Dec 03 Margaret Warner: Dispatch From Brussels It was nearly 1 p.m. Thursday before Secretary Clinton got to her 757 airplane at Andrews AFB, looking remarkably unbattered after a day-and-a-half of being grilled by Senate and House members doubtful about the wisdom of the surge-and-withdraw course… Continue reading
Dec 02 Analysts Agree Obama's Afghan Plan Is Strong, But Some Question Timeline By Larisa Epatko President Obama on Tuesday outlined an approach to the Afghan war that will involve sending 30,000 more troops on an expedited mission to help secure Afghanistan and prevent a safe haven for al-Qaida in Pakistan. Continue reading
Dec 01 President Obama Set to Unveil Afghan War Strategy After a three-month review of options, President Barack Obama is set to unveil his long-awaited new strategy for the war in Afghanistan in a prime-time address to the nation tonight. Continue reading
Nov 30 More Troops Expected in 'Center of Gravity' in Southern Afghanistan By Larisa Epatko The agricultural area of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is vulnerable to insurgent forces, and therefore generally expected to receive more troops under President Obama's forthcoming revised Afghan strategy, reported Ben Gilbert of GlobalPost. Continue reading
Nov 30 Hondurans Elect Conservative Rancher as President By Larisa Epatko In an election overshadowed by the country's recent political upheaval, Hondurans voted on Sunday to make conservative rancher Porfirio Lobo their next president. Continue reading
Nov 30 U.S., Europe Respond Angrily to Iran's Threat to Build More Nuclear Plants By Online DA Iran has refused to comply with a United Nations demand to halt enrichment at one of its nuclear facilities, and escalated the specter of new sanctions by declaring it would build 10 more plants. Continue reading
Nov 29 Hondurans Vote for New President, Hoping to Leave Political Chaos Behind By Larisa Epatko Hondurans voted for their next president Sunday, with exit polls showing a sizable lead for the opposition party. In addition to a change in party leadership, many voters expressed the need to put the country's political troubles behind them. Continue reading
Nov 27 Election Violence Hits New Heights in Philippines By Larisa Epatko The massacre of 57 people traveling with a candidate for provincial governor in the southern Philippines is bringing new pressure on the government to crack down on election-related violence. Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch In Mumbai, Tensions Remain One Year After Deadly Attack One year after terrorist attacks rocked the Indian capital of Mumbai, Simon Israel of Independent Television News updates the political situation there. Continue watching
Nov 25 India Envoy: Obama's Emissions Pledge 'Welcome,' Had Hoped for More By Dave Gustafson Judy Woodruff spoke Wednesday with Shyam Saran, the Indian prime minister's special envoy on climate change, about President Obama's trip to the Copenhagen climate change summit and the U.S. emissions reduction goal. Here are Web-only excerpts:… Continue reading