Rahm: Netanyahu to Come to White House On July 6th
President Barack Obama has rescheduled his Washington meeting with Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for July 6, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says.
"The president has offered the dates of July 6th, where the prime minister, Netanyahu, will be coming back to the White House to reschedule," Emanuel said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's "This Week. "That will be the fifth visit by the prime minister to the White House to work on a series of issues that are from the peace process, the security of the state of Israel, also dealing with the other issues in and around the region."
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SOURCE: Politico
Rahm Emanuel: Joe Barton's BP Apology Represents Difference Between Democrats And Republicans (VIDEO)
President Barack Obama's chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans -- who have defended BP over the Gulf oil spill -- were to run Congress after the fall election.
Rahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim, pointing to Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP for what the congressman called a White House "shakedown."
"That's not a political gaffe, those are prepared remarks. That is a philosophy. That is an approach to what they see. They see the aggrieved party here as BP, not the fishermen," Emanuel said on ABC's "This Week."
Barton and Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, who recently called Obama's criticism of BP "un-American," are a reflection of the Republican party's governing philosophy, Emanuel said. "They think that the government's the problem."
It would be "dangerous" if the GOP held power in Washington, Emanuel said.
"I think what Joe Barton did was remind the American people, in case they forgot, how the Republicans would govern."
Emanuel says Obama will make clear to voters the fundamental differences in how each party would govern, focusing on energy policy, Wall Street reform and economic recovery.
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Rahm: W.H. has 'broken the back of the recession'
Job increases and economic growth mark "dramatic swings" in the past year and show the administration has "broken the back of the recession," White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said in an interview aired Sunday.
"What we don't have is a fast enough, strong enough recovery, and that's the focus of the president's agenda on a going forward basis," Emanuel said on ABC's "This Week."
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