Obama: Sen. Graham ‘Generated Some Headlines’ On Boston, Benghazi
Source: TPM
TOM KLUDT 11:05 AM EDT, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2013
President Barack Obama on Tuesday fired back at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has recently cited the September attack in Benghazi, Libya and the Boston Marathon bombings as examples of a decline in U.S. security.
"No, Mr. Graham is not right on this issue. Although I'm sure it generated some headlines," Obama said at a morning news conference.
Obama said law enforcement personnel on all levels of government responded to the Boston bombings in "exemplary fashion." The President also disputed the notion that the FBI was negligent in identifying a threat posed by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers accused of carrying out the bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Tsarnaev was killed in a shootout with police during the ensuing manhunt earlier this month in greater Boston, while his younger brother, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, has been charged in the deadly explosions.
"I think what we saw in Boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency, rallying around a city that had been attacked. Identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. We now have one individual deceased, one in custody. Charges have been brought. I think that all our law enforcement officials performed in exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place," Obama said.
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Obama: Russia Has Been Cooperative Since Boston Bombing
DAVID TAINTOR 11:04 AM EDT, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2013
President Obama on Tuesday commended Russia's cooperation with the U.S. since the Boston Marathon bombing. Russia had asked U.S. authorities to investigate whether bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev had ties to extremist groups.
"The Russians have been very cooperative with us since the Boston bombing," Obama said at a White House press conference, according to a rush transcript. "You know, obviously, old habits die hard. There's still suspicions sometimes between our intelligence and law enforcement agencies, 10, 20, 30 years back to the Cold War. They're continually improving. I have spoken to President Putin directly. He's working with me to make sure those who are working this are cooperating with us fully."
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Obama Shrugs Off Question About His Influence In Second Term
IGOR BOBIC 11:09 AM EDT, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2013
At a press conference marking the first 100 days of his second term, President Barack Obama denied that his influence was waning in the face of recent setbacks in Congress -- namely expanding gun background checks.
"If you put it that way Jonathan, maybe I should just pack up and go home," Obama told ABC's Jonathan Karl. "Golly!"
"Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated," he added, quoting Mark Twain. "This habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there."
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"This habit of requiring 60 votes for even the most modest piece of legislation has gummed up the works there." 
