Jay Carney catches spears and defends Obama for not knowing about IRS abuses as White House scandal troika enters third week

dailymail 20-MAY-13

Myanmar welcomes more China exchanges

chinadaily 17-MAY-13

White House releases Benghazi emails, seeks to defuse controversy

dawn 16-MAY-13

'IRS must apply the law in a fair and impartial way:' Obama blasts tax agency after damning Inspector General report on discrimination of conservative groups

dailymail 15-MAY-13

US lawmakers grill attorney general

bbc 15-MAY-13

Senior tax officials knew of extra Tea Party scrutiny

reuters 14-MAY-13

Justice Dept. secretly obtains Associated Press journalists' phone records

dailymail 14-MAY-13

Obama hits out at claims of scandal in tax, Benghazi dramas

channelnewsasia 13-MAY-13

Video: IRS targeted tea party groups starting in 2011

CBSnews 12-MAY-13

McCain again calls for special congressional panel on Benghazi

latimes 12-MAY-13

Emails reveal a flurry of changes to Benghazi talking points

CBSnews 11-MAY-13

IRS official apologizes for targeting conservative groups

CBSnews 11-MAY-13

U.S. reassures Syria rebels about its stance on Assad

yalibnan 10-MAY-13

Germany: Chancellor Merkel on visit to Afghanistan

news 10-MAY-13

Benghazi hearing target: Hillary 2016

cnn 10-MAY-13

In Syria, the US 'Red Line' Continues to Shift

watchingamerica 09-MAY-13

US wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan

turkishpress 09-MAY-13

Turkish PM slams Israel's Syria strikes

cnn 07-MAY-13

Cuban agent begins renouncement of U.S. citizenship

news 07-MAY-13

Afghan bomb kills five US soldiers

bbc 04-MAY-13

'I was sentenced to hard labor in North Korea': US woman's ordeal in communist state as madman dictator FINALLY tones down the war rhetoric

dailymail 03-MAY-13

North Korean state news: American sentenced to 15 years hard labor

cnn 02-MAY-13

Boston police: three more 'suspects' arrested over Marathon bombs

telegraph 01-MAY-13

Syrian Shias flee to Lebanon to escape Sunni militias

telegraph 01-MAY-13

'I want to do the right thing'

cnn 29-APR-13

US Congress approves bill to end air traffic delays

timesofindia 28-APR-13

FBI: Man arrested in probe of ricin letters

CBSnews 28-APR-13

Video: Is there an end to the FAA furloughs?

CBSnews 27-APR-13

Obama urges US Congress to end 'dumb' budget cuts

afp 27-APR-13

UK concern on Syria chemical weapons

bbc 26-APR-13

House to vote on ending FAA cuts?

