Topic: Bill Burton

Obama discusses economy, markets in advisers call

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a conference call with top economic advisers on Wednesday to discuss newly released grim data that has raised fears the economy is at risk of a new downturn.Treasury Secretary Timothy G
The White House says federally funded stem cell research should continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting it.. ...
No. 2 White House spokesman offers aw-shucks demeanor in contrast to combative GibbsWith a broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.While Gibbs

White House mulling "all options" on stem cells

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The White House is reviewing all options for responding to a court ruling stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, a spokesman said on Tuesday.A U.S. district judge issued the injunction on
US President Barack Obama is to give a major speech to mark the end of American combat operations in Iraq on August 31, the White House said Tuesday."The president will, of course, be making a speech on the 31st," said White House ...
The White House says federally funded stem cell research should continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting it.President Barack Obama, who last year ordered stem cell research expanded, "thinks that we need to do research, he put ...
The president may be on vacation on Martha's Vineyard, but his communication staff is still working to drive home the president's message that his...
Golf, family outings and quiet: President Barack Obama is taking a 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard, an island hideaway favored by the rich and well-connected, before returning to a fierce fall election season.As they did this time last year, Obama, h

Obama to get away before autumn political battle

Golf, family outings and quiet: President Barack Obama is taking a 10-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard, an island hideaway favored by the rich and well-connected, before returning to a fierce fall election season.As they did this time last year, Obama, h

Gates wants to step down next year

For a man who came into his post reluctantly and as a purported short-timer, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is turning into more and more of a...