Obama goes his own way in final years in office

Name: Obama goes his own way in final years in office
Uploaded: 2014-12-21T00:05:41Z
Duration: P229S
Description: President Obama, in an apparently unprecedented step, only took questions from female reporters during a news conference Friday. It might be a very small example of how the president, often criticized for his caution, is now doing things his own way. Peter Baker of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C. with more on Obama's final term strategy. ?

Clip: 12/20/2014 | 3m 49s

President Obama, in an apparently unprecedented step, only took questions from female reporters during a news conference Friday. It might be a very small example of how the president, often criticized for his caution, is now doing things his own way. Peter Baker of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C. with more on Obama's final term strategy. ?

Aired: 12/20/14

Rating: NR

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