Obama Visits Mandela’s Robben Island Cell
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — With the world’s eyes on the ailing Nelson Mandela, President Obama today walked in the footsteps of the man he’s called his personal hero. Touring the prison on Robben Island, Obama stood alone in the stark “7B” cell where Mandela… Read More »
EmailObama Toasts Mandela, ‘The Master of His Fate’
PRETORIA, South Africa — Speaking at an official dinner in Pretoria tonight, President Obama offered a moving toast to Nelson Mandela, “a man who has always been the master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours.” “Our minds… Read More »
Obama to Meet With Mandela Family
PRETORIA, South Africa — President Obama will not visit the hospital to meet with ailing civil rights icon Nelson Mandela, the White House announced today. “Out of deference to Nelson Mandela’s peace and comfort and the family’s wishes, [the president and first lady] will not… Read More »
GOP’s Push to Woo Female Candidates, Voters
WASHINGTON–Calling it a “historic commitment” the Republican National Committee and five other GOP committees launched several new initiatives Friday aimed at recruiting more female candidates and courting more women to join the party. “We are not a coalition, we are not an outreach group,” RNC co-chair Sharon… Read More »
Analysis: What’s Next For Immigration Reform?
Analysis by Jim Avila & Serena Marshall The Senate passed immigration reform with an impressive 68-32 margin, including 14 Republican votes, hoping to pressure the GOP-led house to follow. “The strong bipartisan vote we took is going to send a message across the country. It’s… Read More »
IRS’ Lois Lerner Waived Right to Clam Up, Oversight Committee Finds
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a resolution today finding that senior IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself at a hearing last month. Lerner, the IRS director of Exempt Organizations who is at the center of… Read More »
Mandela Family to Determine If He’ll Meet With Obama
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — President Obama today tried to downplay expectations that he will meet with Nelson Mandela in the coming days, telling reporters, “I don’t need a photo-op” with the ailing civil rights icon. “The last thing I want to do is to be… Read More »
By Matthew Dowd
A Teaching from McCullough Gulch: 7 Guidelines for Life
OPINION Last week I was in Colorado to visit a friend before participating in the National Service Summit sponsored by the Franklin Project at the Aspen Institute. I hung out at my friend’s place outside Breckenridge in the midst of the magnificent beauty of the… Read More »
The Note: What Julian Assange Knows About Edward Snowden
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES EXCLUSIVE — JULIAN ASSANGE SITS DOWN WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: In an ABC News exclusive, ABC’s GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS goes one-on-one with WikiLeaks founder and international man of mystery Julian Assange, who has been hiding out in London’s Ecuadorean embassy after fallout… Read More »
The Note’s Must-Reads for Friday June 28, 2013
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ Carrie Halperin, Amanda VanAllen, Jayce Henderson and Will Cantine IMMIGRATION ABC News’ Jim Avila,… Read More »
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