The one thing that I do want to make clear, though, is, this review does not include a reconsideration about longstanding policy of the United States government that ransoms should not be paid to terrorist organizations that are holding hostages.

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We'll need to hear from them about what their plans are and what he plans to say in his remarks to Congress before we have a decision to make about any meeting.

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The protocol would suggest that the leader of one country would contact the leader of another country when he’s traveling there, this particular event seems to be a departure from that protocol.

The bill's requirements could force agencies to make decisions based on incomplete information or information that may not be available, including potential environmental and community impacts of the proposed pipelines, within the stringent deadlines, and to deny applications that otherwise would have been approved, but for lack of sufficient review time.

I've ordered every federal agency to eliminate rules that don't m... by White House

I've ordered every federal agency to eliminate rules that don't make sense.

The United States and Britain will continue to work closely with all those who believe in peace and tolerance.

I think our British counterparts would agree that it is imperative that we properly balance the need for government, intelligence agencies and national security agencies to access to certain kinds of information to try to protect their citizens.

The president committed to working with members of both parties on text for an AUMF (authorization of military force) that Congress can pass to show the world America stands united against ISIL.

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We hope he'll start to listen, too, and reconsider his opposition to some of our jobs bills.

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It doesn't mean we're gonna agree on everything -- certainly we're not, but the question is, are we going to allow disagreement over a few things to become a deal-breaker for all the others?

Around 75 or so seems to be about the average, and I would suspect that we would continue at roughly that pace.

I've not had any push back from anybody in the Senate on that, an... by White House

I've not had any push back from anybody in the Senate on that, and I don't think I will.

There's never a good time for Republicans to do something like this, but right now it seems like a particularly bad time to do so.

President Obama and the first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire Bush family during this holiday season.

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The president has been made aware that President Bush was admitted to the hospital, president Obama and the first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire Bush family during this holiday season.

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Judge Howell's decision today confirms what the Department of Justice and scholars throughout the country have been saying all along: the president's executive actions on immigration are lawful, the Supreme Court and Congress have made clear that federal officials can set priorities in enforcing our immigration laws, and the actions announced by the president are consistent with those taken by administrations of both parties for the last half century.

The President ... is grateful that the vice president and Jill Biden will be traveling to New York City to attend the service on Saturday.

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The bite on the Russian economy is only becoming stronger.

That said, because it does preserve the president's flexibility to carry out the strategy, he does intend to sign the bill.

The main purpose of (the bill) is to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; this bill should not be used as a vehicle to add entirely unrelated financial regulatory provisions.

The President and the secretary share the view that the release of the report is important for that purpose, i will allow Secretary Kerry to explain exactly why he made the phone call.