Tag: Nation

President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. President Obama blended the threat of military action with the hope of a diplomatic solution as he works to strip Syria of its chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

White House: Russian prestige on the line in Syria

JULIE PACENANCY BENAC · September 12, 2013 3:28 am

FILE - In this June 15, 2011, file photo, the South Lawn of the White House is seen during the Congressional Picnic hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in Washington. The annual summer picnic for members of Congress and their families, scheduled for September 2013, has been canceled, the White House said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

White House cancels annual picnic for Congress

Josh Lederman · September 12, 2013 2:24 am

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama, center, talks with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff as he join with other leaders for the group photo at the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. President Barack Obama's national security adviser conceded there are legitimate questions about U.S. spying on its allies, the White House said Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, as it sought to sooth Brazil's concerns about far-reaching surveillance by the National Security Agency. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

US to Brazil: ‘Legitimate questions’ about NSA

Josh Lederman · September 12, 2013 2:23 am

Putin says American exceptionalism is ‘dangerous’

Washington Examiner · September 12, 2013 2:04 am

Putin: US military interventions are ‘alarming’

Washington Examiner · September 12, 2013 1:26 am

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. âWeâve kind of hit a wall,â President Barack Obama said on his way to Russia last week. He meant his relationship with Moscow, but the remark came to apply, too, to other leaders abroad, lawmakers at home and even Americans at large, all standing in the way of his plans to punish Syria for using chemical weapons. Just days later, military action is on hold, diplomacy has some steam and Obama no longer looks so alone. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool-File)

How the Syria plan broke through, just in time

Calvin Woodward · September 11, 2013 11:43 pm

This photo, taken June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong, provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency. Civilian U.S. government scientists worried even a generation ago about the National Security Agency's role in developing global communications standards, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Some scientists wondered why the NSA appeared to choose weaker standards then classified its explanation as top secret. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

NSA has long role as top US locksmith, lock-picker

JACK GILLUMRAPHAEL SATTER · September 11, 2013 10:00 pm

This photo provided by Carel van Schaik shows the orangutan Arno in the jungle of Sumatra in 1998 looking in the direction he intends to travel the next day and letting out a long whooping call to alert others of his route just in case they need to follow him or stay clear. What Arno did hundreds of times tells scientists that advance planning and social networking about your trip arenât just human traits. The results are detailed in a new study published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, followed the male orangutans in hundreds of trips starting back in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Perry van Duijnhoven)

Is there an ape for that? Orangutans plan trips

Seth Borenstein · September 11, 2013 9:48 pm

In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walks to a Republican strategy session at the Capitol, in Washington. A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to delay a vote on a temporary spending bill required to prevent a government shutdown next month. The plan by top Republicans like Cantor is designed to keep government agencies running through Dec. 15. Cantor's office announced the delay. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP stopgap spending plan to be delayed

Andrew Taylor · September 11, 2013 9:27 pm

In this photo released by Unification Ministry, South Korean delegates, right, shake hands with their North Korean counterparts at the start of a meeting at Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee in Kaesong, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Both Koreas agreed Wednesday to restart operations at a jointly run factory park that Pyongyang shut down in April during a torrent of threats, the latest sign of easing animosity between the rivals. (AP Photo/Unification Ministry)

Institute: NKorea nuke reactor likely restarting

Matthew Pennington · September 11, 2013 8:58 pm

FILE - This July 31, 2013 file photo shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y. speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The pressure off for now on Syria, Democrats are eager to return you to Washingtonâs regularly-scheduled gridlock. Pitched debates loom on budget and debt_never flattering endeavors that in the past have sunk the nationâs credit rating and Congressâ popularity. At least those debacles made both parties look bad, which to Democrats would be a welcome relief from President Barack Obamaâs effort to strike Syria for a chemical weapons attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dems: Look, over there, a messy budget fight

Laurie Kellman · September 11, 2013 8:53 pm

President Barack Obama lowers his head during a moment of silence at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, during a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama pays tribute to the fallen of Sept. 11, 2001

Nedra Pickler · September 11, 2013 6:37 pm