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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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday called the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, a "crime against our nation" and those who defend it.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The White House and the Democratic Congress are caught between the proverbial rock and hard place, pressured to cut spending and create more jobs, analysts say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A proclamation honoring the victims of the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, was signed Friday by President Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Public perception of the conflict in Afghanistan remains mixed, polls show, while Washington continues to deliberate over the appropriate strategy.
TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Washington is using the alleged threat to national security from Iran as an excuse to increase its military spending programs, Iranian military officials said.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The former head of the British Defense Staff blasted the government's Afghanistan policy Friday in a debate in the House of Lords.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law legislation that provides tax cuts for businesses, extends unemployment benefits and gives help to home buyers.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said government cooperation needs to be reined in in Afghanistan or he will order U.K. troops out of the theater.
