President Barack Obama welcomed news Friday of better-than-expected private sector job growth. But with the unemployment rate ticking upward nevertheless, he said he'd roll out new plans next week to spur the economy.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Israeli and Palestinian leaders sat down for their first direct peace talks in two years on Thursday, pledging to overcome deep skepticism and disappointment with past U.S.-brokered attempts to resolve the long-running conflict.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Opening Mideast talks just after fresh violence, President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned militant Hamas that the United States and its allies won't be stopped in their pursuit of peace by the acts of terrorists.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
President Obama marked the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom Tuesday by noting that we lived in an "age without surrender ceremonies," and that was just fine with many who fought and bled in that war.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
President Barack Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together Wednesday for talks aimed at forging agreement within one year on a two-state solution: a sovereign Palestine and a secure Israel.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Fiercely opposed to the war from the start, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It is time to turn the page."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
All is not well in Iraq as the United States formally closes down its combat mission there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday, warning that political paralysis and continued sectarian violence cloud that country's future.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
President Barack Obama's Oval Office is sporting a new look — one that pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Hours before addressing the nation, President Barack Obama told U.S. troops just back from Iraq that his speech outlining the withdrawal of combat forces "is not going to be a victory lap" nor a cause for celebration.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Americans with the strongest opinions about the country's most divisive issues are largely unhappy with how President Barack Obama is handling them, an ominous sign for Democrats hoping to retain control of Congress in the fall elections.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
President Barack Obama exhorted Congress on Monday to make passing a long-languishing small business aid package its first order of business when it returns next month from its summer break.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden returned to Iraq Monday to mark the formal end to U.S. combat operations and push the country's leaders to end a six-month stalemate blocking formation of a new government.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Straddling war and peace, President Barack Obama is about to formally end the divisive U.S. combat role in Iraq and restart talks between Israelis and Palestinians, a moment defined more by relief and hope than triumph.
Monday, August 30, 2010
President Barack Obama is in New Orleans celebrating the city's revival from Hurricane Katrina and pledging common purpose with residents in the continuing struggle to protect and rebuild the Gulf Coast.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
President Barack Obama is wrapping up his vacation on Martha's Vineyard and heading for New Orleans to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq means "the war is ending" and Baghdad is in position "to chart its own course."
Saturday, August 28, 2010
President Barack Obama biked and golfed under a brilliant New England sun Friday, yet he couldn't escape the cascade of dour news on the economy as his vacation neared its end.
Friday, August 27, 2010
President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval
Office and also visit troops at Fort Bliss in Texas on Tuesday to
mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A storm that curtailed outdoor activities for much of President
Barack Obama's vacation was forecast to end Wednesday, but he said
he's been able to fight off cabin fever.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Promising medical research is in disarray as scientists await an
appeal by the Obama administration of a judge's ruling that
undercuts taxpayer-funded research using human embryonic stem
cells.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The White House says federally funded stem cell research should
continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting
it.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for
the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the
end-of-the-month deadline mandated by President Barack Obama, the
American military said in a statement Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
He's quite familiar with the President's sweet tooth. Toledo
native and White House Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses was back
in the Glass City Monday Monday evening talking about his role in
Washington, D.C.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States will
remain committed to helping the Iraqi people even after the last
American combat troops leave the country this month.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Since arriving on Martha's Vineyard last Thursday, President
Barack Obama has been in hard-core "no drama" form. He and his
family have eschewed the island's ritzy restaurants and its
swirling social scene.
Monday, August 23, 2010
The Obama administration asked Friday that the only person
convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 be returned to
a Scottish prison.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden boldly predicted Friday that voters
would reject a "Republican tea party" of extreme candidates and
Democrats would retain control of Congress this November.
Friday, August 20, 2010
President Barack Obama began his 10-day vacation on a studious
note Friday, stopping at a local bookstore for his first public
appearance on Martha's Vineyard.
Friday, August 20, 2010
