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In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama holds meeting on Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

Afghanistan announcement expected next week

AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama held a "rigorous final meeting" with his Afghanistan war council and is expected to announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict just after his Thanksgiving break.

  • Obama to honor Indian PM with state visit AP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Behind the elaborate ceremony of the Indian prime minister's state visit Tuesday, Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama will be working to smooth over differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan.

  • CAPITAL CULTURE: 60 years of US dinners for India AP - Tue Nov 24, 12:54 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - In the history of U.S.-India relations, there's been plenty of broken bread and even a few crumbled Triscuits.

  • Obama takes his leave a bit early, then returns AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:05 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end — even when he doesn't have to.

  • President Barack Obama, right, and Ethyl Kennedy, second from right, watch as Robert F. Kennedy Human Right Award recipients Jenni Williams, left, and Magodonga Mahlangu, second from left, receive their award in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Nov., 23, 2009. Williams is the Founder of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and Magodonga is a member of the human right group. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Zimbabwe women, receiving rights award, speak out AP - Mon Nov 23, 7:51 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama praised representatives of a women's organization whose members have been beaten by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's police force and face court trials for challenging Zimbabwe's government. He said their grassroots efforts could improve the African country.

  • Iraqi Shiite protesters chant slogans against the veto made by Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi on the election law in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad,on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January and affect the timetable for an American troop withdrawal.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
    Clinton says Iraqi election might be delayed AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:20 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq's national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament.

  • More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported AP - Mon Nov 23, 10:14 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to new FBI data released Monday.

  • FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, members of the NYPD Counterterrorism unit talk outside the old federal courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New York. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
    Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts AP - Sat Nov 21, 9:08 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.

  • Prosecutors plan commission case in Cole bombing AP - Fri Nov 20, 8:37 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.

  • Travelers wait in line for departures at the San Francisco International airport in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. An FAA computer glitch caused flight delays throughout the U.S. Thursday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
    FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:48 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.

  • Army announces review of how it tests body armor AP - Fri Nov 20, 3:05 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.

  • AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Obama: US economy has 'core strengths' that will put nation in good position for long term.

  • FILE - In this March 7, 2002 file photo, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vernon Clark testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Clark, and former Army Secretary Togo West were named to review a broad range of Pentagon programs, ranging from medical and personnel policies to how well military bases are secured. (AP Photo/Terry Ashe, File)
    Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses AP - Fri Nov 20, 3:18 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.

  • US soldiers sit on their armored vehicles as the patrol the streets of Kabul. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for the United States to step up pressure on Pakistan to rein in Islamic radicals.(AFP/Shah Marai)
    Obama calls security meeting on Afghanistan AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:58 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called his war council together Monday as he moves toward a decision on whether to add more U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

  • President Barack Obama, center, poses for a group photo with local area students at the Executive Office Building in the White House complex, in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Earlier Obama spoke about several initiatives designed to boost science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama to honor young inventors at science fair AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:29 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Hey kids, grab those beakers and Petri dishes, the White House is going to hold a science fair.

  • Govt wants speedy screening at more airports AP - Thu Nov 19, 5:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.

  • In this photo taken on Nov. 17, 2009, Jenni Williams, left, and Magodonga Mahlangu, right, pose for a photo at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Right in Washington. On Monday Nov. 23, 2009, Williams and Mahlangu will receive a human rights award from President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Obama to speak on education, present rights award AP - Mon Nov 23, 5:14 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will speak about several government initiatives to raise the level of education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

  • Troops' post-deployment questionnaires missing AP - Thu Nov 19, 4:29 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.

  • Obama has low-key evening out after long week AP - Sat Nov 21, 7:07 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia.

  • Many parents inaccurately claim college tax credit AP - Thu Nov 19, 1:23 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A government report says more than 314,000 taxpayers made inaccurate claims for a popular tax credit that helps pay college expenses, getting $532 million they weren't entitled to receive.

  • President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
    Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy AP - Sat Nov 21, 6:01 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.

  • Obama drops by daughter Sasha's school for event AP - Fri Nov 20, 9:31 AM ET

    BETHESDA, Md. - Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.

  • President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
    Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs AP - Thu Nov 19, 8:06 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.

  • Details of state dinner scarce, White House mum AP - Thu Nov 19, 5:48 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - It's the hottest ticket in town. Just don't ask the White House who got them.