STUDENT LOAN COMPROMISE HEADS TOWARD FINAL VOTE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this July 17, 2013 file photo, House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif.,…
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SENATE READY FOR SHOWDOWN ON OBAMA PICK FOR ATF
By ALAN FRAM FILE – In this June 11, 2013 file photo, B. Todd Jones of Minnesota, President Barack Obama’s nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
OBAMA DELICATELY WADES INTO MIDEAST TALKS
By JULIE PACE Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, right, and Yitzhak Molcho, left, chief negotiator on the Israeli negotiating team with the Palestinians, arrive at the State Department in Washington,…
OBAMA AND MCCAIN: WASHINGTON’S NEWEST ODD COUPLE
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this June 25, 2009 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. watches as President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress to discuss immigration, in the…
OFFICIALS: OBAMA NAMING NC’S WATT FOR HOUSING POST
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.…
KARZAI: US GIVES FUNDS TO NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands in Helsinki, Finland Monday, April 29, 2013. Afghan President Karzai arrived to Finland for a working visit Monday.…
OBAMA TO TAP CHARLOTTE MAYOR TO RUN TRANSPORTATION
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama on Monday will…
ARMY SAYS NO TO MORE TANKS, BUT CONGRESS INSISTS
By RICHARD LARDNER In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to…