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Topic: White House

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October 8, 2012
7:56 pm

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Virginia Military Institute Monday (photo credit: Fox News screenshot)

Romney slams Obama on Middle East: We must support our friends with deeds not just words

In major foreign policy speech boosted by new poll and debate success, Republican challenger promises arms for the Syrian opposition, harsher sanctions on Iran, and the ‘chance to begin anew’ on Israeli-Palestinian peace

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 8, 2012
3:32 pm

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and wife Ann campaign in Florida on Sunday (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

Reinvigorated Romney slams Obama’s Middle East record, promises more support for Israel on Iran

‘Hope is not a strategy,’ says Republican challenger in major foreign policy speech, promising arms for the Syrian opposition, harsher sanctions on Tehran, and the ‘chance to begin anew’ on Israeli-Palestinian peace

By Haviv Rettig Gur

September 29, 2012
2:36 am

Glass, debris and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Ibrahim Alaguri)

US officials, pointing to ‘evolving’ intelligence, defend response to Libya attack

Obama administration officials cite al-Qaeda link amid criticism from Republicans

September 29, 2012
12:26 am

A Free Syrian Army soldier after firing a recoilless rifle during clashes with Syrian government forces at the village of Mukhtariya in the suburbs of Homs, Syria. (photo credit: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights via AP video)

Free Syrian Army fighters aren’t extremists or ‘al-Qaeda types,’ group’s DC fundraiser insists

Representative says the Syrian opposition is committed to a multi-ethnic, democratic future after Assad

By Michal Shmulovich

September 27, 2012
11:25 pm

President Barack Obama addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US affirms ‘common goal’ with Israel on Iran, stops short of ‘red line’

From the Web Reuters: Jerusalem, Washington share ‘common goal’ in thwarting Tehran’s nuclear program, White House says after Netanyahu’s UN speech

September 24, 2012
11:04 pm

US President Barack Obama speaking with Barbara Walters on "The View" in May (photo credit: screen capture, YouTube)

Obama meets with ‘The View,’ no foreign leaders, during UN assembly

From the web LA Times: President’s low-intensity approach may be part of campaign’s desire to tightly control the message until election day

September 14, 2012
10:14 pm

An actor playing Muhammad in "Innocence of Muslims" (Screenshot via YouTube)

White House asked YouTube to review anti-Muslim film trailer

From the web Washington Post: On Wednesday, the company’s spokesperson said the video ‘is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on’

September 13, 2012
10:27 pm

US Vice President Joe Biden (photo credit: AP/Madalyn Ruggiero/File)

Biden: ‘No daylight’ between Israel and the US on Iran

At Rosh Hashanah reception at his residence, US vice president says White House ‘intently focused’ on Tehran threat

September 3, 2012
11:52 pm

A mural outside the former US Embassy in Tehran. (photo credit: CC-BY-SA davehighbury, Flickr)

Washington denies it made back-channel deal to avoid conflict with Tehran

Yedioth Ahronoth report claiming US told Iran it would stay out of Israel-Iran conflict ‘completely incorrect,’ White House says

By Ron Friedman and Times of Israel staff

September 3, 2012
6:07 pm

US President Barack Obama (illustration: Arie Katz/The Times of Israel

With friends like these: The myth of a caring Obama

The best that can be said about the current administration is that it is sending mixed signals to the Islamic Republic

By Gidon Ben-Zvi

September 3, 2012
5:50 am

The USS Stennis, which is heading to the Persian gulf. (photo credit: Department of Defense/Randi R. Brown, U.S. Navy)

US stepping up curbs on Iran in bid to calm Israel

From the web White House considering declaring what will trigger US military action, New York Times reports

August 31, 2012
11:17 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, last March (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

White House claims ‘cooperation with Israel has never been closer’

Press secretary hits back at Romney comments, says Obama is adamant ‘that we must prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon’

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 19, 2012
6:41 am

Yitzhak Navon (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Former president Navon backs Peres for breaking with PM over Iran plans

‘If I were in the place of President Peres I would act like him,’ Israel’s fifth president says; White House ‘gratified’ by Peres’s comment

By Joshua Davidovich

August 13, 2012
10:45 am

An Iranian woman and a man grieve after their loved ones were killed during Saturday's earthquake at the village of Bajebaj near the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

Iran raises earthquake death toll to over 300

Interior minister announces end of search and rescue operations in northwest region

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 12, 2012
10:15 pm

Ruins of a houses are seen after an earthquake in the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency, Hamed Nazari)

US offers Tehran aid after earthquakes leave hundreds dead

Despite sanctions over nuclear program, Washington proposes assistance for thousands left homeless in Iran