U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday paid a previously unannounced visit to former South African president Nelson Mandela at the beginning of a tour of southern Africa. Mrs. Obama met with the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon at his home in Johannesburg. The wife of U.S. President Barack Obama was accompanied by the couple’s two daughters, […]
US First Lady Visits Nelson Mandela in Africa
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama to Address Nation Wednesday on Afghanistan
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
The White House says President Barack Obama will address the nation Wednesday evening on his plans for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Spokesman Jay Carney says the president will lay out how he will implement the strategy he outlined in December 2009 on drawing down American troops. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the […]
Former Ambassador, Governor Enters US President Race
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Jon Huntsman, a Republican former governor of Utah and former U.S. ambassador to China, officially entered the 2012 U.S. presidential race on Tuesday. Huntsman made the announcement in New Jersey with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, the same location where Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for the White House in 1980. Huntsman was […]
US Housing Market Declines
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Sales of previously-owned houses declined in May in the United States, hitting their lowest point of the year. Tuesday’s report from a business group says sales were down 3.8 percent from the prior month. If sales continued at that rate for a full year, just 4.8 million homes would change hands, more than a million […]
Gates: Americans ‘Tired’ of Decade of War in Afghanistan
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has acknowledged concerns in the United States about the war in Afghanistan, saying the American people are “tired of a decade of war.” Gates spoke in Washington Tuesday, one day before President Barack Obama is expected to announce his plans for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The defense chief said […]
US Senators Kerry, McCain Introduce Libya Resolution
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Two leading U.S. senators have introduced a resolution that would limit the role of the U.S. military in Libya. Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry of Massachusetts, a Democrat, and John McCain of Arizona, the senior Republican on the Armed Services Committee, spoke about the measure on the Senate floor Tuesday. McCain said the resolution […]
Japan, US to Delay Base Realignment Plan
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
The United States and Japan have dropped a deadline for moving a U.S. Marine Corps air station, but reaffirmed their commitment to the overall plan to realign the U.S. military presence in the country and reduce the American footprint on the island of Okinawa. The announcement came Tuesday after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and […]
US First Lady Obama Tours Africa
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is in Johannesburg, South Africa where she met Tuesday with anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Mrs. Obama met with the 92-year-old former president at his home, after visiting the offices of the Mandela Foundation. While there, the Obama family viewed archival items such as Mr. Nelson’s prison desk and notebooks. The […]
Senate to Vote on Panetta Confirmation
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote to confirm Leon Panetta as the new secretary of defense on Tuesday. Panetta, the current director of the Central Intelligence Agency, would succeed Robert Gates, who plans to retire next week. Earlier this month, Panetta told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination that his first […]
McCain Calls on US to Take Greater Role in South China Sea Disputes
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Senator John McCain says the United States must help nations in the Southeast Asian region boost their maritime forces to counter China’s “unsubstantiated” territorial claims in the South China Sea. Speaking in Washington late Monday, the former presidential candidate said he is troubled about Beijing’s increasingly assertive actions in the South China Sea, especially […]
