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Outreach and Policy Discussions at the RSA Conference
Posted byon March 7, 2013 at 8:01 PM EDTThe White House Cybersecurity Coordinator met with thousands of cybersecurity practitioners and stakeholders and got feedback on President Obama's plan to develop cybersecurity standards, improve public-private information sharing, and ensure privacy and civil liberties protections.
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Weekly Address: Congress Must Act Now to Stop the Sequester
Posted byon February 23, 2013 at 6:35 AM EDTPresident Obama urges Congress to stop the sequester -- the harmful automatic cuts that threaten thousands of jobs and affect our national security from taking effect on March 1.
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Watch: President Obama Answers Your Questions in a Google+ Hangout
Posted byon February 14, 2013 at 10:10 PM EDTWatch the video of President Obama's hangout, live from the West Wing of the White House.
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An American Hero Receives the Medal of Honor
Posted byon February 11, 2013 at 11:14 PM EDTArmy Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Kamdesh in 2009 during the war in Afghanistan.
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Working to Counter Online Radicalization to Violence in the United States
Posted byon February 5, 2013 at 11:02 AM EDTA new inter-agency working group will be responsible for developing plans to implement an Internet safety approach to address online violent extremism, coordinating the federal government’s activities and assessing our progress against these plans, and identifying additional activities to pursue for countering online radicalization to violence.
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Vice President Biden and Dr. Biden Visit Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany
Posted byon February 3, 2013 at 4:54 PM EDTVice President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visit with Wounded Warriors and their medical caretakers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Landstuhl, Germany.
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President Obama Holds the Final Press Conference of His First Term
Posted byon January 14, 2013 at 4:30 PM EDTBefore taking questions from the assembled journalists, the President took a moment to reflect on the past four years, and look ahead to his agenda for the next term, which includes new jobs, new opportunity, and new security for the middle class
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Weekly Address: Ending the War in Afghanistan and Rebuilding America
Posted byon January 12, 2013 at 6:30 AM EDTPresident Obama discusses how we will end the war in Afghanistan and how our goal of ensuring that al Qaeda never again uses Afghanistan to launch attacks against America is within reach.
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President Obama Hosts President Karzai
Posted byon January 11, 2013 at 5:50 PM EDTWe'll soon reach a milestone in Afghanistan -- when Afghan forces take full responsibility for their nation's security and the war draws to a close.
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President Obama Nominates John Brennan as CIA Director
Posted byon January 7, 2013 at 5:25 PM EDTPresident Obama announces John Brennan as his nominee for the next head of the Central Intelligence Agency.