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Topic: Press Conferences

President Obama Actually Talked to Reporters Today

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

With Congress out of town, the president Obama held a rare Q&Awith reporters at the White House today, swatting away the idea of an intelligence failure in the Boston bombings, and a Fox News report about intimidation of witnesses in the Benghazi investigation. He also promised to continue to push for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison.

By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 14, 2013

Obama Tells Congress to Pay Its Bills

In the final press conference of his first term, President Obama focused almost entirely on the debt ceiling fight and gun control, accusing Congress of collecting "ransom" while saying that gun proposals including an assault weapons ban "make sense."

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By Connor Simpson

Jun 19, 2012

Reporters Fall for Vladimir Putin's Charm

Vladimir Putin got along swimmingly with reporters at his press conference after Tuesday's G20 meetings. They got along so well, in fact, that some reporters cheered him when the interview was over. 

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By Adam Martin

Nov 7, 2011

A Media Frenzy on 55th Street

Today politics exceeded its own parody: at least 50 reporters gathered at a comedy clubhouse -- while the rest of us watched on TMZ -- to hear the latest news about a leading a presidential candidate complete with warmup from a radio shockjock minion. What's left for Jon Stewart? 

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