With current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton set to retire soon, President Obama is looking at a revamp of his national security headed into his second term. The CIA slot is open -- thanks to the David Petraeus sex scandal -- and there areWith current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton set to retire soon, President Obama is looking at a revamp of his national security headed into his second term. The CIA slot is open -- thanks to the David Petraeus sex scandal -- and there arePresident Barack Obama ordered flags at the White House, public buildings, grounds and military facilities to be flown at half-staff in the wake of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. on Friday.CAIRO — Tanks and barbed wire had surrounded Egypt's presidential palace and crowds of protesters were swarming around last week when President Obama placed a call to President Mohamed Morsi.“We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years,” Mr. Obama said from the White House briefing room. “And each time I learn the news, I react not as a president, but as anybody else would – as a parent. And that was especially true today.
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