AP - Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. He added to the minority representation at the top of his administration Wednesday when he named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Hispanic, as Commerce Secretary.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the Pakistani government Thursday that it must mount a "robust response" to the terror shootings in India, which blames the carnage on terrorists operating from neighboring Pakistan.