Obama ends India visit with pleas on religion, climate
January 28, 2015 | 09:40
US President Barack Obama urged India to promote religious tolerance and do more to combat global warming on Tuesday (Jan 27) as he wrapped up a visit aimed at forging a new friendship between the world's largest democracies.
Obama to offer entitlement cuts in budget
April 06, 2013 | 09:39
President Barack Obama will make key concessions to Republican foes next week when he unveils his US budget that proposes cuts to cherished entitlement programs, the White House said on Friday.
Obama vows "eternal" defence of Israel
March 21, 2013 | 09:11
Barack Obama on Wednesday began his first presidential visit to Israel, pledging an "eternal" alliance with the Jewish state as it faces the Iranian nuclear threat and perilous change in the Middle East.
Obama says US won't balance budget in next 10 years
March 13, 2013 | 09:47
President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support.
Hagel draws fire as Obama's Pentagon pick
January 08, 2013 | 10:14
US President Barack Obama named Chuck Hagel on Monday to lead the Pentagon, setting up an ugly confirmation battle as Republican opponents said he was too hard on Israel and too soft on Iran.
Q&A: On Obama and Vietnam
November 19, 2012 | 09:59
With the US President Barrack Obama’s re-election, the US-backed consulting firm BowerGroupAsia’s president and CEO Ernie Bower told VIR’s Thanh Tung about how America’s evolving policies could impact on Asia and the two nations’ investment and trade cooperation.
Obama call for 'tough compromises' in fiscal cliff talks
November 17, 2012 | 08:59
President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders vowed Friday to make difficult compromises on taxes and spending as they opened talks on dodging a looming fiscal cliff and trimming the US deficit.
Obama stands firm on taxes in fiscal cliff showdown
November 15, 2012 | 10:20
US President Barack Obama told opposition Republicans on Wednesday they would have to accept tax increases for the rich if the country was to avoid going over the fiscal cliff.
Gold hits 2-month high on US presidential election’s developments
November 07, 2012 | 13:56
The local gold price has increased VND550,000 ($26.4) a tael day-on-day following the global trend with a weakening US dollar given the outcome of today’s US presidential election.
Obama, Romney wage bitter Ohio duel
October 26, 2012 | 15:38
In a spectacular finale to a 40-hour campaign sprint, US President Barack Obama launched a searing attack on Mitt Romney in Ohio, the state that may decide their election duel.
Obama goes through the night in quest for votes
October 25, 2012 | 14:21
US President Barack Obama pursued the sunset west then turned around and chased the dawn, streaking across America on an eight-state marathon as his re-election bid hit top gear.
Obama savages Romney foreign policy in last debate
October 23, 2012 | 15:01
Barack Obama pummeled Mitt Romney as "all over the map" on foreign policy, dismissing his "wrong and reckless" positions in the heated final debate of a knife-edge White House race.
Obama, Romney take debate into overtime
October 18, 2012 | 14:50
President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney stoked the embers of their smoldering debate as they campaigned through fiercely contested territory less than three weeks before the election.
Romney surges as White House race narrows
October 11, 2012 | 08:27
Inviting supporters to taunt Barack Obama with chants of "four more weeks," rival Mitt Romney surged into the lead in US opinion polls, his reward for beating the president in their first head-to-head debate.
Widening Obama lead piles pressure on Romney
September 27, 2012 | 09:11
A flurry of polls showing widening leads for President Barack Obama Wednesday heaped pressure on Mitt Romney to use their first head-to-head debate next week to launch a major comeback bid.
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