cnn 26-APR-13

Keys to attack may lie in restive region

cnn 25-APR-13

George Bush

cnn 25-APR-13

Next step: Talk to suspects' parents

cnn 24-APR-13

Syrian rebels say thanks, but no thanks to Jihad

yalibnan 24-APR-13

Lawyer: Suspect in alleged train terror plot in 'shock' as new details emerge

cnn 24-APR-13

The ripple effect

cnn 24-APR-13

Leahy: Boston bombings exploited

cnn 24-APR-13

FBI faces Boston suspect questions

bbc 23-APR-13

Israel: Syria using chem weapons

cnn 23-APR-13

Hackers seize AP Twitter feed, send market-moving bogus message

news 23-APR-13

White House says open to legislation to stop FAA furloughs

reuters 23-APR-13

Senate bill jeopardizes tax-free online shopping

news 23-APR-13

Boston bombing suspect charged in hospital bed

RTERadio 22-APR-13

‘Hundreds dead’ in Syria after week-long battle

thetimes 22-APR-13

Boston suspect won't be treated as enemy combatant: White House

news 22-APR-13

Person arrested in Mississippi

cnn 18-APR-13

Obama unloads on gun lobby

cnn 18-APR-13

Initial test on letter addressed to Obama indicates ricin: FBI

news 17-APR-13

US senate rejects background checks on gun buyers

RTERadio 17-APR-13

More join Guantanamo hunger strike

bbc 17-APR-13

Maduro faces tough task to revive Venezuela

euronews 16-APR-13

Obama, Putin set up two rounds of talks

news 16-APR-13

Immigration bill would be largest such effort ever attempted

latimes 16-APR-13

Chavez heir Maduro wins tight Venezuela vote

aljazeera 15-APR-13

In the Senate, a gun rights ally's choice to compromise

latimes 15-APR-13

Kerry in Japan amid heightened Korean tensions

cnn 14-APR-13

Officials: Kerry urges Beijing to calm down North Korea

cnn 13-APR-13

US denies report North Korea already has nuclear missile capability

telegraph 12-APR-13

Obamas release tax returns, show drop in income

latimes 12-APR-13

Senate poised for first vote on gun bill amid GOP resistance

CBSnews 11-APR-13

North Korea urges foreigners to leave South Korea

MaltaIndipendent 10-APR-13

Opinion: Obama budget may bite middle class

cnn 10-APR-13

[said that:]: no one in this building intervened in an ongoing, independent investigation

dailymail 20-MAY-13

[-said]: Kathy Ruemmler is the point of contact here. She made the decision or the judgment that it was not necessary or appropriate to inform the president of this,

CBSnews 20-MAY-13

[-said]: Some matters are inappropriate to convey to him,

dailymail 20-MAY-13

[-said]: The Hill also got briefings,

dailymail 20-MAY-13

[-said]: The trip will underscore the president's commitment to broadening and deepening cooperation between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa to advance regional and global peace and prosperity,

xinhuanet_en 20-MAY-13

[-said]: We knew of the subject of the investigation, and we knew the nature of some of the potential findings,

bloomberg 20-MAY-13

[-insisted]: only found out about the review being conducted and coming to conclusion by the inspector general.

bloomberg 20-MAY-13

[-said]: The president will meet with a wide array of leaders from government, business, and civil society, including youth, to discuss our strategic partnerships on bilateral and global issues,

news 20-MAY-13

[-said]: I think that I said I didn't know until Friday,

news 20-MAY-13

[-said]: Despite all the media interest in our April 2013 awareness, it's important to remember that the misconduct of course had stopped almost a year earlier,

news 20-MAY-13

[ said]: To be clear, we knew the subject of the investigation and we knew of the nature of some of the potential findings, but we did not have a copy of the draft report,

msnbc 20-MAY-13

[-said]: line IRS employees improperly scrutinizing ... organizations by using words such as Tea Party and Patriot,

reuters 20-MAY-13

[-said]: While we had an indication of the likely findings, until the IG finalizes his report, the findings and conclusions are subject to change,

reuters 20-MAY-13

[-said]: That's why we had to wait, appropriately, until the report was publicized or published for the president to be able to review it and respond, as he did very quickly,

reuters 20-MAY-13

[ said]: She made the decision or the judgment that it was not necessary or appropriate to inform the president of this, and that didn’t happen,

nytimes 20-MAY-13

[said that:]: at no time did anyone on the White House staff intervene with the IRS inspector general audit.

cnn 20-MAY-13

[-said]: We knew the subject of the investigation and we knew the nature of some of the potential findings, but we did not have a copy of the draft report,

cnn 20-MAY-13

[-said]: The cardinal rule, as I said, is you do not intervene in an independent investigation and you do not do anything that would be, that would give such an appearance particularly when the final conclusions, as was the case here, have not been reached,

cnn 20-MAY-13

[responded that:]: we're obviously dealing with a lot of information here

CBSnews 20-MAY-13

[-said]: The White House counsel informed the chief of staff and other members of the senior staff,

CBSnews 20-MAY-13

[-decline]: At no time did anyone on the White House staff intervene with the IRS inspector general audit.

