James Jones

Obama cancels Bush plan for European missile shield that had soured relations with Russia. President Barack Obama abruptly canceled a long-planned missile shield for Eastern Europe on Thursday, replacing a Bush-era project that was bitterly opposed by Russia with a plan he contended would better defend against a growing threat of Iranian missiles.

Eastern Europe, fawned over by Bush, complains of neglect by Obama administration. Czechs feel betrayed, Poles irked, Romanians slighted. Ask them who's to blame, and the answer may come as a surprise: President Barack Obama.

A Liverpool football fan jailed for 15 years in Bulgaria for the attempted murder of a barman was pardoned on Wednesday and walked free, describing the last four years as a "living hell."

US reassures Poland no decision has been made on missile defense plans. The United States is assuring Poland that it has not made a decision on where to deploy a European missile defense system but will keep Warsaw informed.

Poland, Europe mark anniversary of outbreak of WWII; start at scene of first hostilities. On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowed Tuesday never to forget the lessons of the 20th century's bloodiest conflict.

Analysis: Inconclusive and messy, Afghan vote complicates US mission it was supposed to ease. Inconclusive election results in Afghanistan, disappointing voter turnout and the prospect of rising ethnic tensions and political turmoil are new roadblocks to the Obama administration's plan to turn around a backsliding war.

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Analysis: Obama struggles to put Bush-era abuses of terror suspects behind him and move on. After declaring he would rather look forward, President Barack Obama is delving instead into the past to deal with lingering assertions of CIA mistreatment of terror suspects during the Bush administration. It's another headache for an administration struggling to juggle two wars, a painful recession and a crowded agenda bogged down in Congress.

Packers backup QB Brohm still struggling, could see more snaps if Flynn's injury lingers. It wasn't so long ago that Brian Brohm was considered a potential top-10 draft pick and NFL franchise quarterback.

Clinton seeks to reassure Latin America that US-Colombia base agreement is no danger to region. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Tuesday to reassure Latin America that a pending agreement to give U.S. forces greater access to Colombian military facilities will not create permanent U.S. bases. The planned expanded American military presence in Colombia has worried both U.S.-friendly nations in the region and members of President Barack Obama's own political party.

Ex-president Bill Clinton will give President Barack Obama a rare glimpse inside North Korea's opaque political power structure on Tuesday, in an hour-long White House briefing.

Bill Clinton on Tuesday gave President Barack Obama a tantalizing insider's account of his talks with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his trip to free two jailed US journalists in Pyongyang.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is set to meet Monday with key US government officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ahead of his first White House visit in five years.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is set to meet Monday with key US government officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ahead of his first White House visit in five years.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is set to meet Monday with key US government officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ahead of his first White House visit in five years.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in the United States on Saturday, the Egyptian embassy said, for a trip that is scheduled to include his first White House meeting with President Barack Obama.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in the United States on Saturday, the Egyptian embassy said, for a trip that is scheduled to include his first White House meeting with President Barack Obama.

After a week in second, NBC's `Meet the Press' takes back lead from ABC. David Gregory and NBC's "Meet the Press" are back on top one week after the Sunday show slipped to second behind ABC.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The families of three Americans detained in Iran expressed hope on Tuesday that they would be released soon and stated that the trio inadvertently strayed across the border on a hiking excursion in Iraq.

Iran on Tuesday officially notified Washington about the arrest of three US hikers who entered Iranian territory from Iraq, a State Department spokesman said.