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The Pentagon began the Northern Distribution Network at the end of 2008, bypassing Pakistan to supply military operations in Afghanistan. Those routes have become even more critical as U.S.-Pakistan relations have deteriorated.

The president's State of the Union address offered specific proposals for boosting manufacturing and creating more jobs. He also laid out an optimistic vision of the nation's role in the world. In the GOP response, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Obama had made the economy worse.

With U.S. and allied forces using missiles and bombs to strike at the heart of Moammar Gadhafi's military defenses, the Libyan leader finds himself standing alone against the world once more. But in Libya's capital, where part of Gadhafi's compound was hit Sunday, his supporters celebrated his continued defiance.

I spoke to lots of people about health care reform when I was a reporter covering the health beat. And one thing a lot of people told me was the health reform plan, signed by Obama this year, was health insurance reform. It was not a reform that went to the heart of escalating health care costs.

This year ended with a flurry of terrorism sting operations. The plots had two things in common: They were launched by lone-wolf attackers, and the FBI was in the middle of them.

The Libyan rebels appeared in be exercising greater control in Tripoli, though sporadic firefights continued. Also, NATO said airstrikes targeted 29 armed vehicles near Sirte, Moammar Gadhafi's hometown.

A new book points budget-cutting lawmakers right to the US Defense Department. Author Stephen Glain, who has traveled the world as a journalist, gives the Department of Defense failing grades for the way it's been spending a trillion of our dollars every year.

Anti-government protesters claimed control of many other cities in Libya, and top government officials and diplomats turned against the longtime leader. Residents in the capital told The AP that pro-Gadhafi troops were opening fire randomly in the streets.

Many economists say the government should spend more in the near term to stimulate jobs and growth, rather than focusing on cutting the debt. But House Republicans' insistence on spending cuts places the fragile recovery on a potential collision course with President Obama's 2012 re-election bid.

As President Obama tries to refocus on domestic issues, he confronts yet another enemy that's been difficult to eliminate: the laggard economy.