The top US military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says that unless more troops are sent to the country, the war there will fail. McChrystal's assessment is detailed in a classified report obtained by the Washington Post. The...
President Obama says his effort to overhaul the nation's health care system is not a radical plan and can be accomplished without breaking his campaign promise not to raise the tax burden on the middle class. He also said it can be accomplished with...
President Obama promised to work with other G20 leaders next week to end loopholes in regulations that led to last years global financial meltdown. We know we still have a lot to do in conjunction with the nations around the world to strengthen the...
As she prepares to head to the annual UN General Assembly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning Iran that she will push for more sanctions soon if the country continues to defy the international community on the nuclear issue. NPR's Michele...
The Obama Administration announced today a major change in its missile defense plans for Europe and cancelled the deployment of a controversial system in two countries there. NPRs JJ Sutherland reports. In 2006, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pro...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus today unveiled a ten-year 856-billion-dollar healthcare overhaul bill though the Congressional Budget Office had a lower number. In the news conference on Capitol Hill today, the Montana Senator said with...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said today he thinks the US economy has begun growing again though the Fed Chairman also said the overall economy is likely to still feel weak for some time. Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washin...
A year after the start of the financial crisis, President Obama urged Wall Street to embrace reform to prevent another one from happening again. NPR's Frank Langfitt has the story. Last fall the financial system was on the brink of ruin. Today, the...
President Obama says he's willing to consider compromise variations to his plan for overhauling the nations health care system but only if hes convinced they will work. I have no interest in having a bill get passed that fails, that doesnt work. You...
Tens of thousands of protesters crowded the grounds of the US Capitol and parts of the National Mall to voice their discontent with the Federal government and the Obama administration's policies. One of the organizers of the march Jenny Beth Martin...
