Wednesday, May 01, 2013

POLITICS - White House News Conference 4/30/2013

"100 Days In, President Obama Holds News Conference on Second Term Priorities" (Part-1) PBS Newshour 4/30/2013

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SUMMARY:  From the White House briefing room President Barack Obama joked and jabbed with the press and promised to keep pushing his priorities, including immigration reform and closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center.  Kwame Holman reports on what the president said about congressional conflict, Syria and the Boston Marathon attack.



"President Obama Renews Pledge to Close Guantanamo Detention Center" (Part-2) PBS Newshour 4/30/2013

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SUMMARY:  In a White House news conference, President Barack Obama renewed a pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where more than half of the prisoners have recently been on hunger strike to protest their legal limbo.  Gwen Ifill talks to Charlie Savage of The New York Times.

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