FOXNews.com: Obama faces White House reporters, separates from Super PAC ad, addresses Syria

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Obama faces White House reporters, separates from Super PAC ad, addresses Syria Aug 20th 2012, 18:12 President Obama, in a rare press conference Monday, disputed accusations that he's running an unfairly negative re-election campaign – as he emerged to take questions from the White House press corps amid mounting criticism that he's been ducking them. The president answered a wide range of questions during the 20-minute question-and-answer session, including on whether a super PAC ad implied Mitt Romney played a role in the death of a steelworker's wife.   "I don't think Governor Romney was somehow responsible for the death of that woman," said Obama, who quickly pivoted to say he didn't approve that ad. The call for Obama to answer questions from White House reporters follows a recent series of interviews he has given to such news outlets as People magazine, Entertainment Tonight and a local-radio station in which he talked about his favorite chili. On the issue of the political uprising in Syria, Obama said the use of chemical or biological weapons by the Syrian government would be "red line" for possible U.S. military action. The president also was critical about the recent comment by Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP Senate candidate in Missouri who suggested pregnancy often does not result from "legitimate rape."

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