U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron started a day of both policy talks and celebration with an elaborate welcome ceremony Wednesday at the White House.

Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama used what was in essence Day One of the U.S. presidential election campaign to frame their differences in dire, sometimes starkly personal terms.

U.S. President Barack Obama declares that after years of sacrifice the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan is winding down, just as it has already ended in Iraq.