French president wins Obama's backing for European Union economic growth
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande agreed Friday that Europe must deploy "strong growth" measures along with austerity as it grapples with how to pull out of its economic morass. Meeting for the first time at the ...

Obama hosts G8, NATO leaders
Washington (CNN)-- U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders are set to address a host of pressing economic and military security issues this weekend as the United States hosts a high stakes Group of Eight summit outside Washington and ...

NATO summit: Obama to meet Karzai in Chicago
Washington: US President Barack Obama will meet his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai during a NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday, a White House official said. "Obviously it is an important meeting because a central focus of the NATO summit will be ...

Nato Protests Target Obama Headquarters, Consulates
About 75 protesters marched Thursday afternoon from President Barack Obama's re-election headquarters to three consulates of countries that belong to NATO, protesting the alliance's involvement in the war in Afghanistan and other military action.

Obama backs tougher bank standards in weekly address
CAMP DAVID, Md. -- In his most partisan remarks since J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. disclosed a more than $2 billion loss, President Barack Obama said Saturday that Republicans and "an army" of financial lobbyists were trying to undo reforms meant to prevent big ...

WRAPUP 6-Obama presses ailing Europe to focus on growth
Setting the tone for a weekend G8 summit, President Barack Obama aligned himself with the new French president's drive for more economic stimulus in recession-plagued Europe, in a swipe at the tough austerity programs that have been spearheaded ...

Europe's economic woes dominate G8 gathering
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will press European leaders to ease up on fiscal austerity and focus on economic growth at a summit on Saturday that will discuss ways to stem turmoil in the euro zone and head off the risk ...

WRAPUP 1-Europe's economic woes dominate G8 gathering
CAMP DAVID, Md. May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will press European leaders to ease up on fiscal austerity and focus on economic growth at a summit on Saturday that will discuss ways to stem turmoil in the euro zone and head off the risk of global contagion. At the wooded Camp David

Europes economic woes dominate G8 gathering
US President Barack Obama will press European leaders to ease up on fiscal austerity and focus on economic growth at a summit on Saturday that will discuss ways to stem turmoil in the euro zone and head off the risk of global contagion. At the wooded Camp David retreat in Marylands Catoctin

Obama birth certificate issue raised in Arizona
PHOENIX Controversy over President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president flared anew Friday as Democrats criticized an Arizona state official's request for Hawaii officials to confirm they have Obama's birth certificate. The attorney general's office ...