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By News on May 13, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday called reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups "outrageous" and said anyone responsible should be held accountable. He pushed back strongly against fresh Republican criticism of the administration's handling of last year's deadly Benghazi attacks, calling it a political "sideshow."...Top Dem calls for public testimony on Benghazi
By News on May 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Democrat on the House Oversight panel said Monday that the authors of an independent investigation into the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, should answer questions about their work at a congressional hearing, not in a private deposition that the Republicans want....
Obama welcomes UK PM Cameron to White House
By News on May 13, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron opened wide-ranging talks at the White House Monday on Syria and trade, though brewing domestic controversies were competing for the White House's attention....Obama vows to keep pressure on Syrian gov't
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the United States is working with Britain to keep pressure on the government of Syria, strengthen the moderate opposition there and work to push for the end of the hardline regime of President Bashar Assad....Obama calls GOP talk on Benghazi a sideshow
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow....