Sentences with phrase «barack obama last»

The joke was a reference to an offer that Trump — a supporter of the so - called «birther» movement — made to President Barack Obama last fall to donate $ 5 million to charity if Obama would release his college transcripts.

As discussed here, a mention by President Barack Obama last month that he was home - brewing three varieties of beer in the White House (White House Honey Ale, White House Honey Blonde Ale and White House Honey Porter) mobilized beer geeks to employ every means possible to secure the White House's secret recipe.

The EPA effort is part of a larger climate plan unveiled by President Barack Obama last year.

Emission reduction policies announced by President Barack Obama last week could indicate the extent to which the US will commit to the new UN global climate treaty, according to experts tracking the talks.

The Every Student Succeeds Act, signed by President Barack Obama last week, does away with the most onerous accountability mandate on schools — adequate yearly progress — while giving states new flexibility to design and implement their own systems for measuring student performance.

The 2013 budget proposed by President Barack Obama last week would give the National Institutes of Health (NIH) not a penny more than it received this year.

So they were pleased when President Barack Obama last night pledged a new, long - term effort aimed at repairing what he called «decades of environmental damage» to the region.

Barack Obama last week became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the nation's Arctic territory, using a sojourn in this vast state to highlight the risks posed by climate change.

The call for more research is just one part of the much broader pollinator health strategy unveiled 19 May by a multiagency task force convened by President Barack Obama last year.

President Barack Obama last week announced the full membership of his bioethics advisory council, unveiling a more diverse body and one that is likely to have a greater impact on policy than its predecessor.

Saujani, who co-hosted a star - studded fundraiser for President Barack Obama last week, did not respond to requests for comment.

Boehner on Monday made a counter-offer to the proposal made by President Barack Obama last week.

Congress delivered relief to debt - stricken Puerto Rico, sending President Barack Obama a last - minute financial rescue package to help the U.S. territory of 3.5 million Americans.

(CNN)-- Jim Greer, the Florida Republican party chairman who accused President Barack Obama last week of trying to «indoctrinate America's children to his socialist agenda,» suggested Monday that the president's original speech on education was «different,» but said he is now encouraging all kids to watch it.

David Cameron agreed that the use of chemical weapons in Syria could trigger western intervention, following a telephone conversation with Barack Obama last night.

At a press conference alongside Barack Obama last month, the prime minister said he had nothing to «add or subtract» regarding his comments about Trump.

It's possible that the election of Barack Obama last year, and in particular the way he harnessed social media to create a grassroots movement, has been over interpreted.

President Donald Trump will sit down with Bill O'Reilly, who interviewed then - President Barack Obama the last two times FOX broadcast the big game.

O'Reilly interviewed then - President Barack Obama the last two times the game aired on Fox, in 2011 and 2014.

Some part of the saga could have gone through Vladimir Putin's mind in the course of his Dublin meetings with Barack Obama last month; its implications (does he know?

Those divisions persist despite statements from President Barack Obama last month indicating that he supported efforts by the Department of Justice to ensure encrypted devices could be legally unlocked.

Not exact matches

It's a similar gambit that's been employed by Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Jack Layton and every other politicians striking a populist pose in the last decade.

Last month, U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order demanding Ralls Corp., a Chinese company, abandon a wind power project located near a military base in Oregon.

Former President Barack Obama said five years ago that, if he had a son, he would not want him playing pro football, while legendary athlete Bo Jackson said last year «there's no way I would ever allow my kids to play football today.»

Appointed to the position in 2009 by President Barack Obama, his job was to overhaul how the government spends money on technology, a task he did until departing last summer.

The company embarked on an intensive research process during which time Gebbia visited Jordan, Macedonia and Greece, as well as major refugee camps in Kenya and Rwanda, and joined President Barack Obama's Leaders» Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis during the UN General Assembly last year.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama advised France's presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron to work hard until the very last minute of the campaign.

Last Thursday, moreover, both The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Flynn had spoken with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, about the US economic sanctions on Russia before Trump was sworn in — including at least one call on the day President Barack Obama imposed new penalties on Russia for its election - related meddling.

The comments, made last night during Clinton's first joint fundraising appearance with Barack Obama, represent the harshest iteration yet of the Obama campaign's new «Romney is out - of - touch» attack line.

President Barack Obama, the most celebrated U.S. political BlackBerry user, told late - night television host Jimmy Fallon last month he had finally given up his BlackBerry, replacing it with an unnamed smartphone.

The Trans - Pacific Partnership is on life support, and as President Barack Obama readies a long - shot push to get the free - trade deal through Congress this fall, he may be virtually the last elected official in Washington who hasn't given it up for dead.

Then - president Barack Obama tried to warn Mark Zuckerberg about the risk of fake news on Facebook last year.

Shortly after Mitt Romney's loss to Barack Obama that year, Trump had his lawyers trademark the slogan, «Make America Great Again» for «political action committee services, namely, promoting public awareness of political issues and fundraising in the field of politics,» The Washington Post reported last year.

Shortly before assuming office last year, Trump broke with tradition by ordering all of former President Barack Obama's political appointees to leave their ambassadorships immediately after the inauguration.

That's why the 21st Century Cures Act, which aims to streamline the drug approval process, was overwhelmingly approved by Congress last year and signed into law by President Barack Obama.

Barack Obama won his reelection bid last night.

Last week, Trump signed an executive order rolling back former President Barack Obama's climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan to slash carbon emissions from power plants — a key factor in the United States» ability to meet its Paris commitments.

Over the last two months, everyone from IMF head Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney have warned that a vote to leave would hit financial markets, while President Barack Obama and others, supported by a stream of studies from think - tanks banks and universities, have warned about the long - term damage to the U.K.'s economy.

The headlines about President Barack Obama's meeting with House Republicans last Wednesday read along these lines: «The president said the Keystone job numbers are grossly exaggerated.»

More than 56,600 foreigners have been caught crossing from Mexico illegally between February and May, down from 137,800 people in the same period during President Barack Obama's last year in office.

State Department envoy Clifford Sloan said last month that the United States was in talks with a wide range of countries to speed the transfer of prisoners as President Barack Obama looked to make good on a long - standing promise to close the facility.

During an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews that aired Thursday, Kellyanne Conway defended Trump's executive order on immigration last week by saying that former President Barack Obama instituted a similar policy for Iraqi refugees in 2011.

He also presided over Barack Obama's last physical in office in 2016.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In his last major act as president, Barack Obama is cutting short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes.

During the last presidential election, dozens of business leaders (Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Marissa Meyer, George Soros...) endorsed Democrat Barack Obama.

The last - minute accord brokered by President Barack Obama represented the first time that the world's major developing countries — China, Brazil, South Africa and India — committed to setting emission targets.

Since Macri's election at the end of last year, both US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have visited Argentina.

The rule was proposed last year under former President Barack Obama, a Democrat who appointed the current director of the CFPB, Richard Cordray.

National Public Radio had a succinct look at last weeks» squabble over health care between Democratic frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton and her closest rival, Senator Barack Obama.

Because of the lasting toll it takes on prisoners, President Barack Obama has called on state correction centers to reduce punishment by isolation and banned solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons.