WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is set to close a week jam-packed with news of a breakthrough with Cuba and new tensions with North Korea on Dec. 19 with a 1.30 p.m. news conference.
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US President Barack Obama (R) looks away as Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott (front L) addresses the plenary session of the G20 Summit in Brisbane on Nov. 15, 2014.