Live Coverage Of President Obama's Press Conference

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President Obama holds his first White House news conference in eight months on Wednesday. He's expected to speak about his re-election, the impending "fiscal cliff" and negotiations with Congress, as well as the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus and questions surrounding General John Allen, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. We'll carry live NPR coverage of the president's remarks and questions from the White House press corps.

Also this hour, we check in with Vancouver Sun political columnist Vaughn Palmer about the latest news from Canada.