by Rebecca Cohen | Feb 15, 2011 | Politics
What do George H. W. Bush, Stan Musial and Maya Angelou have in common? The former president, baseball legend and Pulitzer-nominated poet are among 15 people who received the 2010 Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in a presentation ceremony earlier this...
by Peter Larson | Feb 2, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Unanswered questions about exactly what President Barack Obama said privately to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday had White House reporters frustrated in Wednesday’s press briefing — and it looks unlikely the hush will lift anytime soon....
by Peter Larson | Jan 19, 2011 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Comments and questions broke out on Twitter Wednesday when Chinese President Hu Jintao failed to answer a question from the Associated Press’s Ben Feller about his government’s controversial human rights record. Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols followed up on his...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Jan 19, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON –Standing shoulder to shoulder with President Obama at the White House, Chinese President Hu Jintao acknowledged Wednesday that “a lot still needs to be done in China on human rights,” but at the same time he cautioned the U.S. against interference in...
