Leaked national security information is becoming a problem for President Obama in his battle with Mitt Romney.

“The unauthorized disclosure of classified information can compromise the security of this country and all Americans," Attorney General Holder said.

Massive U.S. troops withdrawals from Afghanistan this summer will not impact American commanders' plans for an upcoming spring offensive against Taliban forces in the eastern part of the country. 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan are discussing alternatives to the six-point peace plan for Syria.

Annan revealed the discussions Friday before heading into a meeting with Clinton at the State Department.

The meeting comes after Annan on Thursday urged the United Nations to ramp up the pressure on Syria following a massacre that western nations are blaming on the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad. 

Rumsfeld was President Reagan's emissary against the treaty back in 1982 when international momentum was for it.

The president rebuked critics who have suggested the White House purposely leaked national security information to help his reelection campaign.

The senator’s resolution would be nonbinding, but it could pose political problems for Democrats and the White House.

White House press secretary says Obama takes leaks seriously, but has no plans for special counsel.

The Topline: As the Senate left town for the week Thursday, the White House gave Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and other Republicans an answer that’s unlikely to stop their increasingly loud chatter about national security leaks in the Obama administration.

The White House rejected a call from the GOP for a special counsel to investigate the leaks, which have drawn condemnation from both Democrats and Republicans after news of a U.S. cyberattack against Iran was published in The New York Times last week.

“No,” was press secretary Jay Carney’s one-word response to a question about the special counsel during a press gaggle on Air Force One, before saying that President Obama “takes this very seriously.”

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