This is something that State Department has been working on for quite some time, at this point, I certainly could n’t rule out that it would come up in the conversation between the two leaders. White House spokesman Josh Earnest More Quotes by White House spokesman Josh Earnest More Quotes From White House spokesman Josh Earnest There's reason to believe there may be politics at play here. White House spokesman Josh Earnest top-news There's reason to believe there may be politics at play here, we believe the decision should be made by the experts who are evaluating this project. White House spokesman Josh Earnest company-news Our expectation at this point is that the president will make a decision before the end of his administration on the Keystone pipeline, but when exactly that will be, I don't know at this point. White House spokesman Josh Earnest top-news Governor Christie’s comments in this regard have been particularly irresponsible, though not surprising for somebody whose poll numbers are closer to an asterisk than they are double digits. Clearly this is part of the strategy to turn that around. White House spokesman Josh Earnest top-news The President does expect that they can have an impact in intensifying our strategy for building the capacity of local forces inside of Syria for taking the fight on the ground to ISIL in their own country, that has been the core element of the military component of our strategy from the beginning: building the capacity of local forces on the ground. White House spokesman Josh Earnest world There are billions of dollars of commerce that float through that region of the world, ensuring that free flow of commerce ... is critical to the global economy. White House spokesman Josh Earnest industrials I was not in the room when these decisions were being made or when the president was consulting his advisers about this very difficult foreign policy call that he made. White House spokesman Josh Earnest politics The Obama administration and the United States will be in talks with our Canadian partners about their contribution to our counter-ISIL effort, we hope that we can continue to count on their ongoing support for this very important mission. White House spokesman Josh Earnest company-news Canada has also made a substantial and important commitment in advance of the Paris climate talks. We believe that it's possible that there is more that Canada can do in this regard. White House spokesman Josh Earnest company-news I think it would be shortsighted to reduce the relationship between our two countries to just one issue. White House spokesman Josh Earnest company-news You can rest assured that the relevant agencies in the United States government are closely monitoring China's actions in this regard. White House spokesman Josh Earnest technology I would not be overly excited about the prospects of reaching the kind of agreement that is being speculated about publicly. White House spokesman Josh Earnest world His expectation is that details won't be...whitewashed...so that if it's necessary to take steps to prevent something like this from ever happening again, that those reforms are implemented promptly and effectively. White House spokesman Josh Earnest top-news We put more stock in their actions than their words. White House spokesman Josh Earnest world I can confirm ... that there have been conversations between White House officials and members of Congress on Capitol Hill to discuss the need to avoid a government shutdown. White House spokesman Josh Earnest healthcare For a long time Iran had resisted cooperating with any sort of inspections IAEA wanted to do, and as a result of the international pressure that built up over time, principally because of the tough economic sanctions that the United States put in place and got the rest of the international community to go along with, we now see indications that Iran is cooperating with IAEA inspections. White House spokesman Josh Earnest energy I would not envision a long extension of funding at current levels, but rather enough time for Congress to finally convene the talks, reach an agreement and implement it. White House spokesman Josh Earnest top-news What we would prefer to see from the Russians is a more constructive engagement with the 60-member coalition that's led by the United States that's focused on degrading and ultimately destroying ISIL. White House spokesman Josh Earnest world When our team and most importantly when the president determines that it would advance our interests to have a conversation with President Putin, then he'll pick up the phone and try to set up that call. White House spokesman Josh Earnest world I can tell you that there was a pretty candid exchange of views, i think we've been pretty blunt in describing the concerns that we have with China's behavior in cyberspace. We have been blunt in our assessment that that has significant consequences for our economy and for our national security. White House spokesman Josh Earnest technology
