NATO backs Obama’s Afghan exit plan
NATO leaders signed off on President Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for a 2013 end to combat operations.
Obama to Joplin grads: ‘Pay it forward’
Calling the students an inspiration "to me … the world," President Barack Obama urged Joplin High School graduates Monday to heed the lessons they've learned and spirit they've shown to rebuild not only their tornado-ravaged city, but their nation.
Video: Obama works campaign into NATO summit
During the NATO summit in Chicago, President Obama was asked about his re-election campaign and its attack on Mitt Romney’s record as head of the private equity firm Bain Capital. Scott Pelley spoke with CBS News political director John Dickerson on what the President is using to define his campaign.
President Obama shows signs of frustration with Pakistan
A growing diplomatic dispute over Pakistan’s refusal to reopen supply routes for U.S. and other troops in Afghanistan threatened to overshadow President Obama’s efforts on the final day of the NATO summit to finalize plans for ending the unpopular war.
Poll: Obama, Romney split on top economic issues
President Obama beats Mitt Romney on controlling healthcare costs, Romney wins on dealing with the deficit, and they are essentially tied on who can better attack unemployment, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll that assesses how voters view the two presidential candidates on economic issues.
GOP problem: Their voters are dying off
When presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney appears before Latino small-business owners in Washington on Tuesday, he'll address a group whose explosive birth rates foreshadow a seismic political shift in GOP strongholds in the Deep South and Southwest.
Video: Afghan exit strategy do-able?
President Obama has announced that U.S. combat troops will leave Afghanistan by 2014, but is that possible? Charlie Rose asked Sen. Jack Reed, a member of the Armed Services Committee.
Romney starts to chip away at Obama’s big fundraising lead
He can garner bigger checks now that he has the Republican nomination in hand, but he still has a long way to go, campaign finance filings show.
WASHINGTON — Effectively clinching the Republican presidential nomination last month allowed Mitt Romney’s campaign to marshal larger checks and chip into President Obama’s huge lead in the money chase heading into the general election.
Deliberations to resume in Edwards trial
The jury in the corruption trial of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards reconvenes for deliberations Monday.
At NATO summit, warm welcome for most leaders, but not Pakistan’s
President Obama won’t meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. officials are furious over Pakistan’s refusal to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan.
CHICAGO — As thousands of protesters marched in the streets, President Obama welcomed more than 60 world leaders to his heavily guarded hometown for a NATO summit that will start the clock for America and its allies to begin pulling combat troops from Afghanistan.
