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| WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday will face questions about how his administration plans to respond to a North Korean cyberattack and manage a historic opening with Cuba, holding a year-end news conference that will cap a period of wide-ranging challenges at the White House. | WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday will face questions about how his administration plans to respond to a North Korean cyberattack and manage a historic opening with Cuba, holding a year-end news conference that will cap a period of wide-ranging challenges at the White House. |
| The question-and-answer session, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern time in the briefing room, is the first time Mr. Obama will face reporters at the White House since Nov. 5, the day after the Democratic Party suffered staggering losses in the midterm elections. | The question-and-answer session, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern time in the briefing room, is the first time Mr. Obama will face reporters at the White House since Nov. 5, the day after the Democratic Party suffered staggering losses in the midterm elections. |
| It comes after an extraordinary six-week period for Mr. Obama in which he has aggressively used his presidential power to take sweeping unilateral action on immigration, re-establish diplomatic and commercial ties with Cuba, strike a climate agreement with China and press for strong Internet neutrality rules. | It comes after an extraordinary six-week period for Mr. Obama in which he has aggressively used his presidential power to take sweeping unilateral action on immigration, re-establish diplomatic and commercial ties with Cuba, strike a climate agreement with China and press for strong Internet neutrality rules. |
| The news conference will also be Mr. Obama’s first chance to comment publicly on the cyberattack on Sony Pictures computers, just as his administration declares its belief that North Korea was responsible and releases new information on the hacking. | The news conference will also be Mr. Obama’s first chance to comment publicly on the cyberattack on Sony Pictures computers, just as his administration declares its belief that North Korea was responsible and releases new information on the hacking. |
| The president is also confronting questions about how he will work with the new Republican Congress that convenes in January, with his political foes on Capitol Hill bent on thwarting key elements of his agenda, including the immigration initiative and the implementation of health care and financial protection laws. | The president is also confronting questions about how he will work with the new Republican Congress that convenes in January, with his political foes on Capitol Hill bent on thwarting key elements of his agenda, including the immigration initiative and the implementation of health care and financial protection laws. |
| Speaker John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, issued his formal invitation on Friday for Mr. Obama to deliver the annual State of the Union address on Jan. 20. | Speaker John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, issued his formal invitation on Friday for Mr. Obama to deliver the annual State of the Union address on Jan. 20. |
| Mr. Obama will meet with reporters just a few hours before his scheduled departure for his annual family trip to Hawaii. | Mr. Obama will meet with reporters just a few hours before his scheduled departure for his annual family trip to Hawaii. |