OBAMA WARNS GOP AGAINST SHUTTING DOWN GOV’T
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama smiles as he listens to a question during a town hall meeting at Binghamton University, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in Vestal, N.Y., where he…
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GOP MODERATES PUSH BACK ON TEA PARTY SPENDING CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, takes questions from reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference as…
MILITARY PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FROM BUDGET CUTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Hagel warned that the Pentagon may have to mothball up…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…
PENTAGON TO BEAR BRUNT OF UPCOMING BUDGET CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 17, 2013, file photo. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Air Force personnel at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston,…
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…
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…
BILL TO END AIRPORT DELAYS HEADED FOR HO– USE VOTE
By DAVID ESPO In this April 23, 2013 photo, a United Airlines jet departs in view of the air traffic control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. With flight…