Growing up in the White House means growing up in the spotlight, and Malia and Sasha Obama will endure it for four more years. Children of past presidents know the feeling. (Jan 14)
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Growing up in the White House means growing up in the spotlight, and Malia and Sasha Obama will endure it for four more years. Children of past presidents know the feeling. (Jan 14)
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President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, after he spoke about the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2012, photo, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday. President Barack Obama is slating a White House appearance on Friday, Nov. 9, to set the tone for upcoming talks with congressional Republicans on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. Republicans are drawing a line in the sand against higher tax rates for upper-income earners, seeking to topple the conventional wisdom that the freshly re-elected Democrat has the whip hand in upcoming negotiations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The first post-election test of wills could start next week when Congress returns from its election recess to deal with unfinished business — including a looming "fiscal cliff" of $400 billion in higher taxes and $100 billion in automatic cuts in military and domestic spending to take effect in January if Congress doesn't head them off. Economists warn that the combination could plunge the nation back into a recession. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Iran, set June meeting
WASHINGTON (
AP) — President
Barack Obama has phoned Russian President
Vladimir Putin, welcoming Russian cooperation on international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions. The White House says the two men also discussed the ongoing violence in Syria, a topic that still divides Washington and Moscow.
The White House says Putin and Obama agreed to hold their own meeting in June on the sidelines of the upcoming meeting of leading industrial nations in Northern Ireland. Obama also told Putin he looked forward to visiting St. Petersburg for the meeting of leading rich and developing nations in September.
The White House says Putin and Obama welcome "substantive and constructive consultations" by Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over a political transition in Syria.
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