CBSnews 20-MAY-13

[-said]: It's a judgment -- in this case, the judgment of the White House counsel -- that this is not a matter to -- that you should or that she should -- convey to the president,

CBSnews 20-MAY-13

[-said]: Knowing that this was coming does not change the fact that there was nothing we could have or should have done about it, because it was an independent inspector general report,

CBSnews 20-MAY-13

[-said]: We did not have a copy of the draft report, we did not know the details, the scope, or the motivation surrounding the misconduct,

dailymail 20-MAY-13

[-said]: It is absolutely political. And we have in the course of this been focused on what isn’t political and what is essential, which is the fact that four Americans were killed and we need to find those who are responsible and bring them to justice. ((OPT)) Secondly, we need to take action to ensure that the inadequate security that clearly existed at the time, because we could not protect those four Americans, be looked at and addressed so that it doesn't happen again,

globalsecurity 16-MAY-13

[-said]: expects the Treasury Department and IRS to take all the necessary actions to make sure this kind of thing cannot happen again,

usaToday 16-MAY-13

[-decline]: This report shows that some of its employees failed that test.

usaToday 16-MAY-13

[-said]: He'll make clear to Treasury Department leaders that he expects action,

usaToday 16-MAY-13

[-said]: The president believes that the balance that we need to achieve needs to allow the maximum amount of freedom for the media to pursue investigative journalism that's possible,

news 16-MAY-13

[-said]: The president also thanked Mr Sharif for his role in the historic transfer of power between civilian governments, a significant milestone in Pakistan’s democracy,

thepeninsulaqatar 16-MAY-13

[-said]: The President believes that the balance that we need to achieve needs to allow the maximum amount of freedom for the media to pursue investigative journalism that's possible,

news 16-MAY-13

[ said]: Ways that we can, working together and with our partners, bring about the transition that is so essential in Syria, including the efforts that are under way to revitalize the Geneva Framework for a political transition -- we've been working with the Russians on that matter as well as others -- and including the ways that we are working to provide assistance to the opposition and to the Syrian people,

voanews 16-MAY-13

[-said]: Srinivasan's confirmation will be an important first step to filling this court's four vacancies, and the full Senate should act without unnecessary delay,

news 16-MAY-13

[-said]: He will make clear to Treasury Department leaders that he expects action,

CBC 16-MAY-13

[-said]: It really is important to note the significance of consecutive democratic elections and the transfer of civilian power from one government to the next,

timesofindia 16-MAY-13

[-said]: The US and Pakistan have a long history of working together on mutual interests, and this administration looks forward to continuing our cooperation with the Pakistani government that emerges from this election as equal partners in supporting a more stable, secure and prosperous future for the people of Pakistan,

timesofindia 16-MAY-13

[-said]: We stand with Turkey against such horrific violence,

dunyagazetesi 16-MAY-13

[ added]: It is important to note always but particularly appropriate with the arrival of the prime minister that Turkey is one of our strongest partners. We have worked shoulder to shoulder with the Turks to counter terror threats, and this attack will only strengthen our resolve to work together to protect our people and fight instability and violence in the region,

turkishpress 16-MAY-13

[-pointed out that]: this is something that I fully expect, this incident -- Reyhanli blasts --, will be a matter of discussion between the Prime Minister Erdogan and the US President Barack Obama.

