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Obama pledges limits to drone strikes in new terror policy
23 May 2013
More transparency, stricter controls. President Obama promises to be more open about America's fight against terrorism - in an effort to regain his credibility in an increasingly dangerous world.
Barack and David - two exchange students who haven't hit it off
14 May 2013
The controversy over David Cameron's EU referendum pledge has highlighted the lack of chemistry between Britain's prime minister and the US president.
Obama: I will shut Guantanamo detention centre - video
06 May 2013
With a hunger strike and one hundred inmates refusing food, President Obama renews his intention to shut down the Guantanamo detention centre declaring he does not want people to die.
Second-term Obama - lame duck or lifeless cicada?
30 April 2013
You can compare President Obama's second term with the fate of the cicada swarms that hit Washington in May: a lot of preparation, but within weeks the frenzy has gone.
President Obama the stand-up comedian? - video
28 April 2013
US President Barack Obama turns his hand to comedy at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, joking about the "blame Bush" library and his role in the Spielberg film, Obama.
Boston bombing: fear, loathing and the enemy within
24 April 2013
It has become the defining theme of the Obama presidency: how to protect a nation in an age of terror? But in the wake of the Boston bombs - is the homegrown threat now a fact of life?
Obama fury as Senate votes down gun controls - video
18 April 2013
This is a shameful day for Washington, President Obama declared - as his efforts to push through stricter gun control laws hit a brick wall in Congress.
Letter containing ricin sent to President Obama
17 April 2013
The US secret service intercepts a letter addressed to President Obama containing traces of ricin, a day after the poison was found in a letter sent to a senator.
'Close Guantanamo Bay' senior US figures tell Obama
16 April 2013
Former senior members of the US military and political establishment accuse the country's most senior officials of contributing to the spread of torture.
US gun controls: how even a compromise could fail
16 April 2013
The US Senate holds its first debate on major gun control legislation for almost 20 years. But the parties are split: now, even a compromise deal on stricter background checks could fail.
