WASHINGTON — With eight years of blood and treasure already spent and perhaps his presidency hanging in the balance, President Barack Obama will tell the world Tuesday how he’ll escalate the war in Afghanistan — and how he hopes his risky decision will lead finally to a path home for U.S. forces.
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U.S. goals on menu as Obama dines with India’s leader (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolls out the red carpet Tuesday for India in the first official state visit of his presidency, but the stresses of a key relationship in a tinderbox part of the world will lie just beneath the glitz and glamour of a state dinner.
Obama to the Far East – economy south, terrorist north (The Record and Herald News)
With President Barack Obama’s trip to the Far East, he now has the distinction of the logging the most miles outside the United States of any president in their first year. While things at home continue to deteriorate, he has traveled all over the world trying to solidifying his image as the Global President.
Obama says world urgently watching US-China talks (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama declared Monday the world is urgently watching for a “meeting of the minds” between the U.S. and China as he meets with President Hu Jintao on the globe’s biggest issues — climate change, economic recession, nuclear proliferation and more.
Veteran reporter’s 5 lessons for Obama (CNN)
We’ve been watching presidents come and go for years and have come up with five key lessons for President Obama to keep in mind as he copes with the world’s toughest job.