Full Text: Obama's State of the Union address
VIDEO - President Barack Obama‘s 2013 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery on Feb. 12, 2013...
Obama to announce 34K troops to return from Afghanistan in 1 year
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, a senior administration official said Tuesday...
National security takes backseat in 2012 election
theGRIO REPORT - In the first few years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, national security and terrorism dominated the national agenda, becoming one on the chief dividing lines in American politics...
Afghanistan war support hits new low
WASHINGTON (AP) - Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort...
Army psychiatrist on Afghanistan: 'We still have a long way to go'
MIAMI - Army psychiatrist Major Delvena Thomas has served two tours in America's most recent wars -- one in Iraq, and a second in Afghanistan -- treating servicemen and women for mental health issues...
Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Under intense security and the cover of night, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Tuesday to sign an agreement cementing a U.S. commitment to the nation...
Obama: US, UK committed to Afghan mission
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama gave his fullest endorsement yet for the mission shift, but he said the overall plan to gradually withdraw forces and hand over security in Afghanistan will stand...
Obama tested by events outside his control
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape whether he will keep it...
White House: No change in Afghanistan strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says the U.S. will not change its strategy or objectives in Afghanistan following the shooting of 16 Afghan civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier...
US soldier kills 16 Afghans, deepening crisis
BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) - An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai, who called it an 'assassination'...
