Tag: President Obama
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UPDATE: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Accused White House Shooter, Charged With Attempted Assassination Of President; Obama Allegedly Described By Suspect As ‘The Devil’ And The ‘Anti-Christ’ — A Person Who Needed To Be Killed
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez has been charged by the FBI with attempting to assassinate President Obama by firing repeated rounds from a car at the White House after dark and then fleeing the Veterans Day shooting scene in Washington. Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, also is known as Oscar Ramiro Ortega. He was arrested in…
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BULLETIN: Idaho Man Suspected Of Shooting At White House Arrested By Pennsylvania State Police; U.S. Secret Service Confirms Detention Of Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez
BULLETIN: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, an Idaho man suspected of using an assault rifle and shooting at the White House after dark on Veterans Day from hundreds of yards away, was arrested early this afternoon by Pennsylvania State Police troopers who patrol a four-county area near Pittsburgh. At least two bullets are believed to have penetrated…
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In Case Investigated By FBI, U.S. Secret Service, Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Federal Judge By Mail; Willie Ray Bryant Also Planned To Mail Threat To President Obama, Prosecutors Say
A Maryland prison inmate who sent a threatening letter to a federal judge was monitored — and then sought to send a death threat to President Obama, the office of U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said. Willie Ray Bryant, 41, now has pleaded guilty to threatening U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. Bryant, who…
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Pittsburgh Steelers Issue Statement On Controversial ‘Tweets’ Of Running Back Rashard Mendenhall After Successful U.S. Action Against Osama Bin Laden
Pittsburgh Steelers’ President Art Rooney II, the son of U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney, has issued a statement in response to controversial Tweets attributed to Steelers’ running back Rashard Mendenhall after the United States killed Osama bin Laden two days ago. The Tweets have sparked a web firestorm and enraged one of America’s hardest-working…
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UPDATE: FBI Moves Osama Bin Laden From ‘Most Wanted’ To ‘Deceased’; Terrorist Also Linked To Pre-9/11 Attacks, Agency Reminds Public
The FBI, which had listed Osama bin Laden as “Most Wanted,” now is listing him as “Deceased.” Before and after: “The mastermind of the attacks on September 11, 2001 that killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children has been killed,” the FBI said today. President Obama addressed the American people late last night to…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead; ‘Targeted’ U.S. Operation Carried Out In Pakistan; State Department Urges Travel Caution
Osama bin Laden has been killed in a “targeted operation” by the United States and his body has been recovered. President Obama appeared on U.S. television late Sunday night, saying he approved a U.S. operation in Pakistan and that bin Laden was killed yesterday. No Americans were harmed, the president said. Bin Laden was found…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Device Found Monday In Backpack Along Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Route In Spokane Was A Bomb ‘Capable Of Inflicting Multiple Casualties,’ FBI Says
On Monday, America celebrated the national holiday commemorating the life and legacy of community service of slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with events in city after city. King, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was assassinated in Memphis in 1968. He had become an international figure in 1963, the year hundreds of…
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Federal Judge, 5 Others Shot And Killed In Arizona; Suspect Lamented About ‘Gold Standard’ And ‘Currency’; Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot At Close Range, Survives Emergency Surgery
A federal judge was shot and killed in Arizona yesterday in an attack apparently aimed at a member of Congress who was holding a constituent event outside a supermarket in Tucson, an official said. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head at close range. President Obama said she was battling for her life after…