#President Barack Obama

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Obama says reducing leaker Chelsea Manning's prison term serves justice

19/01/2017 08:34

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had served a tough prison term and his decision to commute her 35-year sentence to about seven years served would not signal leniency toward leakers of U.S. government secrets.

Obama points finger at Putin for hacks during U.S. election

17/12/2016 11:11

President Barack Obama on Friday strongly suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the computer hacks of Democratic Party emails that American intelligence officials say were aimed at helping Republican Donald Trump win the Nov. 8 election.

Trump will get wake-up call when he takes office, Obama says

15/11/2016 09:56

President-elect Donald Trump is in for a quick wake-up call and will have to adjust his temperament when he confronts the realities of his new job on Jan. 20, President Barack Obama said on November 14.

Taliban bomber kills four Americans at NATO base in Afghanistan

14/11/2016 10:02

A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a laborer blew himself up at the NATO air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul on November 12 killing four Americans and wounding at least 17 people in one of the bloodiest attacks against US forces since Barack Obama took office.