -- President Obama will not be disappointing fans of drama series “Lost” as he decided to postpone the State of Union speech which was scheduled for Feb.2, the same night ABC premiers the final season of the show.
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Thu, 11/12/2009 - 23:40 by Natalie James
Los Angeles, November 12:U.S. President Barack Obama is the world’s most powerful person, at least according to Forbes magazine. On Wednesday, the magazine released its first ever list of “The World's Most Powerful People,” which included some of the world's most powerful personalities.
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Wed, 10/14/2009 - 09:27 by harsheeb
Washington, Oct. 13 -- Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony headlined a night of Latin music at the White House Tuesday, playing music U.S. President Barack Obama said "speaks to us all."
The concert -- hosted by actress Eva Longoria Parker, actor Jimmy Smits and comedian George Lopez -- also featured performances by Jose Feliciano, Los Lobos and the Mexican singer Thalia. The event was taped for broadcast Thursday on PBS and Sunday on the Spanish-language Telemundo network.
"Although Latin music takes many forms, the spirit of diversity also unifies us," Obama said as he introduced the program."Even though it's constantly evolving, Latin music speaks to us all in a language we can understand about hope and joy, sorrow and pain, friendship and love."
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Mon, 09/28/2009 - 23:53 by Salinder Kumar
Chicago -- The makers of a Chia pottery plant kit modeled after Barack Obama said the items, which have been in Chicago warehouses since April, are headed back to stores.
Joseph Enterprises Inc. of San Francisco said the pottery plant kits, which are modeled after the U.S. president's head and sprout green plants in the place of hair, were pulled from the shelves by Walgreens in April due to fears they could be seen as offensive, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday.
"Everybody was afraid that it might be considered racist," company president Joseph Pedott said.
However, Pedott said the remaining 500,000 Chia Obamas, which are being stored in four Chicago-area warehouses, are bound for Walgreens competitor CVS.
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Tue, 09/22/2009 - 09:34 by harsheeb
New York, Sept. 21 -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday people get "very riled up" during times of change but Americans are "turned off by the shouting and the yelling."
In an appearance on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," Obama was asked about outbursts by political opponents at town hall meetings this summer.
"One of the things you sign up for in politics is folks yell at you," he said.
"The overwhelming majority of people, Republican or Democrat, I think they just want to see some common sense," the president said. "They want to see some honesty and integrity in Washington. I think they're turned off by the shouting and the yelling and they expect more from their public elected officials."
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Wed, 09/09/2009 - 23:31 by Salinder Kumar
''I would probably pick Obama. I think he's doing a great job so far.
' U.S. President Barack Obama is actor Michael Sheen's man of the year.
(CL/WNBTE/ZN)
-IANS-WENN
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 11:41 by preet_20
Washington, July 30: U.S. President Barack Obama told department heads Thursday to abide by new rules for "ethically responsible, scientifically worthy" human stem cell research.
"My administration is committed to supporting and conducting ethically responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell research, to the extent permitted by law," Obama said in a memo.
Rules the Obama administration released July 7 allow stem cell lines that could not be used under Bush administration guidelines to be available for medical research.
Under new ethics requirements, embryos must be left over from in-vitro fertilization procedures and donors should give them voluntarily, Obama said.
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Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:40 by surajdogra
New York, July 21: U.S. President Barack Obama said his wife Michelle is the fashion icon in the family and the baggy jeans he wore to a recent baseball game proves it.
Told on the "Today" show he has been widely skewered by the fashion police because of the "dad jeans" he donned for the All-Star Game last week, Obama acknowledged, "Yes, I think they were cracking on my jeans."
"Do you want to defend the pants?" interviewer Meredith Vieira asked Obama on Tuesday's edition of "Today."
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