turkishpress 16-MAY-13

[-said]: He expects the Treasury Department and IRS to take all the necessary actions to make sure this kind of thing cannot happen again,

irishsun 16-MAY-13

[-said]: You heard the president talk about this and the need to make sure that the actions we take help bring about the goal that we seek, which is a Syria that is rid of Bashar Assad; a Syria that has the opportunity to flourish, to be more democratic and more prosperous; to have a government that reflects the will of the people and respects the rights of all the Syrian people,

upi 16-MAY-13

[-said]: It would be wholly inappropriate for the president to involve himself in a criminal investigation that... at least as reported, involves leaks of information from the administration,

nation 16-MAY-13

[-said]: broadly speaking, we have long acknowledged and recognized that it is part of Israel's sovereign right to defend itself and that its concern about the transfer of sophisticated weaponry to Hezbollah is legitimate,

upi 16-MAY-13

[-said]: He'll make clear to Treasury Department leaders that he expects actions,

usaToday 15-MAY-13

[-said]: We're going to wait and see what the facts are based on the independent inspector general review,

afp 15-MAY-13

[said:]: releasing internal deliberations is something that goes to the kind of protections that have existed for the executive branch for many administrations of both parties.

upi 15-MAY-13

[-said]: And I think -- I'm not surprised by it because we've seen it again and again,

upi 15-MAY-13

[-said]: So I think it just reinforces what we've seen, which is an ongoing effort to politicize this, to take -- to cherry-pick information, or in this case, just make it up, in order to fit a political narrative,

upi 15-MAY-13

[-said]: with this, has made all sorts of demands, and that it turns out that his office was provided the information, but obsessed as he was, he didn't show up to get the briefing and spend the time with the emails,

upi 15-MAY-13

[ said]: Those matters are handled independently by the Justice Department,

japantoday 15-MAY-13

[-said]: The president is a strong defender of the First Amendment and a firm believer in the need for the press to be unfettered in its ability to conduct investigative reporting and to facilitate a free flow of information,

cnn 15-MAY-13

[-said]: It would be wholly inappropriate for the president to involve himself in a criminal investigation that ... at least as reported, involves leaks of information from the administration,

dailystar 15-MAY-13

[-said]: I am certainly not aware and am confident that no one here was involved in this.

xinhuanet_en 15-MAY-13

[-said]: We haven't seen it, we don't have access to it,

xinhuanet_en 15-MAY-13

[-said]: He wants to see that the actions taken, as revealed by the Treasury report, that are inappropriate, are met with consequences,

news 15-MAY-13

[-says]: He will make clear to Treasury Department leaders that he expects action.

news 15-MAY-13

[-said]: The president has confidence in the attorney general,

latimes 15-MAY-13

[-told]: The president has long supported media shield legislation, in the Senate during the 2008 campaign, and as president,

xinhuanet_en 15-MAY-13

[-said]: An administration that values a free press would very narrowly target such an action. This is a tactic of intimidation. I have seen nothing like this.

usaToday 15-MAY-13

[-said]: I cannot, and he cannot, comment on an ongoing investigation,

usaToday 15-MAY-13

[said:]: yes

washtimes 15-MAY-13

[-said]: Any US presence after 2014 would only be at the invitation of the Afghanistan government and aimed at training Afghan forces and targeting the remnants of al Qaeda,

neurope 15-MAY-13

[-said]: The president also thanked Mr. Sharif for his role in the historic transfer of power between civilian governments, a significant milestone in Pakistan's democracy,

geo 15-MAY-13

[said:]: I don't have a reaction from President Obama. I can tell you that the people who make those kind of comparison need to check their history.

usaToday 15-MAY-13

[-said]: a political sideshow, a deliberative effort to politicize a tragedy,

usaToday 15-MAY-13

[-said]: On these other issues, these are things that we are finding out about and we need to wait appropriately for independent action to be completed before he can in any way take action or comment specifically on it,

usaToday 15-MAY-13

[-said]: He is also committed, as president and as a citizen, to the proposition that we cannot allow classified information, that can do harm to our national security interests or do harm to individuals, to be leaked,

news 14-MAY-13

[-told]: We are not involved with the White House in any decisions made in connection with ongoing criminal investigations as those matters are handled appropriately by the Justice Department independently,

cnn 14-MAY-13

[-said]: Other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP,

chinadaily 14-MAY-13