Obama In Iraq, North Korea Launches Missile, Pirates Attack & More

Politico: President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Baghdad Tuesday, meeting with Iraqi leaders and visiting American troops at the end of his first trip overseas as president.  More...

NYT: North Korea defied the United States, China and a series of United Nations resolutions by launching a rocket on Sunday that the country said was designed to propel a satellite into space, but that much of the world viewed as an effort to prove it is edging toward the capability to shoot a nuclear warhead on a longer-range missile.  More...

AP: The American captain held hostage by four Somali pirates made a desperate escape attempt Friday but was recaptured after they fired shots, and officials said other pirates sought to reinforce their colleagues by sailing hijacked ships with other captives aboard to the scene of the standoff. A Somali in contact with a pirate leader said the captors want a ransom and are ready to kill the hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, if attacked.  More...

AP: Obama in Baghdad tells troops Iraq must take over.  More...

Times: General says US may miss Iraq deadline to halt al-Qaeda terror.  More...

Reuters: Obama seeks $83.4 billion more in 2009 war funds.  More...

Reuters: Obama plays up role as consensus builder at G20.  More...

AFP: UN fails to agree on response to NKorea launch.  More...

AP: US to attend group nuclear talks with Iran.  More...

AFP: Arabs hail Obama overture to Muslims.  More...

WSJ: Congress approves Obama's $3.6 trillion budget.  More...

AP: Promises, promises- Obama tax pledge up in smoke.  More...

AP: Unemployment soars to 8.5 percent; 13 million jobless.  More...

Politico: Obama, the nation's CEO.  More...

WSJ: Bankruptcy leads possible plans for GM, Chrysler.  More...

Pew: Partisan gap in Obama approval widest in modern era.  More...

USA Today: Absentee count begins in NY special election.  More...

WPost: Study supports school vouchers.  More...

WSJ: Deadly rampages rack the nation.  More...

WSJ: Pakistani Taliban chief threatens Washington attack.  More...

NPR: Justice Department drops charges against former Sen. Stevens.  More...

USA Today: American to add Wi-Fi service to domestic flights.  More...

AP: Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study.  More...

AP: One in two new Americans in 2008 was Latino.  More...

AP: Italy quake death toll at 250; pope to visit area.  More...

Smoking Gun: Cops bust stool fool.  More...

OPINION:

Krauthammer: Obama's ultimate agenda.  More...

Brooks: Greed and stupidity.  More...

Friedman: Obama's big, bold bet.  More...

Rove: The President is 'keeping score.'  More...

Sen. Coburn: Budget debate shows politicians in denial.  More...

Cong. Cantor: Don't get in way of job creation.  More...

Sen. Gregg: A budget to beggar us.  More...

Noonan: Obama's domestic agenda gains clarity.  More...

Morris: Obama's worst jobs-killer.  More...

Barone: Obama's 21st century campaign stuck in a mid-20th century program.  More...

Gerson: Commanding the heights of hypocrisy.  More...

Brooks: The commercial republic.  More...

Brooks: Combat and community.  More...

Thomas: Obama's war or ours?  More...

Frum: This is your heritage!  More...

Gerson: What the teleprompter teaches.  More...

Sowell: A rookie President.  More...

Morris: Obama feels heat in polls.  More...

Noonan: Neither a hedgehog nor a fox.  More...

Lowry: The 'excuse me' Prez- Obama's non-stop naivete.  More...

Cook: Are independents hedging their bets?  More...

Heritage: A budget we can believe in.  More...

Cook: Just round one.  More...

Jentleson: Probe the Syria track.  More...

SNL: Obama picks winners.  Hilarious Video