Barack Obama
Republicans gain in US State elections
November 04, 2009By Richard Green The U.S. Republican Party is cheering victories in governor's races in two states that played a pivotal role in Democrat Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election victory. Many observers say the results are a referendum on Mr. Obama...
Biden Urges Central Europe To Help Guide Fledgling Democracies
October 23, 2009It was the key speech of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's tour to three Central and Eastern European countries this week. Speaking at the University of Bucharest’s Central Library, which was heavily damaged by fire during Romania's anticommunist...
Vaclav Havel on U.S. relations with Central Europe
October 21, 2009As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels through Central Europe, Vaclav Havel was up front in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear when Biden visits Prague on Friday - a clear vision of American foreign policy in the region...
Hillary Clinton Upbeat On Russia 'Reset' After Moscow Talks
October 13, 2009By Gregory Feifer Hillary Clinton has said she's pleased with the effects so far of Washington's rapprochement with Moscow during her first visit to the Russian capital as U.S. secretary of state. She said both sides had agreed to work more closely...
US, Russia Note Progress on Nuclear Arms Treaty
October 13, 2009Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and Russia have made "considerable" progress on plans to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Lavrov made the comments to reporters Tuesday following his meeting in Moscow with U.S. Secretary...
Rush Limbaugh's Interview on the NBC's "Today Show" (video)
October 12, 2009NBC’s Jamie Gangel talks exclusively with Rush Limbaugh, the American conservative most popular radio talk-show host, about his position in the Republican party, his role in John McCain’s failed presidential bid and what he thinks of the Obama...
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 09, 2009U.S. President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo recognized Mr. Obama for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." White House officials...
Michael Emerson: Scrapping the missiles - a tipping point?
September 30, 2009By Michael Emerson President Obama’s decision announced on 17 September to scrap the plans for a radar installation in the Czech Republic linked to missile defence installations in Poland may herald a tipping point in US and EU relations with Russia...
September 24, 2009
Dismantling missile defense in Eastern Europe shows weaknessBy Thaddeus McCotter At a time when recession still wreaks havoc upon our families' prosperity, it is often difficult to focus on our national security. But focus we must. President John F. Kennedy warned: "The surest path to war is the path...
Obama, Europe, and the inevitable
September 21, 2009By Craig Kennedy What will the overwhelming European support of President Obama mean for transatlantic relations? Will this unprecedented level of confidence in an American leader preface a new golden age of common perspectives on global and bilateral...