Panel on presidency in nuclear age at JFK library

President Barack Obama should learn from the experience of previous U.S. leaders when grappling with thorny nuclear issues ranging from the ambitions of Iran and North Korea to the threat of terrorism, experts told a forum on the shaping of American foreign policy in a nuclear age.

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Embassy says Mubarak undecided on new term

The Egyptian embassy in Washington says President Hosni Mubarak's remarks about his plans to seek another term were mistranslated and that he has made no decision.

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Clinton says she has no interest in White House

There is apparently no such thing as a simple yes or no when it comes to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and questions about another run for the White House.

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Biden still has his eye on the Oval Office

Vice President Joe Biden isn't ruling out his own presidential aspirations.

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Czech Republic takes over EU presidency

The Czech Republic took over the rotating European Union presidency Thursday, with the bloc aiming to see its new governance treaty approved in 2009.

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Czechs taking over EU presidency

A weak government. A Euro-skeptic president. Parliament in stalemate over an EU reform treaty. The Czech Republic does not look ideally suited to assume leadership of the European Union.

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Obama named TIME’s Person of the Year

Could TIME magazine’s 2008 Person of the Year have been anyone than President-elect Barack Obama?

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Comics hope Obama can bring the funny

Whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, an independent or something else altogether, it’s difficult to deny the contributions President George W. Bush has made to comedy. He has been like the mountain full of gold in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” except in this case the mountain is leaving instead of the prospectors.

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The Presidency: Myth and Reality Combine

The president of the United States stands at the podium in the American Capitol, facing us all — Congress, the Cabinet, a television audience of millions. He struggles for the right words to restore the public's faith in his office.

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Slovenia Taking Over EU Helm

Tiny Slovenia becomes the first of 12 newcomers to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union Tuesday, a big psychological boost to a nation that gained independence from the ruins of the former Yugoslavia 16 years ago.

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Turkey Gov't Dismisses Military's Claim

The pro-Islamic government on Saturday rejected a stern warning from the military over Turkey's disputed presidential election, calling it unacceptable in a democracy.

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Turkish Parliament Votes for President

The ruling party's presidential candidate failed to win a first-round victory in a parliamentary vote Friday — an election marked by tensions between the Islamic-rooted government and defenders of Turkey's secular tradition.

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Turkish Candidate Lobbies Skeptics

Turkey's presidential front-runner lobbied skeptical lawmakers for their support Wednesday in an elecMacro running .......tion highlighting tensions between the defenders of secular principles and the Islamic-rooted government.

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Turk Ruling Party Taps President Nominee

The ruling party gave its presidential nomination Tuesday to Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a leader with Islamic leanings who will have to balance the interests of Turkey's religiously conservative countryside with its secular business and military elite.

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U.N. Council to Give Bolton Daily Updates

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton's second day as president of the U.N. Security Council on Friday was more successful than his first: The 14 other members agreed to his request for daily briefings on U.N. peacekeeping operations and global hotspots.

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The Republican contender lets down her hair in her journal, revealing her political ambition, her plans for how she'll take down Obama in the 2012 debates, and how she intends to ride God and "real Americans" all the way into the Oval Office.

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Every now and then, an insider inadvertently exposes the hideous rationalizations that run the American political grotesquerie.

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If the progressives and liberals bolt from Obama as they surely will if Dean challenges Obama, that leaves Obama with the Blue Dogs in the Democratic primaries in 2012.

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The viability of a Sarah Palin run for the Presidency. Scary !.

No joke. Many Conservatives in the U.S. are embracing the possibility of a Palin run for the Presidency in 2012. And by most accounts, she has started a less than passive campaign to capture that office.

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Via Rumproast, Zandar, and The Hill, there's thisabout 2012, from The Fix at The Washington Post:

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Former UN nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei has said he might run for Egypt's presidency, if the elections are democratic. His comments were met with heavy criticism in the pro-government press, which backs President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's leader for the past 28 years.

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Yet while the conventional wisdom has it that Palin is too badly damaged to make a serious run in 2012 -- and I agree that her success is not probable -- it is definitely a possibility that Palin could be elected president of the United States.

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The president's approach to the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed New York trial offers something for everyone—and decisions on nothing. Obama may be the anti-Bush, Lee Siegel argues—but he's failing to govern.

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[Manila, Philippines] So, what is else is there to mudsling President Joseph Estrada with?

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[Manila, Philippines] Sen.

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Anyone seeking clues as to whether Sarah Palin plans to run for US president in 2012 should consider the quotation from her father, Charles Heath, that she uses to introduce the final chapter of her new book, Going Rogue. "She's not retreating", he says. "She's reloading!"

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[Manila, Philippines] A barrage of headlines trumpeting the "last performance" of Erap's life awakened the nation to the reality of Wednesday's informal Miting de Avance for the Ama ng Masang Pilipino — complete with fireworks, plus scores of provincial and national of …

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[Manila, Philippines] Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Acting Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera and Cabinet Secretary Silvestre Bello reacting to President Joseph "Erap" Estrada's announcement of his candidacy Wednesday night in Tondo, claimed that Erap cannot run be …

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[Manila, Philippines] I missed the event only because I wasn't in the country when it took place, but the drama I could sense even from the Internet.

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[Manila, Philippines] Thousands cheered former President Joseph Estrada's much-awaited public announcement to seek a fresh mandate in the May 2010 presidential elections during the genuine opposition's proclamation rally late Wednesday night in Tondo, Manila, the city of his …

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[Manila, Philippines] The vote next year would be pivotal for the country's future which for almost nine years has been wallowed in uncertainty.

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[Manila, Philippines] Plaza Amado Hernandez in Tondo, Manila was overflowing as 20,000 cheering supporters came in droves from Tondo, Sta.

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[Manila, Philippines] SEN. Francis "Chiz" Escudero wants to be the country's youngest president.

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In the paper, in which only the first ten pages were given to the general media, Obama decries the plight of the poor: "I see poverty in every place I walk. In Los Angeles and New York, the poor reach to me with bleary eyes and all I can do is sigh."

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[Manila, Philippines] Barring unforeseen hitches, former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada is set to announce on Wednesday his bid to win back in next year's polls the presidency that he lost in 2001 to a civilian-backed military revolt.

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9 Steps for Obama to Save His Presidency

1) JUST THE FACTS. Strong opinions and nebulous promises only work on the campaign trail. Obama's inability to respond to opposition with fact based information makes him look uninformed and emits a lack of confidence.

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Is the poetry a means to an actual end? Or is it all there is?

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Can there ever have been an American president who has been prejudged, judged and then rejudged as soon and as relentlessly as has Barack Obama? Certainly not George W. Bush in 2001, for whom expectations were low — at least until 9/11 changed everything.

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When did this happen? I missed the announcement. Well 2012 going to be easy.

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FEDERAL JUDGE Carter sets Trial Date for Obama's Eligibility!!! The expedited trial has been set for Jan. 26, 2010, just 4 1/2 months from now!

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