Note: The President's news conference began at 2:24 p.m. in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. In his remarks, the President referred to Lynn Sweet, columnist and Washington bureau chief, Chicago Sun-Times; Prime Minister Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev of Russia, in his former capacity as President of Russia; President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel; David M. Friedman, President-elect Trump's prospective nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel; former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael G. Mullen; television personality Ellen L. DeGeneres; and Simone Biles, gymnast, and Michael F. Phelps II, swimmer, 2016 U.S. Olympic Team. He also referred to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist organization.
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Chicago
Obama, Barack H. "The President's News Conference, January 18, 2017." In Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack H. Obama, 2016, Book 2-July 1 to January 20, 2017, 1719 - 1729. Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office. 2016.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1719
APA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
(2016, July 1).
2016 Public Papers 1719 - The President's News Conference.
[Government].
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1719
MLA
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration.
2016 Public Papers 1719 - The President's News Conference.
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration,
(1 Jul 2016),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1719
Bluebook
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, The President's News Conference, GovInfo, (July 1, 2016),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PPP-2016-book2/PPP-2016-book2-doc-pg1719
