Posts Tagged ‘reassure’

Obama seeks to reassure faith in US credit (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the lowering of the U.S. credit rating and the Afghan helicopter crash in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, August 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedAP – Eager to calm a nervous nation, President Barack Obama on Monday dismissed an unprecedented downgrade in the nation’s credit rating, insisting investors will stand by the United States even as stock markets plunged. Obama said Washington can fix its ills by showing more political will.


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Obama aims to reassure Europe it still matters (AP)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and U.S. President Barack Obama during a state banquet in Buckingham Palace, London, on Tuesday May 24, 2011. President Barack Obama immersed himself in the grandeur of Britain's royal family Tuesday, as Queen Elizabeth II welcomed him to Buckingham Palace for the first day of a state visit. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld, Pool)AP – President Barack Obama is plunging back into the complex security debates over Afghanistan, Libya and uprisings in the Middle East, while also trying to reassure European allies that they still are valued partners in U.S. foreign policy.


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Obama looks to reassure Jewish lobby

President Obama will address the nation’s largest pro-Israel lobby today and try to ease tensions raised by his controversial Middle East speech earlier this week.

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Obama tries to reassure public on economy, jobs (AP)

President Barack Obama talks with employees Mike Clements, right, and Richard Thomas during a tour at Allison Transmission in Indianapolis, Ind., Friday, May 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – President Barack Obama is reassuring the public that jobs and the economy are his top priority.


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Day 1 as Egypt’s ruler, army seeks to reassure (AP)

An Egyptian man applies golden sprinkles to paint in the colors of the Egyptian flag on a girls face at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Egyptian protesters were jubilant Saturday over their success in ousting former President Hosni Mubarak, but many vowed to stay camped in Tahrir Square until they hear 'clear assurances' that the military will meet their demands for democracy. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP – On Egypt’s first day in nearly 30 years without Hosni Mubarak as president, its new military rulers promised Saturday to abide by the peace treaty with Israel and eventually hand power to an elected government. Protesters, still partying at their victory in pushing Mubarak out, now pressed for a voice in guiding their country’s move to democracy.


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Joint Chiefs chairman to reassure Jordan, Israel (AP)

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in the Grand Foyer at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – With Egypt’s military leading a hoped-for drive to democracy, President Barack Obama’s senior military adviser was heading to the Mideast on Saturday to reassure two key allies — Jordan, facing its own rumblings of civil unrest, and Israel, which sees its security at stake in a wider transformation of the Arab world.


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Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 21, 2009.   REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesAP – With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.


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