White House Press Secretary Jay Carney holds the daily press briefing in Washington
A reporter raises his hand to ask a question during the White House press briefing with Press Secretary Jay Carney, at the White House in Washington, February 17, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday said there is no "justification beyond politics" for keeping the prison at Guantanamo Bay open.
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David Petraeus ordered the talking points about the Benghazi, Libya, attacks, evidently to make sure he and the CIA looked good, The Washington Post reported.
Hezbollah's efforts to help the Assad regime win the civil war in Syria is a concern to the United States and its allies, a White House spokesman said Tuesday.
Apple Inc.'s top executive, Tim Cook, defended the U.S. technology giant's tax strategy in front of a Senate panel Tuesday, saying it abides by the law.
The departing chief of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service says he takes the blame for planting a question about the targeting of conservative political groups.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next month in California for wide ranging talks, the White House said.
President Obama's staff deliberately kept him in the dark about an impending report on the Internal Revenue Service scandal, his press secretary said Monday.
U.S. President Obama Thursday again said more investigation is needed to determine whether the Assad regime in Syria has used poison gas on rebels.
An Israeli official says the Assad regime has been warned it faces dire consequences if it counters any future military strikes on Syria to stop arms transfers.
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