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Obama likens oil spill to 9/11 impact
US President Barack Obama says the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will have the same impact on the US psyche as 9/11. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama ‘not anti-British’ over BP
President Obama’s comments about the BP oil spill are not “anti-British”, the US ambassador to London says. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
PM and Obama to discuss oil spill
Prime Minister David Cameron is due to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster with President Barack Obama later. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama says Gaza ‘unsustainable’
US President Barack Obama is meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to try to revive the Middle East peace process. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama ‘would sack’ BP’s Hayward
US President Barack Obama sharpens his criticism of BP chief executive Tony Hayward over the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama names new intelligence head
President Obama nominates Pentagon official Gen James Clapper as his new director of national intelligence. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama warning over Gulf optimism
President Obama says it is too early to be optimistic over oil spill progress, as he pays a third visit to the US Gulf coast. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama bolsters oil teams on coast
The Q4000 mobile offshore drilling unit (right) is pumping the mud BP has resumed pumping mud into the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after briefly suspending the high-risk "top kill" procedure. The oil giant said it was too early to say whether the latest attempt to stem the leak had been successful. It has... »
Obama visiting oil disaster zone
The Q4000 mobile offshore drilling unit (right) is pumping the mud BP has resumed pumping mud into the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after briefly suspending the high-risk "top kill" procedure. The oil giant said it was too early to say whether the latest attempt to stem the leak had been successful. It has... »
Obama to visit oil disaster zone
The Q4000 mobile offshore drilling unit (right) is pumping the mud BP has resumed pumping mud into the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after briefly suspending the high-risk "top kill" procedure. The oil giant said it was too early to say whether the latest attempt to stem the leak had been successful. It has... »
Obama strategy stresses diplomacy
At Fort Hood 13 people were killed The US president's national security strategy is to highlight homegrown terrorism for the first time, an adviser to Barack Obama says. John Brennan said the document being unveiled on Thursday explicitly recognised the threat posed by "individuals radicalised here at home". The issue has grabbed headlines since the Fort Hood... »
Obama defends oil spill response
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a series of measures in response to the oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr Obama confirmed a six-month extension of the moratorium on permits for new deepwater oil drilling. Speaking at the White House, he defended against criticism that his administration had been slow to act. He vowed to... »
Obama unveils oil spill response
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a series of measures in response to the oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr Obama confirmed a six-month extension of the moratorium on permits for new deepwater oil drilling. Speaking at the White House, he defended against criticism that his administration had been slow to act. He vowed to... »
Obama names oil spill panel heads
Two political veterans are named to head an independent US commission to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and BP’s role. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama ‘to pursue Iran sanctions’
US President Barack Obama vows to pursue UN sanctions against Iran despite Tehran’s nuclear deal with Brazil and Turkey. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama to set up oil spill panel
US President Barack Obama will set up a commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials say. They say the panel will also examine industry practices and the government’s role in the disaster. The news comes as a top coast guard official warned the leaking oil may reach the southern Florida... »
Obama: No more cosying up to oil
US President Barack Obama has vowed to end the "cosy relationship" between oil companies and US regulators in the light of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Promising "relentless" efforts to stop the oil leak, he rebuked oil industry executives for seeking to pass on blame for the disaster in Congress. He condemned "the ridiculous spectacle... »
Obama backs Afghan Taliban effort
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to meet the US President Barack Obama in the White House later on Wednesday. Mr Karzai is in the US for four days of talks aimed at repairing rocky relations between Kabul and Washington. On Tuesday, he met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who told that him the... »
Obama pushes bank reform
President Obama will make a speech to financial leaders in New York later to push the case for more government regulation of big banks. A White House spokesperson said the President would argue that, without new rules, there could be a repetition of the banking crisis. He will tell bankers that it is in their... »
