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Republican Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who also attended the meeting, initially said in a statement Friday that they «do not recall the president saying these comments specifically.»

CNN: As U.S. senators visit, Egypt's president says remarks were not anti-Semitic Egypt's president says comments he made more than two years ago that are being criticized as anti-Semitic were taken out of context, Egypt's official news agency reported Wednesday.

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He cited comments by Vice President Mike Pence and other U.S. officials who said the allegations were baseless.

Cuban showed his support for Trump, with whom he has said he'd be open to running as vice president, through a retweet of a comment he made last year:

Commenting on the results, Chip Childs, Chief Executive Officer and President of SkyWest, said «Demand for our product remains strong, and I'm proud of our professionals who continue to provide best - in - class operations to our customers.

Sessions, during the same drug caucus, went after President Obama for not taking a stand against legalization: «One of our President's great failures, it is obvious to me, is his lax treatment and comments around marijuana,» said Sessions.

«We have a lot of work to do and we can do it, but the comments by the President make it harder,» Khan said in a statement.

Responding to President Donald Trump's reported denigrating comments in a meeting on immigration, vacation - rental platform Airbnb says it will spend at least $ 100,000 on digital ads promoting listings in Haiti, El Salvador and African countries.

«We must not let misguided, uninformed, and divisive comments from the President or anyone else deter us from our efforts to unify,» they said in a statement Sunday morning.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Monday, bouncing off early losses as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had proof that «Iran lied» about its nuclear weapons capability, and that he was sure U.S. President Donald Trump would do «the right thing» in reviewing the country's nuclear deal with western powers.

Xi did not name President - elect Donald Trump by name, nor did he specifically say his comments were directed at the U.S., or for that matter at the U.K., which last year voted to exit EU trade agreements.

Kohlbacher's comments come after acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo - ahn on Monday said despite Chinese hostility to the move, the deployment of the Thaad system can not be delayed in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear missile threat.

Avoid confirming or denying what the president might have said, referring to it instead as an «alleged comment.»

BERLIN, May 3 (Reuters)- Adidas remains committed to the Yeezy brand created by rapper Kanye West despite his comments describing slavery as a choice and praising U.S. President Donald Trump, the sportswear company said on Thursday.

Mark Bertolini, Aetna's CEO said in a statement to colleagues that he was «ashamed of the President's behavior and comments.»

The president and his top allies have continued to defend his comments, saying kneeling players are disrespecting the American flag and national anthem.

But the account echoed wording in a comment made a day earlier to The Associated Press by longtime Comey friend Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor, who said the president had removed «somebody unwilling to pledge absolute loyalty to him.»

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 - Alphabet Inc President Sergey Brin said on Friday that technology companies must take greater responsibility for the social impact of their work, his first comments following a year of heightened global awareness about misuse of digital services.

Attempts to reassure Americans were, however, undercut when the President pointed to his «fire and fury» comment late Thursday and said that «if anything, that statement wasn't tough enough.»

As a presidential candidate — and now president elect — who has at present more than 800 thousand followers on the platform, Trump's comments are part of the mainstream political discourse, said Zuckerberg.

Earlier this year, in his most direct comments on the issue, President Obama said in a speech at the National Cybersecurity Communications Integration Center that cyber threats pose «one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation,» and acknowledged that hacking is ongoing.

Jim Kessler, senior vice president for policy and co-founder of Third Way, a centrist policy think tank in Washington, D.C., echoes those comments: «For voters, the biggest conversation and the biggest concern is that the best days for them, their kids, and their communities may be in the past,» he says.

«We are in a minuet with markets and can not ignore how markets are pricing,» Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart said last week, before the Fed's blackout period for public comments.

Her comments about DACA largely echo what President Trump has said about the program.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would like to thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for expelling 755 diplomats from Russia, the latest in a series of comments that seem to go easy on a country that is described by many as an adversary.

National Association of Theater Owners Vice President Patrick Corcoran declined to comment on Amazon's move but said the time between theatrical and home video release would play into theaters» decision on whether to take a particular film.

Among other comments, Sessions said he believes one of President Barack Obama's «great failures» was being «lax» on marijuana.

His comments were the first he has made publicly since The New York Times published a bombshell story on Tuesday that said James Comey, the FBI director whom Trump fired last week, kept memos of his meetings with Trump and had documented one in which the president said he hoped Comey would let go of the FBI's investigation into Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser.

In comments to reporters, the Philippine president said he was weighing both martial law and the suspension of local elections in order to deal with what he has described as the pervasive threat from drugs.

MONTREAL — Comments made by Justin Trudeau to the United Nations on Tuesday shouldn't prevent Donald Trump from working with the prime minister should he become U.S. president, says well - known American magazine publisher Steve Forbes.

On whether President - elect Donald Trump's comments about Russia and Putin embolden Russia, Obama said he would prefer to wait and see, in order to give Trump time to gather his team and become fully briefed on the issues.

Geopolitical fears remained the biggest concern after North Korea dismissed comments from President Donald Trump as a «load of nonsense» and said it was outlining plans for a missile strike near Guam, where the U.S. has a military base, in mid-August.

In regard to the president's comments, Brady said it is important for every leader, including Trump, to strongly condemn the KKK, white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

As for Tillerson's reported «moron» «comment, the president said, «I think it's fake news.

The «Late Night» host, who has been a very vocal critic of Trump, said his and President Barack Obama's mocking comments at the 2011 White House Correspondents» Association Dinner regarding Trump's potential for a presidential run stoked the businessman's decision to throw his hat in the ring.

U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said the comments Solo made after Sweden beat the U.S. at the Rio Olympics were «unacceptable and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our National Team players.»

Of the president's comments, Republican Sen. John McCain said, «That kind of rhetoric, I'm not sure how it helps.»

DiGenova, whose comments were rebroadcast on Tuesday night on Hannity's Fox News program — which Trump is known to watch regularly — also said that a series of questions purported to come from Mueller's office were an «intrusion» on the president's constitutional right to «fire any executive branch employee.»

Triangle MLS President and CEO Tessa Hultz declined to comment while the MLS was still in good - faith negotiations with Zillow, but said the MLS is providing brokers with the information they need to set up direct feeds of their own listings while negotiations are ongoing.

Target Canada President Tony Fisher was unavailable for comment, but a spokeswoman said the company is making progress.

The White House had no additional comment beyond the president's statement Monday, in which he said the FCC is an independent agency and «ultimately this decision is theirs alone.»

Foursquare, based in New York, had no comment on the talks with investors, said Jon Steinback, vice president of marketing.

But McMillon, who serves on a different White House business council, the President's Strategic and Policy Forum, said Trump's comments Monday «were a step in the right direction, and we need that clarity and consistency in the future.»

New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leadPresident Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leadpresident at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.

Trump tipped his hat to President Xi Jinping first by tweet and then in his Oval Office comments, saying the Chinese leader «has been extremely helpful to me at the border.»

In an interview, Kenneth Bentsen, SIFMA's president and chief executive officer, said he doesn't comment on board deliberations.

Kenneth Bentsen Jr., president and CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, said that «while we can not comment on a proposal we have not yet seen, we have ongoing concerns that the DOL regulation could adversely affect retirement savers, particularly middle - class workers.»

The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Thursday that she could not comment on the president's legal strategy.

The president's comments reiterated an explosive announcement late Wednesday by one of his recently - hired attorneys, Rudolph W. Giuliani, who said on Fox News that the president reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment to the actress Stephanie Clifford, who performs as Stormy Daniels.

The euro rose from its lowest in almost a year after Germany's finance minister said comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi advocating support for euro - zone fiscal policy were «over-interpreted.»