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Obama got Osama. Thats what some people chanted when the news of Osama Bin Ladens killing broke. But will it have any impact on the President Barack Obamas politics and popularity? Mr Obama has gone ...
America has waited a long time, more than 10 years, for this moment of justice and revenge. President Barack Obama is making the most of it. He has said: "I think we can all agree, this is a good...
President Barack Obama is making it clear that the killing of Osama Bin Laden didnt occur by accident - and that it happened while he was in charge. He told former Presidents Bush and Clinton what he...
Annapolis, Maryland "I dont care where he was born. I just wish he would do something abut gas [petrol] prices," a man in Chick and Ruths diner on the main street of Annapolis in the US state...
Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. Everyone in my family, that is. We are about to take some holiday, spend some time taking friends round the sights of Washington DC and then visit a national p...
President Obama said he wanted an answer on a budget deal by the morning. That deadline has passed. The talking goes on but the blame game is on in earnest. If there is a shutdown it will do deep dam...
The president has cancelled his travel plans and says he expects an answer on whether a government shutdown can be averted by Friday morning, Washington time. He says: "Im not yet prepared to exp...
Washington teeters on the brink. If there is no agreement on a budget by midnight on Friday, the federal government will shut down. While cops and soldiers, air traffic controllers and others deemed ...
The 2012 presidential race is on. Kinda. At the moment, it feels more like a wade through treacle - so slow is the pace of President Barack Obamas opponents. Mr Obama can be unambiguous that he is go...
Will President Barack Obama arm the Libyan rebels? He says: "Im not ruling it out, but Im also not ruling it in." Beneath that bland obfuscation, the momentum is all in one direction. The spe...
In his big speech on Libya, President Barack Obama answered two big questions, left two hanging in the air, and rewrote some recent history. He said he had ordered military action in Libya to prevent...
President Barack Obama tonight makes a speech hed rather not be making: Explaining to his country, proud of its military but weary of war, why he has decided to bomb the armed forces of another Middl...
Norfolk, Virginia Two tugs play around the USS Bataan, guiding her out of port, the beginning of her long journey to the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya. Sailors and Marines line her decks, stan...
The worries about what the mission is in Libya are growing. Some of it is mischief-making by media looking for a story or President Barack Obamas opponents looking for an easy hit. There is, after al...
Every time President Obama talks about Libya, he repeats that America is not acting alone, that the Arab league is behind the action and that this is not about imposing change from outside. But as Am...
There was a recurring rhythm to President Barack Obamas speech about the no-fly zone over Libya. But it wasnt a drum beat of war - it was a chorus about consensus, an insistence on internationalism. ...
UN, New York For weeks there has been talk of a no-fly zone over Libya. Now the UN has passed something much tougher at the insistence of the Americans. That took everyone by surprise. The Obama admi...
The United Nations seems on the brink of taking a momentous decision. After hanging back for days the Americans have now not only backed the British and French resolution on Libya but beefed it up. T...
The US, so long hesitant about military action in Libya, now says a mere no-fly zone doesnt go far enough. They want something tougher. For days the US has held back, refusing to reveal its position ...
The American position on a new UN resolution to stop a massacre in Libya is still an enigma. Today the mystery is deepened by different signals from different players. My best guess is that there are...
The US is not meant to be a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. The country leaves obscurantist nods and winks to other nations. Love or hate American foreign policy, we are used to presidents shouting t...
For the first time, I think the "no fly zone" over Libya might actually happen. If it does, it will mean the traditional Western interventionism will have won over President Obamas fear of da...
If you are out and about in Washington today, between the US state department and the White House you might see a group of half-naked people in chains. They are protesting about the treatment of Brad...
President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that Col Muammar Gaddafi should go, now his top adviser on intelligence has said the Libyan ruler will probably win his battle to stay in power. While the A...
One of Barack Obamas very first acts as president was to sign an order closing the detention centre for suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. The administration says that is ...
Sarah Palin is pondering whether the American people are ready for an "unconventional" candidate. In an exclusive interview with my colleague Jackie Long for Newsnight, she says she sees her ...
President Barack Obama, speaking alongside his Mexican counterpart after a White House meeting, told those close to Colonel Muammar Gadaffi that they were on the wrong side of history. "They shou...
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