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Obama Sitting Down For ABC Interview Sunday

by Catherine Thompson

09.13.13 | 9:27 am

President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass. on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. In the statement Obama sta... President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass. on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. In the statement Obama stated that U.S.-Egypt military exercises scheduled for next month have been cancelled due to the recent killing of civilians there. MORE LESS

President Barack Obama is expected to sit down with host of ABC’s “This Week” George Stephanopoulos at the White House for an interview airing Sunday at 10 a.m. ET, the network announced. It will be the president’s first interview since his Tuesday address to the nation regarding the situation in Syria.

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Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson is a senior editor for Talking Points Memo in New York City. She came to the site in 2013 and reported on national affairs. Previously, she worked as a research assistant to investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. She can be reached at catherine@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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