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The president previews next week's Moscow trip and answers questions on issues big and small. BY JENNIFER LOVEN - The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over. On next week's trip, Obama will meet not only with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev but with Putin, the prime minister who hand-picked Medvedev as his successor. Said Obama: "I think that it's important that even as we move forward with President Medvedev that Putin understand that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations is outdated. ... Putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press nearly six months into his... [read full story]
By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 23 (IPS) - But the Nov. 27-29 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has already attracted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and there is media speculation that U.S. President...
If you have been following what America's right-wing bloggers and radio talk-show hosts have been saying about President Barack Obama's just-concluded trip to the Asia-Pacific, you would be under the impression that Obama was...
Commission says Sanford broke state laws by misusing planes, cash Nov. 23: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws 37 times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money. South...
Congressman Michael Capuano joined NECN for a Town Meeting of the Air, a chance for viewers to ask questions of the Senate candidates. Capuano is serving his sixth term as a Representative in Congress for Massachusetts' Eighth...
