Obama attends tribute to Walter Cronkite, addresses joint session of Congress

September 15th, 2009 Text of Rep. Joe Wilson resolutionThe text of the resolution disapproving of the outburst by Rep.

September 14th, 2009 Obama, Clinton eat Italian after Obama's NY speechNEW YORK — President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton met privately for about 90 minutes on Monday, discussing the global economy over a meal in Manhattan. The two leaders emerged from Il Mulino, an Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village, lingering long enough for photographs before Obama climbed back into his limousine.

September 9th, 2009 Energy secretary skips Obama health care addressWASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu did not attend President Barack Obama's health care address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night. Chu missed the speech as part of a long-standing practice of having a member of the president's Cabinet stay away as a precaution in order to maintain a presidential line of succession in the event of a catastrophic attack or accident at the Capitol.

September 9th, 2009 Sen. Kennedy widow to sit with first lady tonightWASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Kennedy's widow will sit with first lady Michelle Obama tonight when the president delivers his health care speech.

September 2nd, 2009 Stories from top journalism students go nationwidePHOENIX — Investigative stories produced by students from top journalism schools are being distributed to media outlets for free as part of a national project based at Arizona State University's journalism school. An official at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication said Wednesday more than 60 multimedia stories and projects were already available.

August 5th, 2009 Correction: Obit-Walter CronkiteNEW YORK — In a July 18 obituary of Walter Cronkite, The Associated Press, relying on published accounts including Cronkite's memoir, reported erroneously that "cronkiter" was used in Sweden and the Netherlands as a term for "TV anchorman." Olof Hulten, a journalism educator in Sweden, and Radio Netherlands Worldwide's Expert Desk say the term is unknown in their countries.

July 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Walter Cronkite, the iconic US journalist who reported from World War II battlefields and is credited with helping turn public opinion against the Vietnam War, died Friday in New York at the age of 92. Cronkite's calm and kindly demeanour earned him the nicknames "Uncle Walter" and "the most trusted man in America" from viewers.

July 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iconic US news anchor Walter Cronkite, who helped set the tone of US journalism in World War II, the Kennedy assassination, the moon landing and the Vietnam War, died Friday at the age of 92, his family told CBS News. Cronkite, who was born in St Joseph, Missouri in 1916, had been ill for several months with cerebro-vascular disease.

July 18th, 2009 Leading Democrats, Republicans praise CronkiteWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite as a newsman who "never let us down." Cronkite got kind words from leading Democrats and Republicans after his death. The 92-year-old retired CBS News anchorman died Friday night at his Manhattan home after a long illness.

July 18th, 2009 Cronkite to be buried in Missouri after NY funeralNEW YORK — Walter Cronkite's final resting place will be next to his late wife in Missouri. The iconic newsman's longtime chief of staff says a private funeral service has been scheduled for Thursday at St.

July 18th, 2009 Obama praises Cronkite as icon who will be missedWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday praised Walter Cronkite as a journalistic icon, calling the CBS anchor the "voice of certainty in an uncertain world," who will be truly missed. Cronkite, 92, died Friday night at his Manhattan home.

July 18th, 2009 Cronkite to be buried in Mo. after NYC funeralNEW YORK — Walter Cronkite's final resting place will be next to his late wife in Missouri, where the two first met, his chief of staff said Saturday.

July 7th, 2009 A glance at Obama's overseas itineraryA glance at President Barack Obama's itinerary for his overseas trip: FRIDAY, JULY 10, IN ITALY — Attends G-8 breakfast with African countries. — Attends G-8 session with African countries.

April 28th, 2009 Business journalism association to move to ASU PHOENIX — The headquarters for a national business journalism professional association is moving from the University of Missouri School of Journalism to Arizona State University. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers, known as SABEW, will make the move to ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in downtown Phoenix later this year.

January 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US Congress confirmed Thursday that Barack Obama won the presidential election, clearing the final hurdle to certify the election before Obama is sworn in Jan 20. In a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, Congress declared that Obama defeated Republican Senator John McCain in the Electoral College by a 365-to-173 tally, and that Joe Biden will become the next vice president.