President Obama will take questions from the news media on Friday afternoon, a day before beginning a weeklong vacation in Martha’s Vineyard that will be his last extended break from Washington before what is expected to be a contentious clash with Congress in the fall.
Mr. Obama is likely to face many questions about a recent surge of national security news, including a continuing terrorism threat that prompted the administration to close dozens of diplomatic facilities around the world and order Americans to leave Yemen.
Times reporters will provide live updates and analysis from the news conference starting at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
President Obama plans to announce new efforts to “restore public trust†in government surveillance programs that have sparked deep expressions of concern in the wake of revelations leaked by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, a senior administration official said Friday.
The official, who declined to be named ahead of the president’s 3 p.m. news conference, said that Mr. Obama will describe new plans to “increase transparency†in the surveillance efforts. Read more
â€" Michael D. Shear
