Barack Obama

KONFRONTASI - US President Barack Obama has ordered the military to take on the Taliban more directly and enable Afghan forces battling the militant group, ratcheting up a 15-year conflict that he had promised to end.

"US forces will more proactively support Afghan conventional forces," a senior administration official told AFP on Friday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the decision would also allow greater use of American air power.

KONFRONTASI - US President Barack Obama has expressed concern over the Republican Party and its infighting and nomination for this year’s presidential race.

Speaking on Jimmy Fallon’s "The Tonight Show", which is due to be aired late on Thursday, Obama said, "The truth is actually I am worried about the Republican Party."

Obama said the US has a two-party political system which has to be "serious” and should “solve problems."

KONFRONTASI - Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Obama dan istrinya, Michelle Obama, turut berduka atas kepergian petinju legendaris, Muhammad Ali. Dalam keterangan resminya, mereka mengenang Ali sebagai sosok yang hebat.

“Muhammad Ali adalah orang terhebat. Titik,” kata Obama seperti tertulis dalam keterangan pers yang dimuat di situs The White House, Sabtu, 4 Juni 2016.

KONFRONTASI-Barack Obama on Friday became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, site of the world's first atomic bombing, in a gesture Tokyo and Washington hope will showcase their alliance and reinvigorate efforts to rid the world of nuclear arms.

Even before it occurred, the visit stirred debate, with critics accusing both sides of having selective memories, and pointing to paradoxes in policies relying on nuclear deterrence while calling for an end to atomic weapons.

KONFRONTASI-US President Barack Obama says world leaders are “rattled” by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and are not sure how to react to his proposals.

KONFRONTASI-U.S. President Barack Obama chided Vietnam on political freedoms on Tuesday after critics of the communist-run government were prevented from meeting him in Hanoi, a discordant note on a trip otherwise steeped in words of amity between the former foes.

Obama announced on Monday that Washington was scrapping its embargo on the sale of lethal arms to Vietnam, clearing the biggest hurdle remaining between two countries that have been drawn together by concern over China's military build-up.

KONFRONTASI - Presiden Barack Obama, Senin 23 Mei 2016, secara resmi mengumumkan bahwa Amerika Serikat telah mencabut sepenuhnya embargo penjualan senjata kepada Vietnam yang telah diberlakukan selama lebih dari lima dekade tersebut. Pencabutan embargo tersebut diumumkan Obama saat melakukan kunjungan kenegaraan ke Vietnam, seperti dilaporkan AP dan dikutip Yahoo News.

Dalam jumpa pers di Hanoi tersebut, Obama berjanji tak akan lagi mengungkit-ungkit sejarah kelam bekas musuh AS tersebut.

KONFRONTASI - US President Barack Obama has warned Russia against its “aggressive” military build-up in northern Europe.

KONFRONTASI - Pesan rahasia Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Obama kepada pemimpin tertinggi Iran awal tahun ini bocor ke publik. Situs Iran, Saham News, sebuah organisasi yang dekat dengan pemerintahan Presiden Hassan Rouhani, mengatakan pesan itu dikirim pada akhir Maret 2016. Pesan tersebut menyerukan sebuah kerja sama menyelesaikan masalah dan krisis di Timur Tengah.

KONFRONTASI - Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Obama mengumumkan penambahan kontingen pasukan khusus terbesar negeri itu di Suriah sejak perang saudara pecah di Suriah, namun langkah ini diperkirakan tidak meredakan sekutu Arab-nya terhadap pendekatan hati-hati Washington dalam konflik ini.