The President announced that effective August 2nd veterans can go online and access their medical records through the VA website, thus allowing them to share medical information with doctors outside the VA.
The findings support previous statements by the Secret Service that the actions of some agents who were in Colombia in advance of President Barack Obama's arrival for an April trip did not endanger the president.
President Obama has declared Friday a Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy, and ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the 50th anniversary of JFK's death.
President Barack Obama is conceding that he has differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a future state for Palestinians but that such disagreements happen "between friends."
President Barack Obama says 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city.