1. With only a few months left in office, he pushed aides for new approaches.

2. Trump aides are in place at the State Department to ready the agency for his administration.

3. Both aides were trying to present their leaders as having stood their ground.

4. His aides have said there is enough support among Senate Democrats to sustain such a veto.

5. Modi has never been charged with any crimes in the killings though his top aides have been arrested.

6. He and his top aides said they are certain it was the Assad regime that used the chemical weapons.

7. The moving deadline is meant to leave flexibility for the Afghan government, aides to Obama say.

8. Many lawmakers turned around and locked themselves with aides in nearby offices.

9. Some of his top aides challenge the legitimacy of Palestinian demands for a state.

10. Never mind that his aides have asked him to stop.

11. Those issues are not likely to dominate the conversations, aides say.

12. The aides requested anonymity to discuss the issue before Obama announces his decision.

13. Top aides scrambled to explain the policy and offer guidance to those implementing it.