Reuters: Politics

Russia, U.S. leaders to discuss arms pact, Iran

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:26:18 -0500

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian and U.S. leaders meet in Singapore on Sunday as the clock is ticking for the world's two leading nuclear powers to strike a new arms cuts deal.

Obama meets Myanmar PM, calls for Suu Kyi's release

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:10:29 -0500

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called for the release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he met the country's prime minister at a meeting with other Southeast Asian leaders in Singapore on Sunday.

Lawmakers, business laud Obama Pacific trade step

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:31:36 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advocates of greater U.S. foreign trade praised a U.S. move to connect with a Pacific regional bloc, saying it marks a welcome step forward by the Obama administration.

Obama pledges greater U.S. engagement in Asia

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:53:24 -0500

TOKYO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged Saturday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.

Obama aide who guided Guantanamo policy resigns

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:27:10 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Counsel Gregory Craig said Friday he was resigning, ending a troubled tenure marked by his central role in the administration's rocky efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Republicans blast Obama decision on Gitmo

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:33 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans Friday condemned the Obama administration's decision to prosecute five September 11 suspects in a U.S. court in New York rather than at the Guantanamo Bay military base as "irresponsible."

Palin stirs controversy ahead of book release

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:01:36 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sarah Palin is stirring controversy with her new book even before it is on shelves, complaining she was "all bottled up" by advisers to Republican presidential candidate John McCain last year.

Estate tax debate imminent in Congress

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:09:28 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The joke among tax lobbyists in the nation's Capitol is that 2010 may be the best year for wealthy Americans to die -- at least from their heirs' point of view.

Obama administration faults Senate bank bill

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:36:55 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday pushed back against a proposal in the U.S. Senate to create a single bank super-regulator and strip the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers.

Rep Paul: Fed audit in rules reform "pseudo"

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:57:54 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A long-standing U.S. congressional critic of the Federal Reserve said on Friday his proposal to audit the U.S. central bank's monetary policy, an initiative strenuously opposed by the Fed, has been defanged in financial reform legislation in the House of Representatives.