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23:22 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Obama says misconduct at IRS inexcusable - acting commissioner has been made to resign
Mark Mardell North America editor
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16:48 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Sea of troubles for President Obama
President Obama and his administration have moved swiftly to put as much distance between themselves and this shocker of a scandal.
Look at the words he's used: "outrageous", "intolerable", "inexcusable", and if you didn't get it, "wrong".
14:30 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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I've never seen such beautiful shirts - the real real estate behind Gatsby's West Egg http://t.co/Csx6MKs6vC
03:02 UK time, Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Mark added analysis to:
Obama says tax bias 'intolerable'
From what we know so far this appears to be an A-grade scandal - a shocking abuse of power with apparently political motives. President Obama says he's outraged - and has moved quickly to make it clear he knew nothing about it.
It is true that plenty of groups claim to be non-political when most sensible people would say that politics is their main purpose. But on the evidence so far, it seems only right-wing groups were targeted - and more bizarrely still only small local ones, not the huge lobby groups.
21:22 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
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Two nation's media divided by a common purpose http://t.co/l9ZzIDq5Oo
20:50 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
Two press conferences in one
The news conference held by President Obama and the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was a clear example of two nations divided by a common purpose.
The purpose was the desire of the British and American media to get under the skin of their leaders, and ask awkward questions. But they were interested in completely different stories.
17:13 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
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Divided by a common language - and headlines. US media will go with IRS Brits Obama on Uk in the EU
17:10 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
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Obama gives strong backing for UK staying in EU - try to fix it, before you break it off
15:01 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
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British press gather for White House press conference with Cameron - will Obama say anything about UK in EU ? http://t.co/m9HC3iNMCl
12:11 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
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Maureen Dowd commits a Capitol Crime - balance over Benghazi http://t.co/oG8cYf0g0C
12:00 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
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Obama & Cameron - Syria will dominate talks http://t.co/U9pSrWtm8Z but British headlines will be about EU http://t.co/vbeFVQH3mA
00:50 UK time, Monday, 13 May 2013
The endless Syria conundrum
David Cameron's meeting with President Obama at the White House is likely to be dominated by Syria. Don't hold your breath for any great new announcements.
The UK prime minister is in the US partly for a big meeting at the UN on global development and partly for an event with Prince Harry, also in New York.
17:09 UK time, Friday, 10 May 2013
Mark added analysis to:
US Benghazi talking points 'edited'
The new documents contain two rationales for the changes in language. The first is that it would prejudice the FBI investigation. Perhaps, but I am not at all persuaded.
The other reason given - old-fashioned butt-guarding - is more credible. However you read the motives, the state department and apparently the White House did get the CIA to change its story.
15:53 UK time, Friday, 10 May 2013
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Did State dept cover up after the Benghazi murders ? http://t.co/D8rtw3hlNV
14:51 UK time, Friday, 10 May 2013
Heads will roll on Benghazi
There's new evidence, obtained by ABC, that the Obama administration did deliberately purge references to "terrorism" from accounts of the attack on the Benghazi diplomatic mission, which killed four people including the US ambassador to Libya.
Conservatives have long maintained that the administration deliberately suppressed the truth about the attacks.
13:19 UK time, Friday, 10 May 2013
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Evidence State did purge Benghazi talking points of "terrorism" http://t.co/J78t5d7mvN
12:16 UK time, Thursday, 9 May 2013
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thoughtful, gloomy take on Syria's lengthy conflict http://t.co/x9dZJU8H9z
13:34 UK time, Thursday, 2 May 2013
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Can any religion be "a religion of peace?"Fascinating piece on Buddhism and violence.http://t.co/Wyv9OB0YBJ
19:24 UK time, Wednesday, 1 May 2013
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FBI accuse two taken into custody over Boston bombing of trying to get rid of backpack and lap top, third of lying http://t.co/MIreBk3lLY
16:45 UK time, Wednesday, 1 May 2013
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Boston police say "no threat to public" connected to 3 new arrests. http://t.co/Tghvi7cYfc
About Mark
Covered British politics from the fall of Thatcher to Blair's last election victory as political correspondent, Newsnight Political editor, BBC Chief Political Correspondent and diarist for This Week.
The BBC's first Europe editor covering the impact of EU laws on people in and beyond the European Union's 27 countries, from illegal immigration to Poland to environmental change in Spain.
Grew up in Surrey, educated at Kent University in Canterbury, worked in commercial radio on Teesside Leeds and London before joining the BBC.
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