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The Presidential Planner Abroad

In his first visit to China, President Obama today will first visit with United States Consulate employees and their families in Shanghai, as he has at each stop on his week-long tour of Asia so far.

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On President Obama's Bow to the Japanese Emperor, An Academic Friend Writes That Both the Left and the Right Are Wrong

An old friend -- an academic with expertise about the Japanese Empire, and in general a supporter of President Obama -- sends me the following note, relating to photographs of President Obama bowing to Emperor Akihito of Japan. "This picture...

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Official: 'Sense' is President Obama Has 'Pretty Much Decided' on Af-Pak Strategy

SHANGHAI -- A senior administration official told some reporters in Singapore that his "sense" is that President Obama has "pretty much decided" on which Af-Pak strategy he will pick but hasn't yet made a firm decision and is still working out details.

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In Meeting with Southeast Asian Nations, President Obama Calls for Myanmar to Free Aung San Suu Kyi

Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: SINGAPORE -- At a meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this morning, President Obama reaffirmed his call for Myanmar's ruling junta to free democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, winner...

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US-Russian Negotiators Likely to Miss December 5 Deadline for New Nuclear Treaty

SINGAPORE -- After months of insisting negotiators would make the December 5, 2009, deadline, President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev acknowledged today that they were now attempting to have a re-negotiated START nuclear disarmament treaty ready to sign by...

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What Happens If a 9/11 Terrorist Defendant is Found Not Guilty?

"I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice," President Obama said in Tokyo. "The American people will insist on it and my administration will insist on it." But what happens...

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