Obama puts international spotlight on Camp David By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Isolated and heavily guarded, the mountaintop retreat is known simply as Camp David, but its wooded grounds have been a place of triumph and failure, refuge and relief.British Prime Minister Winston Churchill huddled there with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1943 to pore over plans for the invasion of Normandy.The peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was forged at Camp David under the guidance of President Jimmy Carter. And it was there, too, that President Bill Clinton unsuccessfully tried to broker a deal between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.President Barack Obama, an infrequent visitor, is putting the presidential hideaway on ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Mitt Romney's courtship of female voters in his typical campaign speech sounds a bit like a movie's casting call. Woman Whose Husband Took an Upholstery Class. Woman Who Is Going Back To College. Woman Who Owns Duplexes. Romney's campaign won't identify these women, making it impossible to check the accuracy of the Republican presidential candidate's accounts. It's unclear whether they even know of their cameos in Romney's campaign. But they're serving an important role as he looks to narrow the advantage President Barack Obama has with female voters. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll found women favor Obama by 54 percent to 39 percent—largely in line with the 2008 "gender gap" that helped him win the White House. With women making up roughly 52 ... Continue reading →
