Topic: Barack Obama

Israel's Barak boosts Obama amid U.S. threats on Iran

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's defense minister extolled what he called Barack Obama's resolve and risk-taking on Thursday, remarks likely to help the president's re-election bid after the Pentagon beefed up warnings to Iran over its nuclear program.The comments by Ehud Barak, lone ...

Obama defends US sanctions policy on Iran

US President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his policy on Iran amid fierce Republican criticism of his effort to halt the Islamic republic's nuclear drive, saying Tehran is under the "toughest sanctions" ever."I think it's very important to remember, particularly given some ...
Republican US presidential candidates have redoubled their public calls for "covert" operations against Iran and Syria, including sabotage, assassination and aid to opposition forces.Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who has led the calls for secret war, told a gathering of party activists ...

U.S., Russia, China united on Iran: White House

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The White House said on Saturday that Iran is facing an unprecedented degree of isolation, with major world powers united in their opposition to Tehran getting a nuclear weapon."Russia, China and the United States I can tell ...

Obama hits back at Romney with Iran jibe

US President Barack Obama hit back at 2012 election rival Mitt Romney on Sunday over Iran, suggesting that people that try to simplify the nuclear issue are playing politics.Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, intimated at ...

Republicans assail Obama on Iran, jab Pakistan

Republican White House hopefuls have slammed President Barack Obama's handling of Iran and vowed a tougher line -- even going to war -- to stop Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons."If we re-elect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon," former Massachusetts governor ...

Obama to host state visit for S. Korea's Lee

US President Barack Obama will host talks and lay on the official pageantry of a state dinner for South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on October 13, the White House has said.The meeting will showcase the solidarity between Washington and Seoul on confronting ...

Missile shield will spark nuclear arms race: North Korea

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - If U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield to protect Europe against a possible attack by Iran are realized, it will spark a new nuclear arms race, North Korea's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday.The U.S. plan, which is being ...

Obama taps Korean American as Seoul envoy

President Barack Obama on Friday named veteran Asia troubleshooter Sung Kim to be the ambassador to South Korea, the first Korean American to represent the United States in Seoul.Kim is now the special envoy to six-nation denuclearization talks with North Korea, but ...

Obama administration to push for test ban treaty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it was preparing a push for approval of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, arguing that Washington no longer needs to conduct nuclear tests but needs to stop other countries from doing so.Undersecretary ...
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