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Obama's refocusing moment
President Obama has been home from Europe for nearly a week, but his speech Tuesday is his first major pivot back to the main issue of concern for most Americans: the economy.
Bo? Bo don't know Diddley
The Obama's new dog reminds me of one of the best TV commercials of all time.
The 'nuclear minefield'
The Economist's leader essay lays out the daunting challenges to reducing nuclear arsenals, after President Obama called for a world without nukes in Prague on Sunday.
Obama's foreign policy experiment
Yesterday was a traveling day, and I'm hanging with the family today, but I wanted to point out my wrapup piece in today's paper and also post the two videos I did in Europe. The wrapup, on President Obama's experiment in a more humble foreign policy than President Bush, and its potential pitfalls, can be read here.
Obama will reap a 'harvest' from trip, advisers say
The president's top advisers on Tuesday compared President Obama's trip through Europe to a farmer planting his crops, saying he is pleased with the progress he made but expects the real payoffs to come down the road.
Obama to Turkey: You've got game
President Obama spoke to Turkey's Grand National Assembly Monday and had this message for them: their basketball players have got good basketball skills.
Turkish security nabs cell phones
Turkish security took our BlackBerries and phones away from us as we entered the compound where President Obama is meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul. They said it was for security reasons.
Mirror images?
Guess who wrote the following words.
Mirror images?
Guess who wrote the following words.
Go inside the White House bubble
Take a look at one day inside the White House press pool.
As Obama focuses on nukes, read this piece
The Atlantic's William Langewiesche 2006 piece is a must read.
White House claims victory on new NATO leader
The president's advisers claim that he paved the way for NATO's new secretary general, but others also played a role.
White House playing down expectations on Afghanistan
Obama advisers say commitments to increase help in Afghanistan will come from NATO allies over the next few weeks.
Obama calls Afghanistan a "just" war
The president uses a term usually reserved for theological debates over whether armed conflict can be morally justified.
Muslim cartoons resurrected to block new NATO chief
Turkey has blocked the Danish prime minister from becoming the next NATO secretary general because of his defense of free speech in 2005.
