President Obama and Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas met in the Oval Office of the White House October 27 to discuss a wide range of bilateral, regional and international issues. By MacKenzie C. Babb | Staff Writer | 28 October 2011 Washington — Preside...
The following op-ed by President Obama was published in the Financial Times on October 28.. 28 October 2011 A Firewall To Stop Europe’s Crisis Spreading By Barack Obama When leaders of the largest economies meet next week in France, our citizens will...
By Kathryn McConnell | Staff Writer | 24 October 2011 Alice Waters, active in the “Slow Food” movement, in her kitchen outside Berkeley, California. Washington — Noted organic-food advocate and restaurateur Alice Waters wants U.S. schools to teach c...
Every November, National Native American Heritage Month celebrates the enduring contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the history and culture of the United States. Shown here, a boy at a Pow Wow at the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana. 28 Oc...
The U.S. Commerce Department said October 27 that consumer spending and export growth spurred a 2.5 percent annual rate of growth for the American economy in the last quarter. However, job growth continues to lag. By Merle David Kellerhals Jr. | Staff Wri...
The U.S. is committed to withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan in 2014 and has transitioned some security responsibility to Afghan soldiers (shown), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a House hearing October 27. She also discussed Pakis...
The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, was dedicated 125 years ago. New York is celebrating that anniversary with a huge birthday party on October 28. By Louise Fenner | Staff Writer | 26 October 2011 Washington — “Over the years, the meanings of...
The United Arab Emirates donated laptop computers to all 2,200 high school students in Joplin, Missouri, which was stuck by a disastrous tornado in May. Shown above, a school official (left) hands a Joplin student her new laptop. By Jane Morse | Staff Wr...
This crystal flask adorned with gold and jewels is one of the treasures in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renovated and expanded galleries of Islamic art. The galleries will be open to the public starting November 1. By Lauren Monsen | Staff...
Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller says the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) has allowed the United States and Russia to cooperate on nuclear security "in a much more easy and straightforward way." The treaty was signe...
