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| U.S. hopes to mend military ties with China: report
February 18, 2009 at 11:24 pm
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| HONG KONG (Reuters) - The head of U.S. military forces in the Pacific is hopeful bilateral military exchanges with China can be restored following a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the New York Times said on Thursday. |
| U.S., Canada labor groups press NAFTA reform
February 18, 2009 at 10:53 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian labor unions called for changes in agriculture, energy, investment and other provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the eve of a meeting on Thursday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. |
| Clinton meets Indonesia president ahead of Seoul trip
February 18, 2009 at 10:42 pm
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| JAKARTA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with Indonesia's president on Thursday on a trip aimed at building ties with the Islamic world, before heading to South Korea for talks on the North's military threat. |
| Sebelius top choice for U.S. health secretary: report
February 18, 2009 at 10:17 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as President Barack Obama's top choice for health secretary, a key post in helping to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing Obama advisers. |
| Obama unveils plan to tackle housing crisis
February 18, 2009 at 8:13 pm
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| MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged up to $275 billion on Wednesday to help stem a wave of home foreclosures, part of a broad effort using massive sums of government money to lift the country out of recession. |
| Pakistan, Afghanistan to participate in U.S. policy review
February 18, 2009 at 8:05 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan and Afghanistan will send their foreign ministers to Washington next week for talks on the Obama administration's review of regional security issues, U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Wednesday. |
| White House weighs high-speed rail investment
February 18, 2009 at 6:57 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is seriously considering an effort to develop high speed passenger rail service, an initiative long on planning but unrealized nationally because of financial and logistical hurdles and insufficient political backing. |
| NY Post chimp cartoon draws race controversy
February 18, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - African Americans criticized a New York Post cartoon as racist Wednesday, saying it likened President Barack Obama to an ape -- a potent image in the history of racism toward blacks. |
| Sen. Burris pleads for a chance amid calls to resign
February 18, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fending off calls for his resignation, Roland Burris on Wednesday said he would cooperate with investigations into whether his appointment to a U.S. Senate seat was tainted by dealings with the former Illinois governor accused of trying to sell the seat. |
| General sees new U.S. troops in Afghan war by summer
February 18, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 17,000 additional U.S. troops President Barack Obama ordered sent to Afghanistan will be operational by summer, before the country's August presidential election, the top commander of NATO and U.S. forces said on Wednesday. |
| Karzai expects reduced tensions with U.S.
February 18, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| MAHTER LAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he expected a reduction in tensions with the United States, a day after President Barack Obama announced plans to send fresh troops. |
| Ecuador expels second U.S. diplomat in two weeks
February 18, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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| QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador expelled a U.S. diplomat on Wednesday for allegedly trying to handpick local police officers, making him the second American banished this month in a move that further strains ties with the Andean nation's most important trade partner. |
| Canadian protesters urge Obama to shun oil sands
February 18, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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| OTTAWA (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists scaled a bridge in the Canadian capital on Wednesday and unfurled two large banners urging U.S. President Barack Obama to take a tough stand on Canada's huge oil sands when he visits on Thursday. |
| U.S. to decide in weeks, "not months" on Iraq troop cuts
February 18, 2009 at 1:18 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will make a decision in weeks, not "days or months," on cutting U.S. troop levels in Iraq, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. |
| Clinton comes to Indonesia on symbolic visit
February 18, 2009 at 7:24 am
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| JAKARTA (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Indonesia on Wednesday for a goodwill visit to the world's most populous Muslim nation, where President Barack Obama is a popular figure, despite some anti-U.S. protests. |
| Obama orders 17,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan
February 18, 2009 at 2:32 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, in his first major military decision as commander-in-chief, has ordered 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan to tackle an intensifying insurgency, the White House said on Tuesday. |
| Obama to unveil plan for troubled housing market
February 18, 2009 at 1:32 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to unveil a plan to stabilize the troubled housing market, a main cause of the economy's deepening slump. |
| Syria says expects Obama to send ambassador soon
February 18, 2009 at 12:14 am
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| LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted on Wednesday as saying he expected President Barack Obama to send an ambassador to Syria soon to make good on a dialogue offer to countries previously shunned by Washington. | | |
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