Topic: Barack Obama

Obama gets advice at 'extraordinary' gathering of US presidents; Bush welcomes him to clubConfronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the ...
Barack Obama said Wednesday he hoped to learn from his predecessors as he met outgoing President George W. Bush and all the living former presidents at the White House, where he will soon face daunting challenges as the next commander-in-chief. In a ...

Obamas to settle in Washington hotel this weekend

The Obama family will bid farewell to Chicago and move to the US capital Sunday after their Hawaii christmas vacation ends, just two weeks before the 44th American president will be sworn in on January 20. President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle ...
Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House. President-elect Barack Obama has often been compared for his lofty ideals and charisma ...
Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House. President-elect Barack Obama has often been compared for his lofty ideals and charisma ...

'Obabies' abound in US maternity wards

In another sign of America's glee at the election of Barack Obama to the White House, newborns all over the United States are being named after the president-elect. The maternity ward at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida -- a key battleground ...
Rite of passage as once and future presidents meet; sometimes cordial, sometimes chillyThe first meeting of incoming and outgoing presidents has been a rite of passage fraught with emotion, surprises and the rare exchange of secrets between leaders of opposite political parties. ...
Like Lincoln, FDR and other presidents, Barack Obama will take reins of nation in crisisAll presidents are tested. Few walk into the Oval Office when the nation is in the throes of multiple crises. Like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President-elect Obama is facing ...
I think many of the thousands of British people who stayed up to catch Barack Obama's and John McCain's speeches yesterday would have felt a pang of envy. We have always assumed that the Americans were feeble orators compared with our own ...
Former US secretaries of state on Monday urged the next US president to work closely with key allies, engage with Iran, and avoid ruptures with awkward partners Russia and China. Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Warren Christopher, James Baker and Henry Kissinger gave ...