In shift, Obama’s National Security Council staff step up public case for...
Exercising the White House prerogative to operate mostly in the dark, President Obama’s National Security Council staff have tended to be seldom heard and seen; but in recent weeks, that’s changed, and...
View ArticleWhite House to step up aid to Syria rebels, after US confirms Assad chemical use
President Obama has decided to provide military support to the Syrian rebels after the U.S. intelligence community concluded with high confidence that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on a...
View ArticleKerry, Rice brief Jewish, Arab American groups on Mideast peace talks
Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice hosted Jewish-American and Arab-American community leaders at separate meetings at the White House Thursday and Friday to try to...
View ArticleWho would broker an Obama-Rouhani encounter in NY?
If President Obama decides to try to pursue a handshake or encounter with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in New York next week, odds are it may occur when he meets with United Nations Secretary...
View ArticleWhite House meets Jewish leaders to press for delay in new Iran sanctions
The White House on Tuesday met with a small group of Jewish leaders as part of an intensifying effort to press for a delay in new Iran sanctions it fears could derail negotiations with Iran on a...
View ArticleVeteran U.S. diplomat Bill Burns to retire, led back channel to Iran
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, the veteran U.S. diplomat who helped President Obama open a back channel to Iran last year, will retire from the Foreign Service in October, Secretary of State...
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