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    Obama Urges Gadhafi to Step Down; International Criminal Court Launches Inquiry

    Mar 04, 2011 01:03 AM EST

    ... down from power and leave. He also said the U.S. is joining an international rescue effort and is ready to do more, if necessary. U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I have therefore approved the use of U.S. military aircraft to help move Egyptians who have fled to the ...

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    Release of Fisherman Reflects China's Rising Economic, Military Power

    Sep 29, 2010 09:11 PM EST

    U.S. policy-makers are also struggling with China's more assertive role. The U.S. has been trying for years to get the Chinese government to stop undervaluing its currency, the renminbi, to make Chinese exports artificially cheap. President Obama raised the issue again today in Iowa. U.S ...

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    Former FEMA Chief Questioned by Congress

    Feb 10, 2006 05:00 AM EST

    ... I was going to do everything I could to prevent bureaucracy or to prevent new layers of bureaucracy or people who didn't understand the relationship between state and local governments and FEMA to get in the way of doing what we needed to get done. So, yes, I was ...

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    Biography Highlights Martin Luther King Jr.

    Jan 16, 2006 05:00 AM EST

    ... not just for him but for the Democratic Party for all time. And I think, and he did it anyway. But at the same time, Vietnam, Johnson agonized over Vietnam, predicted that he was going to have trouble, feared that he would lose but did it anyway because he was ...

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    President Appeals for Continued Support in Iraq Conflict

    Jun 29, 2005 01:25 AM EST

    The president said in a prime-time speech Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the handover of authority from the U.S. occupation to Iraqis, "The work in Iraq is difficult and dangerous," "We have more work to do and there will be tough moments that test America's resolve ...

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    Former Vice President Walter Mondale Addresses DNCC

    Jul 29, 2004 04:00 AM EST

    ... listening to John Kerry and asking whether they want him to be president and remove the existing president. I think he's got to tell us what's inside him, where he wants to take us, what he really believes, in a way that people connect with it and feel ...

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    Former President Carter Speaks of State of Democratic Party

    Jul 26, 2004 04:00 AM EST

    Following his speech to the convention, former President Carter talked with Jim Lehrer about the state of the Democratic Party and President Bush's foreign policy performance.

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    Possible Clue to Cause of Mystery Illness Identified

    Mar 19, 2003 10:32 PM EST

    Medical researchers reported Wednesday they may have discovered a key clue in their race to identify and develop treatments for the mysterious flu-like illness that they suspect originated in China.

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    Congressional Action

    Sep 14, 2001 04:00 AM EST

    After a report on the Congressional action, Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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    Foreign Correspondence: John Daniszewski

    Aug 13, 2001 04:00 AM EST

    Terence Smith talks with John Daniszewski of the Los Angeles Times about his experience as the paper's Moscow bureau chief.