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CHICAGO, May 21 - President Barack Obama spent weekend summits trying to end one war in Afghanistan, prevent another in Iran and save the global economy, knowing that each crisis could impact on his re-election hopes. Foreign policy rarely decides US elections, but sometimes the imperatives of diplomacy can lead a president onto treacherous political ground at home - for instance as he manages sensitive ties with China. But the G8 summit at Camp David and NATO talks in Chicago allowed Obama to bask in a statesman's spotlight, as More...
CHICAGO, May 20 - More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to hammer out a unified exit strategy from Afghanistan after a More...
WASHINGTON, May 15 - Ron Paul, the ideological underdog who generated intense passion among supporters of his 2012 campaign, is trading his shot at the US Republican nomination for something more within reach: outsize influence More...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office for remarks which forced his boss into an early endorsement of same-sex marriage, sources said More...
STUDIO CITY, California May 11 - President Barack Obama said his support for gay marriage is a "logical" milestone towards a fairer America, as he was feted at a Hollywood fundraiser hosted by George Clooney More...
WASHINGTON, May 9 - Barack Obama became the first US president Wednesday to say publicly he was in favor of same-sex marriage, in a high-stakes intervention in a pre-election debate roiling American politics. In what supporters will hail as a historic More...
WASHINGTON, May 8 - Conservative Republican Rick Santorum has endorsed Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney in an email to supporters, US media reported late on Monday. During his own push for the Republican nomination Santorum, a staunchly Roman Catholic former More...
VIRGINIA, May 6 - Hope and change powered Barack Obama to the White House four years ago, but can he play the same gambit twice? Conventional wisdom says no, given the fact that the US president is the steward of America's More...
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Bill Gates attends Obama fundraiser
Obama stays in hotel where Whitney Houston died
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Future First Lady? Ann Romney softens wooden Mitt
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