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article_snippet: Usually, the executive branch coordinates visits with foreign heads of state.
article_snippet: More recently, House Republicans wrote a letter to Iranian leaders cautioning Iranian leaders that a nuclear pact with the Obama administration may not last.
article_snippet: The missive could undermine the tenuous negotiations the U.S. and U.S. allies are in with the Middle Eastern country.
article_snippet: Although the White House frequently threatens to veto pending bills unpalatable to Obama, Earnest wouldn't say whether Obama would sign the bill with the abortion language included.
article_snippet: This incident is not 'a very good sign of faith,' Earnest proclaimed.
highlights_snippet: Democrats are refusing to support the once bipartisan measure over a provision limiting funding for abortions .
  