Obama pushes case for bank reform
President Obama will make a speech to financial leaders in New York later to push the case for more government regulation of big banks. A White House spokesperson said the President would argue that, without new rules, there could be a repetition of the banking crisis. He will tell bankers that it is in their... »
‘Obama effect’ boosts views of US
Views of the US around the world have improved sharply over the past year, according to a BBC World Service poll. For the first time since the annual poll began in 2005, America’s influence in the world is now seen as more positive than negative. As in 2009, Germany is viewed most favourably while Iran... »
Obama sets Mars goal for America
Barack Obama says it should be possible to send astronauts to orbit the planet Mars by the mid-2030s and return them safely to Earth. The US president made the claim in a major speech to staff at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He was laying out the details of his new policy for... »
Obama to attend Kaczynski funeral
US President Barack Obama will attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, killed in an air crash on Saturday. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Obama warns of nuclear terrorism
President Barack Obama has said the biggest threat to US security is the possibility of a terrorist organisation obtaining a nuclear weapon. Speaking ahead of a nuclear security summit in Washington, he said leaders from 40 countries would have to focus on how to secure nuclear material. Groups like al-Qaeda would have "no compunction" at... »
Obama limits US nuclear arms use
Barack Obama is set to announce a new defence strategy that would reduce the circumstances in which the US would be prepared to use nuclear weapons. It would rule out a nuclear response to attacks on the US involving biological, chemical or conventional weapons. Nor would the US use nuclear arms on non-nuclear states that... »
Obama to release new nuclear plan
Barack Obama will announce a new strategy reducing cases in which the US would be prepared to use nuclear weapons. »
Obama eases ban on oil drilling
US President Barack Obama is set to announce plans to open huge offshore areas on the US coastline to oil and natural gas drilling. The move will end a long-standing ban on such drilling along the Atlantic coast, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the north coast of Alaska. The plan aims to... »
Obama hails forces on Afghan trip
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan on his first visit to the country since taking office. Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Mr Obama said he was inviting him to the US in May for talks. The US president said he wanted to see progress continue on Afghan efforts to tackle corruption... »
Obama hails troops on Afghan trip
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan on his first visit to the country since taking office. Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Mr Obama said he was inviting him to the US in May for talks. The US president said he wanted to see progress continue on Afghan efforts to tackle corruption... »
Obama on first Afghanistan visit
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan on his first visit to the country since taking office. During his brief trip, he is expected to press Afghan President Hamid Karzai to do more to tackle corruption and drugs trafficking, officials say. He is also due to address US forces based in Afghanistan and US... »
Obama in final health vote push
US President Barack Obama is to head to Capitol Hill as he seeks the backing of a final few Democrats ahead of a vote on sweeping healthcare reform. Democratic leaders are seeking to ensure they have the 216 votes needed to pass the bill in a vote in the House of Representatives expected on Sunday.... »
Obama hails ‘historic’ health bid
US President Barack Obama has hailed a congressional vote on healthcare reform due on Sunday as a "historic" moment in a century-long struggle. Speaking at a rally in Virginia, he dismissed criticism of the bill from Republicans and some Democrats. Appealing to lawmakers and citizens to back the legislation, he said: "The time for reform... »
Netanyahu in-law makes Obama slur
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has distanced himself from his brother-in-law’s description of US President Barack Obama as anti-Semitic. He said he "strenuously" objected to Hagai Ben-Artzi’s comment and expressed his "deep appreciation" for Mr Obama’s commitment to Israel’s security. Mr Ben-Artzi was responding to US criticism of Israeli approval of plans for 1,600 new... »
Obama in tribute to NI’s leaders
Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Ministers are to meet President Barack Obama at St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington DC later. On Tuesday, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness held talks with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington DC. They are in the US for meetings with political and economic representatives. Ireland’s... »
Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans
By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News Former Nasa astronauts who went to the Moon have told the BBC of their dismay at President Barack Obama’s decision to push back further Moon missions. Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, said Mr Obama’s decision would have "catastrophic consequences" for US space exploration. The last man... »