President Obama said he would nominate Robert Stephen Beecroft, a career diplomat, as the next ambassador to Iraq after his first choice, Brett H. McGurk, was forced to withdraw.
Mitt Romney’s campaign rushed to quell anxiety among Republicans, saying any post-convention lift for President Obama would not last the next few weeks, let alone to Election Day.
Twelve years after leaving the White House, Bill Clinton is hitting the campaign trail as the role model both sides claim to emulate.
