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Jay Carney: 5 Facts About the New White House Press Secretary [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsWelcome to the hot seat, Jay Carney. As many media outlets predicted, Vice President Joe Biden's director of communications will replace Robert Gibbs as the White House press secretary. The change takes effect in February. Surge Desk has the facts on the man who's about to live under a barrage of questions. 1. He's already impressed the boss Sources told Fox News that Carney "hit it out of the park" during the selection process, which required face time with President Barack Obama, senior adviser David Plouffe and new Chief of Staff Bill Daley. 2. His band mate got him into ...
Obama, in Indonesia, Voices Concern About Mideast Peace
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (Nov. 9) -- President Barack Obama, visiting the world's most populous Muslim nation, expressed deep concern Tuesday that Israelis and Palestinians aren't making the "extra effort" to secure a breakthrough for achieving Middle East peace. Obama said he hasn't seen the kind of progress in negotiations that "could finally create a framework for a secure Israel living side by side in peace with a sovereign Palestine." Asked at a news conference with Indonesia's President Suslilo Bambang Yudhoyono about Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem, Obama said, "Each of ...
Fighter Jets Sent After Violation of Air Force One Space
By not in system - AOL NewsSEATTLE (Aug. 17) -- A passenger aboard a float plane that violated the airspace around Air Force One while President Obama was in town Monday was stunned to find out about the fuss that resulted, saying the incursion wasn't intentional. The military scrambled fighter jets, and the two sonic booms from the Air National Guard F-15s startled many people throughout the Puget Sound area. The Cessna 180 float plane was flying to a seaplane base on Lake Washington, next to Seattle, from Lake Chelan in Eastern Washington, said passenger Laura Joseph, of Normandy Park. She told The Associated Press ...
Obama Grounded: Oil Spill Causes Him to Cancel Indonesian Trip
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyThe news came late Thursday night that President Obama's upcoming trip to Indonesia and Australia -- scheduled for later this month -- had been postponed for a second time. In March, Obama put his Pacific travel plans on ice to tend to the health care wildfire that was raging in his back yard. With the BP oil spill continuing to lay waste to the Gulf Coast, this latest postponement signals a tactical decision by the White House to keep the commander in chief on home soil until the mess is handled. It means Air Force One might be a domestic carrier until -- as Obama has requested -- the "damn ...
Reporter Detained Near Air Force One Claims Gift of Prophecy, Healing
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyBrenda Lee, a reporter claiming to have White House credentials, was forcibly removed from a secure area at LAX after she tried to give the President a letter yesterday urging him to take a stand for "traditional marriage":"I said, 'I'll take my chances if (the president) comes by here,'" said Lee. "He became annoyed that I wouldn't give him the letter." Lee said she protested when she was asked to leave. "I said, 'Why are you bothering me?' They escorted me outside the gate," she said. She said security officers allowed her to return when she promised she would not yell or wave, but then ...
Heads Roll Over 'Scare Force One'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWhen President Obama learned that an Air Force One photo shoot had happened over the skittish skies of lower Manhattan on April 27th, he was reportedly furious and publicly vowed never to let it happen again. ...
White House Releases Air Force One Fly-By Photo, Official Resigns
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDirector of the White House Military Office Louis Caldera, the official whose agency was responsible for the April 27 fly-by of New York City that traumatized residents, has resigned today.Additionally, the White House released the photo that was the object of the ill-conceived photo-op:Caldera's resignation letter, and the internal review requested by President Obama, are available here. Caldera's resignation doesn't exactly strike ...
White House Changes Course, Will Release NYC Flyover Photos
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe White House said today that it will release a photograph of one of the planes in the presidential fleet taken during last week's controversial low-altitude flyover of lower Manhattan. The Administration said earlier this week that the photographs taken during the flight, which were described as publicity photos, would remain classified. But at today's press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that a photograph and a report detailing the shoot will be made public.The photo shoot caused panic in New York City and Jersey City, NJ, last week, as frightened office workers ...
Scare Force One Photos Censored
By Dave - Politics DailyNew York PostThe $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday....The sole purpose of the secret photo-op, which sent thousands of New Yorkers running for cover, was to take new publicity shots of the presidential jet over the city.So the administration freaks out New York, and we won't even get an updated stock photo of Air Force One around the Statue of Liberty! I guess we'll have to make do with the old stock photography. This is a sad day for America.The photos have not technically been ...
Air Force One Fallout Continues
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIt's been over 24 hours since the-plane-sometimes-known-as-Air Force One buzzed past Lower Manhattan and sent New Yorkers into a panic. We have since learned that the plane was there for a photo-op in front of the Statue of Liberty, which is considered to be the quintessential American icon. (A total snub to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.) President Obama has already apologized for the incident and has set off on the important task of finding someone to blame. Chairing the internal White House investigation will be Jim Messina, the president's deputy chief of staff. Messina is a decent ...
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