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Obama: Plane shot down by missile, 1 American dead

WASHINGTON – The United States began building a case Friday that would pin the blame for the downing of the passenger jet over Ukraine on separatist forces supported by Russia, in a disaster...

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama picks new VA head

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to nominate former Procter & Gamble executive Robert McDonald as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, as the White House seeks to shore up an agency...

DATE: Jun 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama to sign order extending gays’ protections

WASHINGTON – After years of pressure from gay rights groups, President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For Obama, fresh questions about how wars end

WASHINGTON – From the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama outlined a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of the last U.S. troops in Afghanistan and said confidently, “This is how wars end i...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama warns Iraq must take action to end political troubles

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing a range of options for countering a violent Islamic insurgency in Iraq, but he warned government leaders in Baghdad that he wou...

DATE: Jun 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraq will need additional U.S. assistance, Obama says

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday that Iraq will need more help from the United States as it seeks to push back a violent Islamic insurgency that has captured two key cities ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama praises Poland as example for Ukraine

WARSAW, Poland – A quarter century after Poland embraced democracy, President Barack Obama held up this nation Wednesday as a guidepost for neighboring Ukraine as it seeks to fend off an ins...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama promises to boost U.S.-NATO troop efforts

WARSAW, Poland – President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to boost U.S. military deployments and exercises throughout Europe, an effort costing as much as $1 billion to demonstrate American so...

DATE: Jun 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA chief quits amid furor

WASHINGTON – Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama’s Cabinet Friday, taking the b...

DATE: May 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama says Afghan ‘job’ nearly done

WASHINGTON – Charting an end to America’s longest war, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdrawin...

DATE: May 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Limited Afghanistan role coming

Obama hints at leaving 10,000 troops in region

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama orders review in wake of VA claims

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is dispatching one of his closest White House advisers to oversee a review of the beleaguered Veterans Affairs Department as the agency grapples with alle...

DATE: May 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World