At-a-glance: 28 June-3 July

Barack Obama continues the process of rapprochement with the Clinton camp, by participating in a telephone conversation with Bill. Obama supporter Gen Wesley Clark sparks protests when he tells an interviewer that "getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down" is not a qualification to become president. John McCain shakes up his staff for the second time since his campaign began, giving Steve Schmidt more control and demoting Rick Davis. "I don't know forever, but right now I'm not considering changing my registration." Anti-Iraq war Republican Senator Chuck Hagel threatens to leave... [read full story]