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The Times of Israel

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May 23, 2013
10:29 pm

US President Barack Obama speaking Thursday at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington.(photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama defends drone strikes, but changes guidelines

In wide-ranging speech on counterterror efforts, US president also announces new bid to close Guantanamo Bay prison

May 11, 2013
1:30 am

US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice listening during a news conference at the UN in June 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

State Dep’t sought to change Libya talking points

Senior US officials asked that references to terror groups, prior warnings be deleted from UN envoy’s comments after Benghazi attack

April 19, 2013
12:21 am

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend the "Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service" at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

Obama tells grieving Boston: ‘You will run again’

President vows to track down those responsible for bombings, calling perpetrators ‘small, stunted individuals’

By Julie Pace

April 16, 2013
1:47 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he begins to speak in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 15, 2013, following the explosions at the Boston Marathon (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: Boston culprits to feel ‘weight of justice’

‘We will find out who did this,’ says US president of marathon bombing, avoiding mention of the words ‘terror’ or ‘terrorism’

By Julie Pace

April 12, 2013
2:37 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, uses binoculars to view South Korean territory from an observation post on Jangjae Islet in March (photo credit: AP/KCNA via KNS)

Pentagon: North Korea could launch nuclear missile

Amid escalating war rhetoric, Congress told that Pyongyang’s bellicose leader may be capable of delivering a devastating strike

By Julie Pace and Robert Burns

March 20, 2013
10:32 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Barack Obama at the welcoming ceremony in honor of the president's visit. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

White House Notebook: ‘Red lines’ and entourages

No signs of the sometimes-frosty relationship between Netanyahu and Obama on the president’s visit so far

By Josef Federman and Julie Pace

March 20, 2013
5:14 pm

US President Barack Obama is greeted by President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, (Photo credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ AP)

Obama affirms commitment to Israel, warns of regional changes

Netanyahu welcomes US president, who launches his first visit to the Jewish state as American commander-in-chief

By Julie Pace and Matthew Lee

March 16, 2013
5:35 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, looks towards US President Barack Obama as he speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama heads to Middle East with low expectations

On upcoming visit, the US president’s goal will be to keep the region’s problems from boiling over rather than seek grand resolutions

By Julie Pace

January 9, 2013
10:05 pm

Jack Lew with President Barack Obama in the White House (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh, File)

Jack Lew expected to be next US treasury secretary

57-year-old observant Jew would bring private sector and international experience to one of the top posts in the Cabinet

By Julie Pace

January 8, 2013
4:31 am

US President Barack Obama, center, walks away from the stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, after announcing that he is nominating Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, second from the left, as the new head of the CIA. (photo credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Obama digs in for a fight on Hagel, Brennan picks

US president prepares to defend nominees to head Pentagon, CIA

By Julie Pace

December 14, 2012
8:21 am

A Syrian man carries his belongings after his home was damaged due to fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces in Aleppo, Syria on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)

Rights groups say Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria allows Assad to attack his people by conventional means

US president has warned his embattled Syrian counterpart against using chemical weapons

By Julie Pace

December 13, 2012
11:50 pm

US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (photo credit: AP/Craig Ruttle)

Rice withdraws as secretary of state candidate

Barack Obama decries ‘unfair and misleading attacks’ on his chosen candidate

By Julie Pace

December 3, 2012
7:41 pm

Analysts credit Debbie Wasserman Schultz with helping secure victory for President Obama in Florida, and with puncturing claims that he doesn't support Israel. (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Obama wants pro-Israel Democratic chair to continue

US president will press for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to remain head of the Democratic National Committee

By Julie Pace

November 28, 2012
12:32 am

US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi meet at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on July 14, 2012. (Photo credit: Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

With Morsi, US facing a familiar dilemma

Obama administration hopes Egypt’s new ruler is not the same kind of autocrat as the ousted Hosni Mubarak

By Bradley Klapper and Julie Pace

November 9, 2012
2:28 am

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (photo credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Obama set to lose senior officials

State, Treasury and Defense secretaries to step down soon

By Julie Pace

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Julie Pace

Obama defends drone strikes, but changes guidelines

In wide-ranging speech on counterterror efforts, US president also announces new bid to close Guantanamo Bay prison

State Dep’t sought to change Libya talking points

Senior US officials asked that references to terror groups, prior warnings be deleted from UN envoy’s comments after Benghazi attack

Obama tells grieving Boston: ‘You will run again’

President vows to track down those responsible for bombings, calling perpetrators ‘small, stunted individuals’

Obama: Boston culprits to feel ‘weight of justice’

‘We will find out who did this,’ says US president of marathon bombing, avoiding mention of the words ‘terror’ or ‘terrorism’

Pentagon: North Korea could launch nuclear missile

Amid escalating war rhetoric, Congress told that Pyongyang’s bellicose leader may be capable of delivering a devastating strike

White House Notebook: ‘Red lines’ and entourages

No signs of the sometimes-frosty relationship between Netanyahu and Obama on the president’s visit so far

Obama affirms commitment to Israel, warns of regional changes

Netanyahu welcomes US president, who launches his first visit to the Jewish state as American commander-in-chief

Obama heads to Middle East with low expectations

On upcoming visit, the US president’s goal will be to keep the region’s problems from boiling over rather than seek grand resolutions

Jack Lew expected to be next US treasury secretary

57-year-old observant Jew would bring private sector and international experience to one of the top posts in the Cabinet

Obama digs in for a fight on Hagel, Brennan picks

US president prepares to defend nominees to head Pentagon, CIA

Rights groups say Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria allows Assad to attack his people by conventional means

US president has warned his embattled Syrian counterpart against using chemical weapons

Rice withdraws as secretary of state candidate

Barack Obama decries ‘unfair and misleading attacks’ on his chosen candidate

Obama wants pro-Israel Democratic chair to continue

US president will press for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to remain head of the Democratic National Committee

With Morsi, US facing a familiar dilemma

Obama administration hopes Egypt’s new ruler is not the same kind of autocrat as the ousted Hosni Mubarak

Obama set to lose senior officials

State, Treasury and Defense secretaries to step down soon

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