/InDepth/-/490068/490068/-/hln7bi/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/668696/-/in4qfr/-/index.html President Barack Obama gathered doctors from every U.S. state at the White House on Monday to press his case for healthcare reform in a week when the sweeping overhaul could clear a major hurdle in Congress. 2009-10-06T08:56:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/666210/-/in39gc/-/index.html President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical and scientific research, medical supplies and upgrading laboratory capacity, which he said would create tens of thousands of new jobs. 2009-10-01T09:06:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/665602/-/in2n96/-/index.html NATO's chief assured President Barack Obama on Tuesday of the alliance's commitment to the Afghan war as the U.S. administration weighs sending more troops to try to turn the tide on a resurgent Taliban. 2009-09-30T04:35:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/665088/-/in2iqo/-/index.html An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort to close the detention camp, a military spokesman said on Monday. 2009-09-29T08:33:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/664756/-/in1yu0/-/index.html After his efforts at diplomacy on the international stage last week, President Barack Obama faces some particularly daunting foreign policy decisions about the Afghan war, a nuclear Iran and an elusive Middle East peace. 2009-09-28T13:56:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/662662/-/in0kfy/-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Wednesday that further U.N. sanctions will be considered if Iran does not respond to proposals to end a nuclear standoff. 2009-09-24T08:08:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/662238/-/in0h8n/-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama makes his United Nations debut on Wednesday, hoping his international star power can throw new muscle behind a policy agenda that is already struggling to deliver. 2009-09-23T08:29:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/661708/-/imyvr4/-/index.html President Barack Obama will broker his first summit of Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday but is given little chance of achieving a breakthrough toward relaunching long-stalled peace talks. 2009-09-22T08:03:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/661244/-/imyrx9/-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama begins his biggest week yet on the world stage, facing pressure for results on an agenda of rekindling Middle East peace talks, tackling climate change and reshaping financial regulations. 2009-09-21T08:13:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/641580/-/ilqrlf/-/index.html The two presidents will meet during Mubarak's first visit to Washington since 2003. 2009-08-18T10:08:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/631336/-/il570x/-/index.html Republican Senator booed as he rejects claims that 44th president was not born in the US 2009-07-28T14:33:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/630798/-/il4kyy/-/index.html President Barack Obama called for deeper US-Chinese economic cooperation on Monday and outlined a broad agenda for a positive relationship between two countries that do not always see eye to eye. 2009-07-27T15:37:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/628820/-/iknm92/-/index.html President Barack Obama said yesterday police had acted “stupidly” in arresting a prominent black Harvard University scholar at his own home, weighing in on escalating debate over the treatment of minorities by US law enforcement officers. 2009-07-23T15:55:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/626728/-/ikm7th/-/index.html Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress have run into stiff opposition this month as they try to pass legislation to restructure the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare industry through the creation of a government-run health insurance program. 2009-07-20T12:30:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/623968/-/ikk6jf/-/index.html US President Barack Obama indicated to Jewish-American leaders yesterday that the United States and Israel are making progress in bridging their differences on the issue of Jewish settlements. 2009-07-14T14:56:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/623440/-/ikk2k5/-/index.html US President Barack Obama has been challenged to visit African countries that suffer from poor leadership and lack of democracy. 2009-07-13T15:05:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/621330/-/ikin4g/-/index.html US economic and security interests factors on trip to West African state 2009-07-08T16:14:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/621054/-/ikiksy/-/index.html African nations must clean up corruption and end political instability in order to attract the investment needed to prosper, US President Barack Obama said in an interview with AllAfrica.com released on Tuesday. 2009-07-08T08:11:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/620764/-/iki20v/-/index.html Barack Obama attempted to bridge the divisions of the Cold War with a new generation of Russian students today, outlining a vision of a world made safer by closer ties between the Kremlin and Washington. 2009-07-07T14:43:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/620730/-/iki1x4/-/index.html Ghanaians are not only planning to host US President Barack Obama like a lost son returning home after a long sojourn outside, smart traders are using the visit to make money. 2009-07-07T14:27:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/618792/-/ik22qj/-/index.html U.S. and Russian negotiators have still not reached agreement on cutting stocks of their deadliest nuclear weapons ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow on Monday, sources close to the talks said. 2009-07-03T10:53:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/618198/-/ik1x1y/-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama, buoyed by a domestic victory on climate policy, faces his first foreign test on the issue next week at a forum that could boost the chances of reaching a U.N. global warming pact this year. 2009-07-02T08:41:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/617654/-/ik1cjf/-/index.html Eight years ago, George W. Bush said he gazed into Vladimir Putin's soul. Now U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are trying to forge a more pragmatic relationship than their predecessors did. That approach will be put to the test at their first summit next week in Moscow. 2009-07-01T08:51:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/617208/-/ik19aa/-/index.html U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and would set a "terrible precedent" of transition by military force unless it was reversed. 2009-06-30T10:01:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/-/490068/597038/-/i5us7s/-/index.html President Barack Obama’s popularity in leading Arab countries far outstrips that of the US, a survey has shown. 2009-05-11T14:43:07Z