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On the eve of Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (pictured) brushed back criticism of the President’s health care law, arguing that it is worth the political consequences. SEE ALSO: Attorney General Holder Presses Congress To Pass Smarter Sentencing Act “This is not about politics,” Carney said during […]

In an interesting twist, President Barack Obama‘s former press secretary, Robert Gibbs, criticized his friend and former boss’ “exceedingly passive” response to the revelation that the IRS placed extra scrutiny on conservative groups: “The problem is this – the tenor of this briefing would be different if the president had spoken about this on Saturday […]

Nation

When the White House has to make a statement in response to a Hip-Hop song, the far reaching influence of the artist can not be called into question. Jay-Z‘s song, “Open Letter,” written in response to the national backlash he and wife Beyonce have received for taking a “cultural” trip to Cuba on on their […]