In early March, Barack and Michelle Obama appeared in an exclusive Facebook video from the White House. The topic was bullying prevention, and it was by far the highest profile in the series of online conversations the social-media behemoth has produced with various members of Congress and federal and state officials in recent months.
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Remember Afghanistan?
Hamid Karzai is lonely. He is huddled, as always, deep inside his presidential palace in Kabul, protected by towering stone walls, growling dogs and U.S
Libya Intervention a Watershed for Obama’s Foreign Policy
Does Barack Obama know what he’s doing? The question isn’t purely rhetorical because Obama’s response to the cascade of global crises over the past several weeks has often seemed mystifying
Why the Berlin Wall Came Down
The fall of the Berlin wall caught the world by surprise. For months, East Germany’s beleaguered communist rulers had tried in vain to silence a growing opposition movement and stem the tide of people pouring out of the country.
Unemployment Rises to 10.2%, Stoking the Economic Debate
After Wall Street stabilized last spring, it didn’t take long for the economy to become a political afterthought to the major battle of the year in Washington: health-care reform. But last Tuesday’s off-year election broke D.C.’s political trance like a brick through plate glass
Powerful car bomb kills at least 70 in Peshawar market
A powerful car bomb ripped through a bustling marketplace in Peshawar, killing at least 70 people on Wednesday, a government official said.
Meteorite-like object falls in Latvia
A meteorite-like object has created a crater after landing near a farm in northern Latvia, the nation’s official news agency reported.
Deadly train collision in India
At least nine people died and 15 were injured as two major passengers trains collided in northern India on Wednesday, a railway official said.
Battle rages over Pakistan militant stronghold
Heavily armed militants put up a fierce fight on Tuesday to protect a Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan, Pakistan’s military said. Taliban fighters attacked incoming troops in the village of Kotkai, using rocket launchers and heavy anti-aircraft machine guns, said a senior military official
Behind the scenes in Obama’s war council debate
There’s an air of mystery hanging over President Obama’s war council, which meets in secrecy yet again this week to discuss a new strategy for Afghanistan in the highly secure White House Situation Room. But senior officials closely involved in the decision-making process reveal that the president and his team are grappling with one particularly urgent question: Will Gen.