Sen. Barack Obama’s foreign policy team includes former State Department veterans and newcomers from academia who seek to reinvigorate U.S. diplomacy.

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As the Olympics draw near, critics are attacking Beijing for its policies on the environment, the press, Sudan, and Tibet.

As the Obama administration finalizes its first defense budget, analysts say near-term growth will be followed by lean spending amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Debating global warming policy has moved to the top of agendas worldwide, but some skeptics still question whether action is necessary or possible.