Obama announces he will hold news conference Friday at White House

By The Associated Press
August 08 2013 06:17 AM

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he will hold a news conference at the White House on Friday.

Obama will answer reporters’ questions in the midst of a terror alert that led the government to close nearly two dozen embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa. And just this week, Obama cancelled a one-on-one summit next month in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin in part because of Russia’s decision to grant asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

The news conference also comes a day before Obama leaves Washington for a nine-day vacation in Massachusetts.

Obama made the announcement Thursday as he wrapped up a meeting with the prime minister of Greece.

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