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Did Obama Help Oust Mubarak?

WASHINGTON -- The on-again, off-again and finally truly on-again end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year dictatorship whipsawed the world -- not least the White House, which from the beginning struggled to keep up with events. As the streets of Cairo shook with chants of "Egypt is free!" and the army took...

Alleged Ring Shows Cold War Still Hot in Spy World

WASHINGTON (June 29) -- The news of a suspected suburban spy ring couldn't have come at a worse time. Just days before, President Barack Obama stood beside Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the White House and declared they had "succeeded in resetting" the relationship between the two former Cold War rivals. Perhaps...