WASHINGTON (AP) - El primer ministro griego George Papandreou, que será recibido en las próximas horas por el presidente Barack Obama, insistió que los problemas financieros de su país son un desafío que Estados Unidos no puede ignorar.

March 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and his top health official are stepping up attacks on the nation’s insurers as they work to sway public opinion and persuade lawmakers to back U.S. health-care legislation.

President Obama blamed Washington's obsession with keeping score in politics for the uphill battle his health care legislation has faced. Bill Plante reports.

WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- The economy, international issues and energy were topics of meetings U.S. President Barack Obama scheduled out of the public eye at the White House Tuesday.

President Obama traveled to Acadia University in suburban Philadelphia on Monday to make the case one more time for Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. He went after Republicans for their unified opposition, and attacked big insurance companies.

President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister George Papandreou (pah-pahn-DRAY'-oh) of Greece on Tuesday before sitting down with senators from both parties to talk about energy.

Ahead of a meeting Tuesday with President Barack Obama, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the United States cannot afford to ignore the financial woes of his country and, by extension, Europe.

The president makes an impassioned plea to voters to call legislators and demand they do 'the right thing' and pass a bill rather than focus on the political repercussions. In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Obama left what he called the Washington "echo chamber" Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass ...