Barack Obama Goes To Asia, Where Everyone Is Very Mad At Him

• Barack Obama sent himself to Asia to convince everyone over there that he is not distracted or whatever by various goings-on in Afghanistan and Iraq. [ New York Times ]

• Say farewell to the White House's rhyming general counsel, Gregory Craig, who is quitting his job today. [ Washington Post ]

• Nidal Hasan will probably face the death penalty. [ Wall Street Journal ]

• Ten people died when a suicide bomber bombed a spy agency in Pakistan to death. [ AP ]

• If Obama goes to Copenhagen for a big climate change summit later this month, everyone will believe him when he says he cares about reducing carbon emissions and the like. [ The Hill ]

• Turns out when the US gives money directly to villages in Afghanistan—as opposed to the central government—the money ends up in the hands of people not in the central government. [ New York Times ]