The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama today as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. ...more

November 8, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is approaching the presidential transition unlike any of his predecessors. ...more

November 24, 2008

Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for the job of secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said Thursday as the shape of the president-elect's Cabinet begins to emerge. ...more

November 20, 2008

The Senate on Friday rejected a nine-month timetable for bringing most troops home from Iraq, yet another legislative defeat for Democrats in what is shaping up as a losing battle to force President Bush to end the war. ...more

September 22, 2007

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday that he would recommend a veto of a Senate proposal that would give troops more rest between deployments in Iraq, branding it a dangerous 'backdoor way' to draw down forces. ...more

September 17, 2007