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JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOVPresident Barack Obama is participating in a live Fireside Hangout Thursday via Google Plus from the White House Roosevelt Room, where he will answer part stanley cup icipants ; questions about the policies he laid out in Tuesday State of the Union address. The questions he ;ll address were submitted via video and text message. Watch a live stream of the event at 4:50 p.m. ET Thursday in the player above.Today Fireside Hangout, affectionately named for Franklin Roosevelt signature fireside chats, is only the latest in a series of Google hangouts for the White House. Last month, Vice President Joe Biden took Americans ; questions about gun violence in a hangout moderated by PBS NewsHour Hari Sreenivasan. The White House held its first Fireside Hangout just ov stanley cup er a year ago, following Obama 2012 State of the Union address. Live video chatting exemplifies the importance the Obama administration has invested in interacting directly with Americans through social media and technology. Since his re-election, and in the days since his Tuesday night address to the nation, Obama has taken his policy messages on the road and now online. Wednesday, he visited a factory in Asheville, N.C., to show his suppor stanley cup t for the manufacturing investment he pushed Tuesday night, and Thursday morning, he visited a school in Decatur, Ga., to elaborate on the commitment he made to Hiej Getting at the truth behind lying in politics
CARACAS, Venezuela AP 鈥?Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonz谩lez fled into exile in Spain on Sunday after being granted asylum there, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign to end two decades of single-party rule.The surprise departure of the man considered by Venezuelas opposition and several foreign governments to be the legitimate winner of聽Julys presidential race聽was announced late Saturday by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodr铆guez.READ MORE:聽U.S. recognizes Venezuelas opposition candi af1 date as winner of disputed presidential electionShe said the government decided to grant Gonz谩lez safe passage out of the country, just days after聽ordering his arrest, stanley cup to help restore the countrys political peace and tranquility. Gonz谩lez arrived Sunday at a military airport near Madrid, accompanied by his wife and Spanish officials, Spains foreign ministry said.Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Gonz谩lez feared for his life if he stayed in Venezuela. His life was in danger, and the growing threats, legal citations, arrest orders, and even blackmail attempts that he was subjected to demonstrate that the regime has no scruples or limits in its obsession to silence him and try to break him, Machado wrote on X.Spains center-left government said the decision to leave Venezuela was Gonz谩lez alone, and he departed on a plane sent by the countr adidas og y air force. Gonz谩lez stayed at the Spanish embassy in Caraca
JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOVPresident Barack Obama is participating in a live Fireside Hangout Thursday via Google Plus from the White House Roosevelt Room, where he will answer part stanley cup icipants ; questions about the policies he laid out in Tuesday State of the Union address. The questions he ;ll address were submitted via video and text message. Watch a live stream of the event at 4:50 p.m. ET Thursday in the player above.Today Fireside Hangout, affectionately named for Franklin Roosevelt signature fireside chats, is only the latest in a series of Google hangouts for the White House. Last month, Vice President Joe Biden took Americans ; questions about gun violence in a hangout moderated by PBS NewsHour Hari Sreenivasan. The White House held its first Fireside Hangout just ov stanley cup er a year ago, following Obama 2012 State of the Union address. Live video chatting exemplifies the importance the Obama administration has invested in interacting directly with Americans through social media and technology. Since his re-election, and in the days since his Tuesday night address to the nation, Obama has taken his policy messages on the road and now online. Wednesday, he visited a factory in Asheville, N.C., to show his suppor stanley cup t for the manufacturing investment he pushed Tuesday night, and Thursday morning, he visited a school in Decatur, Ga., to elaborate on the commitment he made to Hiej Getting at the truth behind lying in politics
CARACAS, Venezuela AP 鈥?Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonz谩lez fled into exile in Spain on Sunday after being granted asylum there, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his opposition campaign to end two decades of single-party rule.The surprise departure of the man considered by Venezuelas opposition and several foreign governments to be the legitimate winner of聽Julys presidential race聽was announced late Saturday by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodr铆guez.READ MORE:聽U.S. recognizes Venezuelas opposition candi af1 date as winner of disputed presidential electionShe said the government decided to grant Gonz谩lez safe passage out of the country, just days after聽ordering his arrest, stanley cup to help restore the countrys political peace and tranquility. Gonz谩lez arrived Sunday at a military airport near Madrid, accompanied by his wife and Spanish officials, Spains foreign ministry said.Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Gonz谩lez feared for his life if he stayed in Venezuela. His life was in danger, and the growing threats, legal citations, arrest orders, and even blackmail attempts that he was subjected to demonstrate that the regime has no scruples or limits in its obsession to silence him and try to break him, Machado wrote on X.Spains center-left government said the decision to leave Venezuela was Gonz谩lez alone, and he departed on a plane sent by the countr adidas og y air force. Gonz谩lez stayed at the Spanish embassy in Caraca