After wavering initially, the US president has launched an all-out offensive to contain fallout from the trio of controversies.
Senior Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer, doing the rounds of weekly television talk shows today, went into damage control mode on the scandals, including one related to alleged abuses by the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service, which targeted conservative groups.
"The activity was outrageous and inexcusable, and it was stopped and it needs to be fixed so we ensure it never happens again," Pfeiffer said on ABC's "This Week" program.
"I think we're going to continue pushing forward with the president's agenda to help middle class families grow the economy," Pfeiffer said.
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"I think all the events given last week the question is, are Republicans going to continue to work with the president?"
Republicans have been fiercely critical of the White House, saying the scandals are illustrative of an administration guilty of a massive abuse of power. Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell continued the drumbeat today.
"We're talking about an attitude the government knows best, the nanny state is here to tell us what to do and if you start criticising, you get targeted," McConnell added.
The scandals have dogged the administration for days, giving Obama what one Washington pundit called "the worst week in Washington."
Countering cover-up claims from Republicans in Congress about the deadly September 11, 2012, attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, the White House on Wednesday released 100 pages of internal emails.