Senator Barack Obama, undertaking a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, began his first-ever visit to Afghanistan as part of an official congressional delegation that landed in Kabul.
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(NECN) ? Alan Khazei joined NECN for a Town Meeting of the Air, a chance for viewers to ask questions of the Senate candidates. 48-year-old Alan Khazei is described as a social entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of City Year. The founde...
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(NECN: Fort Hood, Texas) - President Barack Obama spoke this afternoon at a Fort Hood memorial service. Obama said the nation must never forget the 13 men and women who died during a shootout rampage at the U.S. Army post last week. Obama s...
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President Barack Obama meets with leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan Wednesday. As the AP’s Julie Pace reports, the president believes each nation's future is linked to the other. (May 5)
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and President Barack Obama met in the White House. Obama said it was critical to destroy the al-Qaida network.(Sept. 29)
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PlusObama, McCain Find Common Ground on AfghanistanObama, McCain Find Common Ground on AfghanistanThe Associated PressBarack Obama and John McCain both agree that the U.S. needs to send more troops to Afghanistan. However, they continue to disagree over the future of America's involvement in Iraq...
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President Barack Obama declared he got the commitments he wanted Wednesday from the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to more aggressively fight Taliban and al-Qaida militants who are gaining power and sowing violence in their countries.
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