Euro Strains Overshadow Obama Hosting G-8, NATO Meetings

Europe’s financial crisis and its political fallout are shaping back-to-back international summits hosted by President Barack Obama on the global economy and military cooperation, including funding for postwar Afghanistan.

Leaders in the Group of Eight -- with the notable exception of Russian President Vladimir Putin -- convene tomorrow and May 19 at Camp David, Maryland, near Washington. Then, most will fly to Chicago, Obama’s hometown, for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting.