January 11, 2013 Compiled: 12:19 AM
The meeting between President Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan will bring together two sides with vastly different expectations of the role of the United States in Afghanistan.
President Obama for the fifth time must choose the aide who will be the gatekeeper for every problem and person that comes before him.
President Obama pledged to crack down on what he called “weapons of war” after last month’s school massacre, but the White House is emphasizing other measures it deems more politically achievable.