Barack Obama

...our international partners about the importance of having consequences." He did not specify what form those might take. Obama said he has not given up hope that Iran might cooperate. "I continue to hold out the prospect that they may decide...

In this article: Seoul, Lee Myung-bak, North Korea, David Axelrod, Asia, East Asia, United States, Iran, and Uranium

HAVANA (AP) - President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the...

In this article: Cuba, Raul Castro, Washington, Havana, United States, and House Foreign Affairs Committee

And, of course, Dec. 7 is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor -- requiring another political calculation by his White House team. Obama's national security advisers have told reporters categorically that the president will not make...

In this article: White House, TARP, Afghanistan, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Stanley A. McChrystal, Climate change, Robert M. Gates, U.N., and Bob Woodward

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits. Obama's tough talk came as Iran...

In this article: Lee Myung-bak, Iran, United States, North Korea, South Korea, Uranium, Asia, Seoul, and United Nations

...who had been traveling with the president, arrived in Kaul for a pre-planned but unannounced trip. Obama told Chip Reid of CBS that he was livid about the information that has leaked during the Afghan review process --"I think I am...

In this article: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, United States, Washington, Taliban, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gibbs, Dmitry Medvedev, and NATO

BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday his upcoming strategy in Afghanistan will "put us on a path towards ending the war" and that his goal is not to pass the conflict on to the next president. Obama also declined to say he...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Robert Gates, U.S., CNN News, White House, Asia, Beijing, and Pakistan

BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse Wednesday from atop the Great Wall of China, a manmade wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in perspective. "It's magical," Obama said, walking...

In this article: China, Great Wall of China, Asia, Richard Nixon, Lee Myung-bak, United States, Shanghai, and Beijing