Anti-government demonstrators defied a curfew to protest Monday morning in Egypt’s capital, demanding President Hosny Mubarak step down from office after three decades of rule. Leading opposition activist Mohammed ElBaradei had earlier Sunday promised tens of thousands of protesters that change would come to their country, as they staged a sixth day of demonstrations in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Robert Gibbs’
Obama talks tough with embattled Mubarak
January 29th, 2011 |
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As revolt swept key ally Egypt, US President Barack Obama asked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to make good on his promises and avoid a violent response to the thousands of protesters in the streets. Obama spoke with Mubarak shortly after the latter addressed his country saying he was asking his government to make way for [...]
Obama calls on Mubarak to respect rights of Egyptians
January 29th, 2011 |
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US President Barack Obama called Friday for the Egyptian government to respect the rights of its people, following days of protests demanding the ouster of President Hosny Mubarak. The US leader spoke from the White House, shortly after telephoning with Mubarak, who had just given his address vowing not to step down but announcing that [...]
Obama likely to seek re-election: White House
January 21st, 2011 |
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US President Barack Obama is likely to run for re-election in 2012, a White House spokesman has said. “I think it is likely that is going to happen,” said Robert Gibbs during a regular briefing Thursday, noting the bid would not be official until Obama filed papers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Gibbs said [...]
U.S.: China “obligated” to press North Korea
December 1st, 2010 |
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A White House spokesman is calling on China to press North Korea to end what he calls that state’s “belligerent behavior.” Robert Gibbs said Tuesday Beijing has an “obligation” to send such a message to Pyongyang. China is the main diplomatic and economic supporter of its impoverished neighbor.
Why Obama couldn’t even smile when his Christmas tree was delivered!
November 27th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama finally had his Christmas tree delivered to his doorstep today, but he was reluctant to smile about it. The President was injured in a basketball match, which left him with 12 stitches in his lip. So when the large Douglas fir pulled up in a horse-drawn carriage on the north side [...]
White House could cancel Karzai visit
April 7th, 2010 |
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The White House said Tuesday it would consider cancelling the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he continues to make controversial accusations against Western interference in the central Asian country.
Karzai is due in Washington in May, and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said a meeting with President Barack Obama remained on the schedule “as [...]
Obama wants Iran sanctions within ‘weeks’
April 3rd, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that he wants to see the UN Security Council adopt sanctions against Iran within “weeks” over the Islamic republic’s refusal to resolve the dispute over its nuclear activities.
“I’m not interested in waiting months for a sanctions regime to be in place. I’m interested in seeing that regime in place [...]
White House Party Crashers “The TODAY Show†VIDEO [Tareq & Michaele Salahi]
December 1st, 2009 |
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Accused White House State Dinner Crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi appeared on The TODAY Show Tuesday, where they vehemently denied press allegations claiming they broke into the president’s house to earn a role on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Washington, DC.
Tareq insists he and his wife did not “crash” The Obamas’ first state [...]
Obama orders Afghan strategy into force
December 1st, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama has given fateful orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit from a costly and gruelling war. “The commander in chief has issued the orders,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday, as
India says looking forward to taking ties with Afghanistan forward under Karzai
November 4th, 2009 |
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The Indian Government on Tuesday said that it looks forward to taking New Delhi’’s ties with Afghanistan forward under the leadership of re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said: “We have noted the announcement by the Afghan Independent Election Commission on November 2, 2009 declaring President Hamid Karzai’’s re-election [...]
Obama likely to sign Kerry-Lugar bill tomorrow
October 15th, 2009 |
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US President Barack Obama is most likely to sign the bill for providing USD 7.5 billion aid to Pakistan into law on Friday.
Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 – popular as Kerry-Lugar Bill – would be signed by the US President before the expiry of the mandatory 10 days time after it being [...]
US rejects Pak opposition to Kerry Lugar bill
October 14th, 2009 |
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The US on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s last minute bid to seek a change in the text of the Kerry Lugar bill providing USD 7.5 billion aid to that country, asserting that it did not impinge on its sovereignty as claimed by the Pakistan Army.
As US President Barack Obama prepared to sign the bill into [...]
US, Britain deplore Ahmadinejad’s ‘false Holocaust’ remark
September 19th, 2009 |
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The United States and Britain have both condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent “hateful†speech in which he had said the Holocaust was “a false pretext to create Israel.â€
The Jerusalem Post quoted White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, as saying: “Obviously we condemn what he said.â€
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband also criticized Ahmadinejad’’s ‘myth’ remark.
In a [...]