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Senior Administration officials briefing journalists on condition of anonymity at the White House hastened to add that, despite recent U.S. overtures to Zardari's chief political rival, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, there was no question of changing horses midstream. "We are not abandoning or ... distancing ourselves from Zardari," an official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zardari in Washington: Hard Questions for Pakistan's Leader | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

And they were quick to pounce on beleaguered White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. He spent a good portion of Tuesday's contentious press briefing trying to make the case that Obama's comments did not in fact signal any change, despite what other Administration officials, including himself and Emanuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Growing Dilemma on Torture Prosecution | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

The White House had been preparing for the launch for days. Within 90 minutes, a statement condemning the actions was released. A few hours later, Gibbs was briefing reporters, saying that Obama had already spoken with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. James Cartwright, the vice chair of the Joint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's New Tone Meets Familiar Tough Challenges | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

For his first major overseas trip as president, Barack Obama has a G-20 meeting, a NATO summit and a roundtable discussion in a Muslim country on the itinerary. But at a morning briefing the day before his departure - as reporters focused on the ouster of General Motors CEO Rick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presidents Abroad | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

Obama was among the first to cry foul, instructing Treasury Secretary Geithner to "block these bonuses and make the American taxpayer whole." Afterwards, in a letter to Congress, Geithner stated that "we will impose on AIG a contractual commitment to pay the Treasury from the operations of the company the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the People Who Broke the Financial System Will Profit | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

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