Obama celebrates birthday with Helen Thomas at White House
U.S. President Barack Obama surprises White House Correspondent Helen Thomas with birthday cupcakes in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on August 4, 2009. Obama and Thomas share August 4 as their birthday. UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg
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BELLINGHAM, Wash., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Washington state publisher said an extended version of the educational comic book starring presidential pooch Bo Obama is on the way.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Nobody could accuse the 27-nation European Union of arousing inflated expectations with their new leadership team of Herman von Rompuy and Baroness Catherine Ashton. The traffic will not stop in Beijing when they arrive and President Barack Obama may well ask "Who?" when they come to call.
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Some U.S. troops stationed in South Korea likely will be re-deployed to Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said while in the Asian country.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's rapport with Hamid Karzai makes her a good go-between for Karzai and President Barack Obama, diplomatic analysts said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama needs to explain why there is no sense of urgency to close the prison facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Amnesty International said.
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is wrapping up his Asian trip with a stop in Seoul where he addressed concerns about nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama won't announce his decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan before Thanksgiving, senior aides said Thursday.
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth will go to North Korea next month for talks on dismantling the country's nuclear program, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
BEIJING, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday warned growing national debt could undermine public confidence and "could actually lead to a double-dip recession."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama backtracked Wednesday after telling an interviewer Khalid Sheik Mohammed will be convicted and executed.
