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In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq.

President Obama again to serve as honorary Cup chairman

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to be honorary chairman of this year's Presidents Cup, the second time he will fulfil the role at the biennial team competition, the PGA Tour said on Friday.

President Obama 'Goes Off Script' After Being Repeatedly Heckled During Speech!

Having been commander-in-chief for over 4 years now, President Barack Obama has learned a thing or two about keeping his cool.

Obama drone oversight proposal prompts concern over 'kill courts'

Human rights groups wary after president asks Congress to establish special court or board to authorise legal drone action

Proposals to vet future US drone strikes risk creating "kill courts" according to human rights campaigners who say Barack Obama's prom

Sally Ride to Receive Medal of Freedom

Sally Ride, the United States' first woman in space, will be posthumously honored with the country's highest civilian commendation and the renaming of a high-flying camera.

Barack Obama says heckler's drone views should be heard

Medea Benjamin's opinions on drones and Guantánamo 'worth paying attention to', president tells audience after interruptions

Barack Obama acknowledged that the views of an anti-war protester were "worth paying attention to" after she repeatedly interrupted

5 things: Obama redefines terror fight

President Barack Obama recast the U.S. fight against terrorism as no longer a "boundless global war" but a targeted effort to dismantle specific extremist networks.

Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo

WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp.

Obama details drone policy in speech outlining counter-terrorism doctrine

Increased oversight designed to bring killing programme out of legal shadows as president defends use of strikes in the past

Special courts would be asked to decide on targeted assassinations of terrorism suspects under a clutch of new legal checks proposed by Barack

Penny Pritzker clears Senate hurdle in bid to be Obama commerce secretary

Leading Republican says billionaire 'did well' in hearing despite concerns over offshore tax haven and failed bank

A Chicago billionaire, Penny Pritzker, appeared on her way to becoming US commerce secretary on Thursday, after a top Republican said she had satisfactorily answered most of hi