Based on Bill Clinton’s assessment, Obama says NKorean leader ‘pretty healthy and in control’

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new book has claimed that U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama prevented Hillary Clinton from becoming her husband's vice-presidential nominee.

September 17th, 2009 First lady speaks and shops at farmers marketWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama bought cheese, fingerling potatoes, eggs, black kale and other items Thursday at the launch of a new farmers market blocks from the White House. Before shopping, Mrs.

August 31st, 2009 Gibbs: Obama has not yet read Afghan assessmentWASHINGTON — The White House spokesman says President Barack Obama has not yet seen a new assessment of the Afghan war. Robert Gibbs said Monday that the report is making it's way "up the chain of command." Gen.

August 20th, 2009 Report: Clintons on Bermuda getaway despite stormHAMILTON, Bermuda — As Hurricane Bill approaches Bermuda, another well-known Bill is reportedly paying a visit to the Atlantic island. The Bermuda Sun reports on its Web site that former U.S.

August 18th, 2009 Obama talks to Bill Clinton about NKorean missionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to spend an hour with former President Bill Clinton in a debriefing session about Clinton's mission to North Korea that won the freedom of two imprisoned American journalists. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the session will be the second conversation between the two men, although Tuesday's meeting in the West Wing situation room will be the first in-person and in-depth debriefing.

August 13th, 2009 Gates: No troop recommendation in Afghan reportWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that an Afghan assessment due soon from commanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal won't contain any specific recommendations for increases in troops.

August 3rd, 2009 New GI Bill tops Obama's agendaWASHINGTON — The first new GI Bill since the 9/11terror attacks tops President Barack Obama's agenda. The president is scheduled to attend a rally Monday morning at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., to celebrate the implementation of the bill, which provides veterans with comprehensive educational benefits.

July 16th, 2009 Obama pushing hard for health care overhaulWASHINGTON — With votes set in the House, President Barack Obama is still pounding away hard for a bill overhauling the health care system before Congress takes a summer recess. In a nationally broadcast interview, Obama acknowledged a controversy over the cost of reinventing the system at a time when the economy remains hobbled, but declared: "There is no free lunch." In one of a series of network interviews, he said it's time to stop "putting money into things that aren't making people healthy." Obama has proposed increasing taxes on well-off people to help underwrite the cost.

July 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - For their summer vacation, the Obamas are reportedly headed to Martha's Vineyard. The trip, however, could come with some complications for the first family, reports Politico.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama keeps door open for NKorean nuclear talksWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States is trying to "keep a door open" for North Korea to return to international nuclear disarmament talks, even as Washington pursues sanctions against the North. Obama told The Associated Press on Thursday that there could be more sanctions in store for the North for its May nuclear test.

June 22nd, 2009 Obama to sign tobacco bill on MondayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is to sign the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The law allows the Food and Drug Administration to reduce nicotine in tobacco products, ban candy flavorings and block labels such as "low tar" and "light." The bill, to be signed Monday during a Rose Garden event, also requires tobacco companies to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings and reveal what chemicals they put into their products.

June 11th, 2009 McAuliffe defeat is another blow to Clinton legacyNEW YORK — Terry McAuliffe's crushing defeat in Virginia's gubernatorial primary is the latest blow to former President Bill Clinton's political legacy, still reeling from Hillary Rodham Clinton's loss to Barack Obama in last year's Democratic presidential contest. McAuliffe, a longtime fundraiser and close friend of both Clintons, brought money and attention to an off-year election that otherwise would have commanded little notice outside Virginia.

May 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee to help retire the presidential campaign debt of Hillary Clinton, who is now the US Secretary of State. According to the web site Politico, John Coale , a wealthy trial attorney, reportedly made an attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent families in American politics - the Palins and the Clintons.

April 30th, 2009 Obama adviser sees increase in unemploymentWASHINGTON — Unemployment will increase in the next several months, but the pace of the nation's economic slide will moderate and level out in the second half of the year, a top Obama economic adviser told Congress Thursday. Christina Romer, the chairwoman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, predicted another economic contraction in the second quarter of the year and delivered a downbeat assessment about unemployment.

March 20th, 2009 CALIFORNIA - President Barack Obama has revealed that while he thought flying in the presidential aircraft Air Force One is "pretty cool", his two daughters - Malia and Sasha - begged to differ. Speaking to The Tonight Show " host Jay Leno here, Obama was quoted by Fox News as saying that he flew to California making nine stops.