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President Obama (center) walks out of the Oval Office of the White House with former Presidents Bill Clinton (left) and George W. Bush to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. Mr. Obama asked the former presidents to help with U.S. relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bush policies still alive in Obama White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, arrives to speak with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Flight delays set furlough blame game into motion; Reid cites ‘dire effects’; GOP says it’s politics

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki said that as a veteran himself, no one wants to see disability claim backlogs cleared more than he does. He told a House subcommittee on Thursday, April 18, 2013, that the agency is making progress. (Associated Press)

House impatient with VA’s disability backlog

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** One of the blast sites on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon is investigated by two people in protective suits in the wake of two blasts in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Nightmare realized: Counterterrorism officials long feared IEDs would make way to U.S. shores

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

Afghan National Army soldiers rushing to the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the PRT, Provincial Reconstruction Team, in Qalat, Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said. (AP Photo via AP video)

Audit: Taxpayer-funded contracts may have been awarded to Afghan terrorists

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

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State Department story changes days after another attack

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by Tom Smedinghoff, shows Anne Smedinghoff. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed Saturday, April 6, 2013 in southern Afghanistan , the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Tom Smedinghoff)

Shades of Benghazi: State Department changes story on Afghanistan blast that killed diplomat

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A U.S. Marine, perched on a container, tries to take shelter from the dust as a Chinook helicopter arrives to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Two Americans killed in Afghanistan copter crash

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This image made from AP video shows the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said. (AP Photo via AP video)

Secretary of State John Kerry mourns ‘selfless’ American diplomat killed in Afghanistan

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

A South Korean soldier closes a military gate in Paju, north of Seoul, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang. But he added that the North's clearest objective is to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Korea tensions delay missile test, Hill testimony

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

** FILE ** Afghan National Army soldiers rush to the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province on April 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

U.S. diplomat killed in Afghanistan wanted to help

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

Afghan National Army soldiers rushing to the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the PRT, Provincial Reconstruction Team, in Qalat, Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said. (AP Photo via AP video)

6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks

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Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Must-see video: Amazing pictures and story of prize-winning Air Force photographer

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** - A member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2013. A senior U.S. commander said Saturday, March 30, 2013 that American special operations forces have handed over their base in eastern Afghanistan’s Nirkh district to local Afghan commandos. (Associated Press)

U.S. commandos hand over strategic base to Afghan forces

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Afghan villager Ghulam Rasool sits in the yard of the house where he and his family found refuge in Khalis Family Village, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan villagers flee their homes, blame U.S. drones

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

U.S. Marines walk on tracks of a vehicle to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as their platoon clears a route to reach another platoon in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province in 2010. Marines airdropped into the region came under intense Taliban fire. (Associated Press)

Rep. Duncan Hunter takes Army to task over requests for IED finder

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Haidara Aissata, the lone woman in Mali's parliament.

Al Qaeda gaining strength in Mali, North Africa

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

**FILE** Maj. Gen. James McConville speaks to troops from the 101st Airborne Division on on Feb. 19, 2013, as they prepare to leave Fort Campbell, Ky., for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

U.S. Army in Europe to review, train amid budget cuts

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times