Washington, Nov 30 - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner will respond on Friday to President Barack Obama's latest comments on the stalemate over the fiscal cliff looming at year's end.

Boehner's office said that the Republican speaker will hold a news conference at 12:45 EDT (1745 GMT) to respond to the president's renewed call for tax cuts for the middle-class only.

(Reporting by Thomas Ferraro and Kim Dixon; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Keywords: USA FISCAL/BOEHNER

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