Obama In Colombia

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  Peace Deal In Reach, Obama Says US To Help Colombia Rebuild

  Nudging Colombia toward a peace deal that's finally within reach, President Barack Obama committed the United States on Thursday to helping the battle-scarred nation rebuild after half a century of guerrilla conflict.

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  Air Force One Is Obamas Favorite Perk, And In 2016 Hell Be Using It A Lot

  With Washington increasingly consumed by the November elections, President Barack Obama will spend much of his final year in office traveling the country and the world.

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  Barack Obama Hopes for US Embassy in Cuba before April Summit

  US President Barack Obama said on Monday that he hopes the United States will open an embassy in Cuba by the time of a Western Hemisphere summit in Panama in mid-April.

• US Secret Service facing another sex scandal

  More than 18 months after a prostitution scandal in South America rocked the Secret Service, the agency in charge of protecting the president is investigating another case of suspected sexual misconduct in its ranks.

• South American leaders back asylum amid Edward Snowden row

  South American leaders sent a tough message to Washington on Friday over allegations of US spying in the region and to defend their right to offer asylum to fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

• Barack Obama to name David O'Connor new US Secret Service chief: source

  President Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Secret Service official who oversaw criminal investigations to head the agency, which last year became embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, a US government source said.

• US Secret Service personnel punished over Colombia prostitution scandal

  Ten US military personnel involved in the prostitution scandal that overshadowed President Barack Obama's trip to a regional summit in April in Colombia have been punished but not dismissed.

• Two more Secret Service agents resign over US sex scandal

  Two more Secret Service agents have resigned over the Colombia sex scandal and one more will have his security clearance permanently revoked, the elite presidential protection outfit said on Tuesday. "Two other employees have been cleared of serious misconduct," Assistant Secret Service Director Paul Morrissey said in a written statement. Six Sec...

• Obama wants 'rigorous' Secret Service probe

  US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he expected a "rigorous" probe into a sex scandal involving Secret Service agents, warning he would be "angry" if the claims were proven true. The incident, which saw 11 Secret Service and five military personnel pulled from their security duties in Colombia at the Summit of the Americas, overshadowed ...

• Obama cites potential of billion consumers in the Americas

  Obama described US-Latin American ties as "one of the world's most dynamic trade relationships."

• Obama Secret Service agents sent home for 'misconduct'

  In a rare move, some Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to help protect US President Barack Obama at a regional summit have been sent home amid accusations of a sex scandal, officials and reports said on Friday.

• Two bombs explode near US embassy in Colombia shortly after Obama's arrival

  Four explosive devices went off in Colombia late on Friday ahead of an Americas summit, without causing any casualties or damage to the building, police said.