Limited Afghanistan role coming
Obama hints at leaving 10,000 troops in region
DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Julie Pace
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
Putin may overshadow planned D-Day events
WASHINGTON – Complicating the West’s efforts to isolate Russia, the Kremlin announced Thursday that Vladimir Putin will join President Barack Obama and European leaders in France next month ...
DATE: May 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama weighs in on NBA’s Sterling
Owner’s statements were ‘racist’
DATE: Apr 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama counters, courts China
President trying to keep Chinese from overtly supporting Russia
DATE: Apr 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
White House to refuse visa for Iran’s envoy pick
WASHINGTON – In a rare diplomatic rebuke, the United States will not grant a visa to Tehran’s controversial pick for envoy to the United Nations, the Obama administration said Friday. ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Sebelius resigning from top job at HHS
WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after the rocky rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, a White House official said Thu...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
West ups stake with new Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON – Raising the stakes in an East-West showdown over Ukraine, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered economic sanctions against nearly two dozen members of Vladimir Putin’s inne...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
CIA-Senate row tricky for Obama
WASHINGTON – The public spat between President Barack Obama’s trusted CIA ally and a loyal senator has sharpened the focus on his complicated role in managing the terrorism-fighting programs...
DATE: Mar 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama’s warnings brushed aside by Russia’s Putin
WASHINGTON – One by one, President Barack Obama’s warnings to Russia are being brushed aside by President Vladimir Putin, who appears to only be speeding up efforts to formally stake his cla...
DATE: Mar 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has ordered the Pentagon to plan for a full American withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year should the Afghan gov...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. may wait for Afghan pact
WASHINGTON – The White House is dropping its insistence that Afghanistan sign a crucial security pact within “weeks,” suggesting it could be willing to wait and see whether Afghan President ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
