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                    [Title] => White House: Obama wants to admit more Syrian refugees
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The United States is making plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming budget year, a significant increase from the 1,500 people who have been cleared to resettle in the U.S. since civil war broke out in the Middle Eastern country more than four years ago, the White House said Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-10 18:11:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248123 [AuthorName] => Darlene Superville [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150911/obama-syrian-refugees.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1495494 [Title] => Obama gets Iran deal win as Democrats amass enough votes [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory yesterday as Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives in Congress, despite ferocious opposition from Republicans and Israel's government.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-02 14:08:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1492035 [Title] => Iran deal picks up support following Reid's endorsement [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran is picking up momentum to survive fierce opposition from Republican and Israeli opponents with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on board.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-24 17:10:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1387460 [AuthorName] => Jesse J. Holland [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432044 [Title] => Clinton avoids email controversy at women's event [Summary] =>

Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday ignored the growing controversy around her use of a private email account while at the U.S. State Department, even as a second Democratic senator urged her to address the issue.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-10 08:30:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390212 [AuthorName] => Jill Colvin and Ken Thomas [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150310/hillary-rodham-clinton-new-york.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416939 [Title] => Senators: More US special ops troops may be needed in Yemen [Summary] =>

Two influential senators are calling on President Barack Obama to send more US ground troops to hotspots around the Middle East.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 02:41:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1395363 [Title] => US looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak [Summary] =>

The next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, U.S. public health officials are girding for the next health disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-24 08:31:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1448032 [AuthorName] => Lauran Neergaard [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20140806/ebola.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1395311 [Title] => Veto gives Obama edge on immigration [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama has the upper hand in the fierce struggle over immigration now taking shape, with a veto pen ready to kill any Republican move to reverse his executive order, Democrats united behind him and Republican congressional leaders desperate to squelch talk of a government shutdown or even impeachment.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134176 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249299 [AuthorName] => David Espo, AP Special Correspondent [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1382337 [Title] => Obama switches gears, confronting Ebola head on [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama delayed acting on immigration and an attorney general nomination this fall to dodge the politics of the midterm campaign season. But there was one topic he could not push aside — Ebola.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-20 02:04:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390382 [AuthorName] => Jim Kuhnhenn [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1370082 [Title] => Top general: US ground troops possible in Iraq [Summary] =>

American ground troops may be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East if President Barack Obama's current strategy fails, the nation's top military officer said Tuesday as Congress plunged into an election-year debate of Obama's plan to expand airstrikes and train Syrian rebels.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-17 08:53:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249291 [AuthorName] => David Espo and Donna Cassata [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1366764 [Title] => Obama to lay out plan vs Islamic State group [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama will begin laying out a strategy this week to defeat Islamic State militants in the Middle East, meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday and giving a speech to the American people on Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-08 10:45:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248123 [AuthorName] => Darlene Superville [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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