Barack Obama
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Cabinet nominees, judges — those names will be debated, dragged through the mud. But presidents bring in many more people they alone can choose.
August 15, 2016 -
The United States is hiring contractors to maintain aircraft in Afghanistan to keep the number of deployed troops lower.
July 06, 2016 -
The White House also released new initiatives to improve agency response to records requests, including tasking the new Chief FOIA Officers Council to identify and address the biggest difficulties in complying with the law and OMB will issue new openness and transparency guidance.
June 30, 2016 -
President Barack Obama gave the commencement address, then saluted and shook hands with every U.S. Air Force Academy graduate.
June 02, 2016 -
President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter took part in a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. The day before, Carter attended the start of the Rolling Thunder ride at the Pentagon.
May 31, 2016 -
The Peace Corps will establish operations in Vietnam as part of President Barack Obama's announced improvement in ties between the former enemy nations.
May 23, 2016 -
President Barack Obama issued an executive order May 6 establishing the White House Transition Coordinating Council to begin facilitating the process of passing the torch to the new administration.
May 06, 2016 -
A rule proposed by the Office of Personnel Management on April 29 would delay criminal history checks until after federal employers have already issued a conditional offer of employment to an applicant.
May 02, 2016 -
More than 50 members of the House cosigned a letter asking President Obama to make the federal hiring process more accessible to Americans with criminal histories.
April 22, 2016 -
The Department of Justice has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear a case that could impact presidential appointments and thousands of federal employees.
April 18, 2016 -
Thousands of children and their families gathered at the White House Monday for the annual Easter Egg Roll.
March 28, 2016 -
President Barack Obama arrived Sunday, March 20, for a three-day visit to Cuba, the first visit by a U.S. president to the island in nearly 90 years.
March 21, 2016 -
Seeing the Cubans waiting for glimpses of the Obamas, you can see the informality of the country and its apparent love of color.
March 21, 2016 -
A Senate version of the FAIR Act, which would give federal employees a 5.3 percent pay raise, is gaining support from unions and area lawmakers.
March 17, 2016 -
President Barack Obama in February presented his eighth and final budget, which includes a list of programs he'd like to see reduced or ended. How and why do programs end up on the chopping block, and what might save them from the cut?
March 11, 2016