Camp David

Sunnylands presidential summit spotlights estate's public mission

2013-06-07 05:00:00

Even when it was just an architectural glimmer in the eye of Walter and Leonore Annenberg, the desert estate where President Barack Obama will greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday was never in danger of being confused with a mere vacation house....

Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target

2013-05-16 04:00:00

In the 65 years since the creation of� Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...

Hollywood studios pack in titles at Cannes Film Festival

2013-04-18 16:03:00

The Cannes Film Festival has a long tradition of showcasing independent global cinema. But in a twist, this year's lineup also includes movies from a wide range of Hollywood entities: Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., CBS Films, the Weinstein Co., even...

A Russian 'frenemy'

2013-03-05 00:00:00

The White House is trying to revive the "reset" with Vladimir Putin's Russia. It is likely to be a wasted effort. The reset is dead not because of someone's ill will or mistakes. It is because Washington and Moscow have reached the limit of...

White House releases photo of Obama shooting a gun

2013-02-02 10:47:00

WASHINGTON — Facing questions about President Obama’s experience with firearms, the White House has released a photo of the chief executive in the act of firing one. Obama, in an interview published by the New Republic, claimed that had used...

Obama to push for gun measures outside of Washington

2013-02-04 07:01:00

ST. PAUL, MINN. – Even as key lawmakers remain cool to some of his proposals, President Obama will try to keep up a drumbeat for new gun control measures in a visit with law enforcement officials in Minneapolis on Monday. The quick day trip to...

Egyptian protesters, police continue to clash near U.S. Embassy

2012-09-13 08:04:03

A journey through Civil War sites

2011-07-01 11:29:00

Although the Civil War was waged across the country — from Arizona to Maine — some of the heaviest and most decisive fighting took place in the beautiful rolling countryside of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Piedmont, as it's called,...

Obama, other G-8 leaders push economic growth over austerity

2012-05-19 16:39:16

Obama and Karzai meet, cite NATO commitment to Afghanistan

2012-05-20 16:40:02

Putin bows out of G-8 summit at Camp David

2012-05-09 21:39:45

Joe Biden blasts Mitt Romney's CEO mind-set on national security

2012-04-26 09:48:00

Since it became clear that Mitt Romney would win the GOP nomination, the Obama campaign has been eager to portray the former Massachusetts governor as the committed conservative he presented himself as in the primaries. But Thursday, Vice President Joe...

President Obama at Camp David

2013-02-02 11:37:00

President Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., on Aug. 4, 2012, in a photo released by the White House on Friday.

2013-02-02 10:43:00

More than six months after President Obama and seven other world leaders converged on Camp David for the G-8 summit, Thurmont and Frederick officials appear to hold out little hope that taxpayers might ever recoup the cost of preparing for and hosting the event.

2012-12-28 17:26:00