More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday.

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Batons, blood mar NATO summit

President Barack Obama joins a host of music industry luminaries in paying tribute to Donna Summer following the disco star’s death at the age of 63.

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George Clooney hosted a record breaking fundraising dinner for Barack Obama at his Los Angeles mansion.

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President Barack Obama and his certain Republican opponent in November, Mitt Romney, shifted to full general election mode Wednesday with messages intended to rally their bases and portray the other as threats to future progress.

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‘War over women’ kicks off race

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum ends his bid, clearing the way for ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to take on Barack Obama.

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President Barack Obama travels to South Korea Saturday on a three-day trip centered on an international nuclear security summit in Seoul.

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The moment Barack Obama locked up the Democratic nomination during the 2008 presidential campaign, British playwright Roy Williams — long acclaimed in the U.K. for his streetwise dramas of explosive youth — booked an airline ticket for New York. No matter the outcome, he had to be here for the election. Read full article > >

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Roy Williams’s ‘Sucker Punch’ steps into the U.S. ring at Studio Theatre

President Barack Obama apologises to the Afghan people for the burning of Korans by American troops at a US base outside Kabul.

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Obama apology for Koran burnings

President Barack Obama tells a US network that he deserves a second term in the White House, as a poll puts his approval rating above 50%.

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Obama: ‘I deserve a second term’

“No candidate in American history has ever run more negative ads than Barack Obama.” — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), speaking on CNN , Jan. 31, 2012.   Read full article > >

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Did Obama run the most negative ads in U.S. history?

President Barack Obama returns Monday to a chilly Washington, going from a family holiday in Hawaii to a decidedly different climate rife with political battles, overseas crises and continued economic uncertainty

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US Republicans bidding to challenge Barack Obama for the White House prepare for the Iowa caucuses, the first official test of the 2012 campaign season.

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“Anybody but Mitt” has become a familiar mantra throughout the Republican primary campaign. It is also weird and self-defeating. Republicans apparently want to nominate anyone except the one person who can defeat Barack Obama. And for all the strangest reasons: One: He’s changed his mind. True. He changed his mind, thus becoming more conservative. Read full article > >

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The GOP’s death wish

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption, including trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat.

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Investigators examining the 2008 push by Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to take Barack Obama’s Senate seat found “probable cause” that the Illinois Democrat directed one of his supporters to raise money in exchange for an appointment to the Senate, an investigative report shows.

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The Caucus: Ethics Office Releases Report on Jackson’s Push for Senate Seat