• A glance at Obama's overseas itinerary
  A glance at President Barack Obama's itinerary for his overseas trip:

• Air Force develops new sensor to gather war intel
  The Air Force is developing a new video sensor and creating 2,500 analyst positions to help gather and interpret the increasing flood of aerial surveillance data coming from the warfront and get it back to the troops on the ground, officials said Monday.

• Robert McNamara, Vietnam War architect, dies at 93
  Robert S. McNamara, the Kennedy-Johnson-era defense secretary, will be most remembered as a man instrumental in sending hundreds of thousands of Americans to fight in Vietnam, and who was haunted by his decision for the rest of his life.

• Panel urges huge increase in outdoor spending
  Despite the recession, a blue-ribbon panel says the federal government should increase by tenfold its spending on outdoor recreation and conservation.

• US, Japan make progress on opening Japanese market
  The United States says it has made progress in opening Japan's market to foreign investors.

• Leahy finds solace from Senate on his Vermont farm
  Sen. Patrick Leahy calls his Vermont home Drawbridge Farm for the shelter and solace it can offer him from the rigors of life in Washington. But its 300 acres is not enough to keep out the politics of Sonia Sotomayor's upcoming confirmation hearings.

• Analysis: US, Russia have different views on nukes
  The new U.S.-Russia plan to negotiate deeper cuts in nuclear weapons fits well with each country's shifting focus - the U.S. toward more reliance on precision conventional weapons and Russia toward more modern short-range nuclear weapons to offset U.S. conventional superiority.

• Rep. Kennedy returning to Congress
  Rep. Patrick Kennedy said he's "feeling healthy and strong" and plans to return to Congress Tuesday after receiving treatment at a Maryland addiction treatment center.

• Top Dem senator, hospitals near health care deal
  With health care legislation at a crossroads, the nation's hospitals are near agreement with a key lawmaker and the White House to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama's plan for expanded coverage, officials said Monday.

• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: For Russia, Obama or soccer?
  Millions of Russians were expected to tune out President Barack Obama's news conference Monday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and instead tune in to a rebroadcast of a June 13 Russian league soccer match on the main state-run sports channel.

• Global warming expected to be top issue at summit in Italy
  One question could dominate this week's gathering of the world's top economic powers in Italy: Will the United States and Europe act by themselves to cut emissions of the heat-trapping gases that are causing long-term global warming and will they be able to persuade fast-developing nations such as China and India to go along?

• White House concerned about deadly China protest
  The White House says it is deeply concerned by reports of dozens of deaths and injuries caused by violence in China's western Xinjiang (shin-jahng) province.

• Baucus, hospitals said near deal
  Officials say the nation's hospitals are near a deal with the White House and a key lawmaker to pick up part of the cost of President Barack Obama's plan for expanded health coverage.

• Actor Kal Penn starts work as White House liaison
  Actor Kal Penn started a new job Monday as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities.

• Ousted Honduran president expected in Washington
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet with deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this week as the Obama administration weighs responses to his ouster.

• Woman gets prison for Library of Congress ID theft
  A woman who worked with her cousin to steal the identities of 13 unsuspecting Library of Congress employees was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in prison.

• No joke: Al Franken takes his new job seriously
  So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes?

• Robert McNamara, Vietnam war architect, dies at 93
  Robert S. McNamara, the Kennedy-Johnson-era defense secretary, who became a major architect of the Vietnam War and a key player in the Cuban missile crisis, died Monday at his Washington home at age 93.

• Obama wants to host global nuclear security summit
  President Barack Obama says he wants to host a summit on global nuclear security next year.

• GOP senator: Will race infect Sotomayor rulings?
  A top Republican senator said Monday that he wants to find out whether Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor would let racial bias affect her decisions as a justice.

• Obama trusts Medvedev to follow through
  President Barack Obama says he trusts Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) to follow through on the agreements the two leaders have announced at their summit in Moscow.

• Obama, Medvedev agree progress slow in Afghanistan
  President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart agree that there hasn't been as much progress as they'd like to see in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan.

• Letter carriers union has new president
  Fredric V. Rolando is the new president of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

• US, Russia agree to resume military cooperation
  The United States and Russia say they are resuming military cooperation suspended after Russia invaded its smaller neighbor Georgia last year.

• Obama pledges early end to missile defense review
  President Barack Obama says he expects to complete a review of the U.S. plan for building missile defense systems in Europe by the end of the summer.