After a campaign of tough love that appeared to go nowhere, President Obama has turned on the charm for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Has this visit produced a plan for what happens next? Also, a House committee in Washington probed the cause of the Gulf oil spill, a new containment box was lowered over the gusher 5000 feet down. And, a day after cobbling together an unlikely coalition, Britain’s new Prime Minister pledges “a government that will last.” How long?
Banner Image: US President Barak Obama (R) speaks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, May 12, 2010 Obama praised Wednesday the 'broad and deepening' US partnership with Afghanistan and said he and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai had renewed their goal to defeat Al-Qaeda. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)