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Margaret Talev
With Olympics, Obama takes a hit along with Chicago
The International Olympic Committee's stinging first-round elimination of Chicago on Friday as the site of the 2016 Summer Games probably won't count much in how history judges Barack Obama's presidency. | 10/02/09 18:15:00 By - Margaret Talev
Iran agrees to ship enriched uranium to Russia for refinement
The agreement in principle would ensure that Iran's uranium could not be used for nuclear weapons. Iran also pledged that it would allow inspection, within weeks, of a previously covert uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom, and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, announced he will head to Tehran to work out the details. | 10/01/09 11:05:00 By - Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev
Chances are slim for breakthrough at Iran nuclear talks
Iran and six other nations will hold their first talks in 14 months Thursday in Geneva, but despite the participation of a senior U.S. diplomat, chances for a quick breakthrough appear bleak, especially after last week's revelation of a previously covert Iranian nuclear facility. It will be the first face-to-face talks with the Iranians for the Obama administration. | 09/30/09 17:50:00 By - Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev
Global summit sets new direction, but misses chance for climate fix
Leaders of the world's most developed economies agreed late Friday to restrict runaway financial-sector executive pay, give emerging powers a bigger role in global institutions and create a new structure to promote global economic growth. | 09/25/09 19:21:00 By - Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall
Disclosure of nuclear site puts heat on Iran
Western powers and Russia Friday turned up the heat on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program after the United States, France and Britain revealed that the Islamic Republic has secretly been building an underground facility that could be used to produce nuclear weapons fuel. | 09/25/09 11:14:56 By - Jonathan S. Landay, Margaret Talev and Warren P. Strobel
What's a global economic summit without protests?
As leaders of the world's most developed nations met in Pittsburgh and inched closer to consensus on how best to restrict compensation packages for financial executives, masked protesters and police in armored vehicles clashed Thursday in what's become a familiar ritual at such meetings. | 09/24/09 20:07:00 By - Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall
Forget the jokes: Pittsburgh's now a model of new economy
The Pittsburgh where President Barack Obama hosts the Group of 20 summit Thursday night and Friday is not the decaying steel-industry center of old. After a long, deliberate transformation, this city is hopeful, though smaller, with a forward-looking economy and a rising "green" reputation. | 09/24/09 14:52:00 By - Margaret Talev
At G-20 in Pittsburgh, expect large agenda, small results
As the leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather Thursday and Friday for an economic summit in Pittsburgh, they'll be testing two themes: How much appetite remains for coordinated economic decision-making among the world's leading and developing nations as the global crisis shifts into recovery mode? | 09/23/09 00:02:00 By - Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall
Obama scraps controversial long-range missile defense shield
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he is scrapping the Bush administration's controversial missile defense shield, citing new intelligence showing a diminished threat from long-range Iranian missiles the system was supposed to guard against. | 09/17/09 11:01:00 By - Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev
Can U.S., China find common ground in climate talks?
The U.S. and China should be able to agree on energy cooperation projects that reduce greenhouse gases and lead to a successful outcome at international climate talks in Copenhagen in December, two U.S. climate insiders said Tuesday. | 09/15/09 16:37:00 By - Renee Schoof and Margaret Talev
Obama challenges Wall Street to support his regulations
A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers ushered in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama said Monday that although the nation was "beginning to return to normalcy," Congress still must pass new regulations on the financial industry to avoid a repeat. | 09/14/09 17:14:00 By - Margaret Talev and Kevin G. Hall
Obama offers compromises to get health care bill passed
President Barack Obama on Wednesday laid out a series of compromises he's willing to make to get a health care overhaul through a nervous Congress this year, including diluting his vision for a new public insurance program and embracing ideas floated by Republicans. In a rare evening address to a joint session of Congress, Obama tried to seize control of the Democratic Party's highest domestic priority after months of party disarray and raucous public debate across the country. | 09/09/09 20:25:00 By - Margaret Talev, David Lightman and William Douglas
Obama, leading lawmakers hint at health care compromise
As President Barack Obama prepares to tell the nation Wednesday night how he wants to revamp the country's health care system, key congressional Democrats on Tuesday signaled a growing willingness to give up or at least postpone creating a "public option" government-run system to compete with private insurance. | 09/08/09 13:28:00 By - David Lightman
What must Obama do to take control of drifting agenda?
As he retreats to Camp David for a final summer getaway, President Barack Obama is mapping out a post-Labor Day plan to regain the political offensive, including a private meeting next Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Advice from both Democrats and Republicans sounds similar. "It's time for the president to be the president," said former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, a Republican. | 09/01/09 18:55:00 By - Margaret Talev and David Lightman
In Kennedy's death, some see hope on health care
Securing universal health care coverage for Americans was a decades-long quest that eluded Sen. Edward Kennedy. In the wake of his death, however, several key Democrats on Wednesday saw a chance to break what's become this year's stalemate by invoking his legacy and last wishes. | 08/26/09 18:33:00 By - David Lightman and Margaret Talev
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