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Computer Problem Causes Flight Delays

WASHINGTON A computer problem Thursday morning at the Atlanta airport, the busiest in the nation, is causing the cancellation of most departing flights, leading to cascading delays at airports around the Southeast and elsewhere in the country, ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Aviation Administration,  Delta Air Lines,  AirTran

Hunger in U.S. at a 14-Year High

WASHINGTON The number of Americans who lacked reliable access to sufficient food shot up last year to its highest point since the government began surveying in 1995, the Agriculture Department reported on Monday. In its annual report on hunger, the ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Agriculture Department,  General Motors,  Tom Vilsack,  Barack Obama,  Jacques Diouf

Obama Salutes Fallen Americans on Veterans Day

WASHINGTON President Obama began his Wednesday, Veterans Day, by paying solemn tribute to Americans who have died in past and present wars, before preparing to shift focus and resume charting the way forward in the eight-year-old war in ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Joe Biden,  Arlington National Cemetery,  Taliban

Obama Travels to Texas for Service at Fort Hood

WASHINGTON President Obama headed to Texas on Tuesday morning to meet with victims of the rampage at Fort Hood, Tex., and the families of the 13 who were slain, address the grieving community at the sprawling military base and, ultimately, serve as ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Ronald Reagan,  Nidal Malik Hasan

In U.S., Merkel Marks Anniversary of Wall’s Fall

WASHINGTON Angela Merkel, who rose from the ruins of the Communist East to serve as chancellor of a united Germany, the largest country in Europe, paid tribute to American support for her country in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  European Commission,  Barack Obama,  Angela Merkel,  Council on Foreign Relations

Clinton Says Iran and North Korea Must Curb Nuclear Ambitions

WASHINGTON Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took a tough approach on Wednesday on several proliferation issues, saying that Iran and North Korea must take decisive action to curb their nuclear programs, and not just talk about doing so, if ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  US Department of Defense,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  US State Department

Obama’s Sudan Strategy to Include Incentives

WASHINGTON Laying out the basic outlines of his Sudan policy, President Obama said Monday that he would renew “tough sanctions” against the Khartoum government and increase pressure if it failed to improve the dire situation in Darfur but he also held ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, International Herald Tribune,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Susan E. Rice,  White House,  George W. Bush,  US State Department

Defense Chief Says Iran Faces ‘Severe’ New Sanctions

WASHINGTON The disclosure of a new nuclear enrichment site in Iran places the government “in a very bad spot” and raises the prospect of “severe additional sanctions,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Mr. Gates ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Robert Gates,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Dmitry Medvedev

Obama Won’t Say if More Troops to Be Sent to Afghanistan

In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” one of five that Mr. Obama taped for the Sunday morning talk shows, the president was asked about a report that said General Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander in Afghanistan, had been told to delay any ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, International Herald Tribune,  20 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Al-Qaeda,  U.S. Senate,  Mitch McConnell

Hunger Strikers Press for Iraq’s Release of Iranian Exiles

WASHINGTON Wednesday was the 50th day of their hunger strike, but Hamid Goudarzi, 26, and his fellow Iranian-immigrant protesters here swore they would never give up. Two Iranian immigrants, Reza Haghelahi, left, and Khalil Parsae, are part of a hunger ...

From BRIAN KNOWLTON, The New York Times,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: White House,  United Nations,  European Union,  Saddam Hussein,  Donald Rumsfeld

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