Obama celebrates birthday with Helen Thomas at White House
U.S. President Barack Obama surprises White House Correspondent Helen Thomas with birthday cupcakes in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on August 4, 2009. Obama and Thomas share August 4 as their birthday. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama is done gathering data on troop options in Afghanistan and likely will reveal his decision next week, the White House said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is set to propose a target for greenhouse gas emission cuts to present at a climate change summit, an administration official said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Even though the economy is growing, the overall downturn still is impacting many Americans, President Barack Obama said Monday after a Cabinet meeting.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The annual Thanksgiving Day tradition binds Americans as one people thankful for common blessings, President Barack Obama said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Support for legalizing marijuana is growing rapidly in the United States and received a push when President Barack Obama said he once smoked it, advocates said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The guest list remains a guarded secret for Tuesday's state dinner honoring India's prime minister, the first such dinner U.S. President Barack Obama will host.
DETROIT, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Record producer Berry Gordy said at a Detroit gala in honor of the 50th anniversary of Motown his record label was full of "love and competition."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is talking with NATO officials about staging a coordinated rollout of a new Afghanistan war strategy, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A consensus has formed among U.S. economists that President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus package, though messy, is working, analysts say.
