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President Barack Obama speaks at University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. After giving his State of the Union address Obama is in Omaha to tout progress and goals in his final year in office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: GOP behaved selfishly from start of my presidency

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. sailors in the custody of Iranian naval forces. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

WESLEY PRUDEN: Befuddled Obama without a clue

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz squared off repeatedly during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate Thursday in North Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump embraces ‘angry’ label; Ted Cruz dismisses birther talk in Republican debate

By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama still unfit for office

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

American Navy sailors were held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards but released Wednesday. The images counter President Obama's narrative that it was diplomacy alone that returned the sailors. (Associated Press)

Iran apology video counters Obama narrative on release of captured U.S. sailors

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

At times funny, at other times puzzling, actor-director Clint Eastwood addressed an imaginary President Obama sitting in a chair during an appearance at the Republican National Convention. (Associated Press)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Barack Obama and the empty chair

By Judson Phillips

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. squeezes past a TV cameraman in a narrow corridor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, on the way to a Republican leadership meeting. At a news conference later, Ryan assailed President Barack Obama's record in office prior to his final State of the Union address before Congress tonight, where both the Senate and the House are controlled by Republicans opposed to his policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

STEVE DEACE: ‘You lie’ is still true this SOTU

By Steve Deace

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s gun restrictions would punish the innocent

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Charles Ramsey: Ex-police chief and Obama pitchman

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers his State of the State address, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Chris Christie pushes to expand drug treatment in State of the State address

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 20, 2015, as Vice President Joe Biden applauds and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: President Obama’s last State of the Union

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This image made from video released by the U.S. Navy on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 shows the view from a Seahawk helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Dec. 26, 2015. The U.S. Navy says the video shows a rocket fired from an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel near warships and commercial traffic in the strategic strait. What appears to be an oil tanker is seen in the foreground. Previously an Iranian Revolutionary Guard spokesman had denied conducting any naval drills at the time and called the American accusations "psychological warfare." (U.S. Navy via AP)

Chris Coons, Delaware senator, calls on White House to punish Iran

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican lawmakers will sit through President Obama's final State of the Union address Tuesday evening. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: State of the Union finale: Dithering media, small talk, one useless prop

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. The powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

L. TODD WOOD: B-52 flights can’t erase Obama’s weakness

By L. Todd Wood

A city employee removes wooden crosses that were placed in a plaza by organizations protesting against government inaction over the alarming murder rate in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Sept. 1, 2015. (Associated Press)

El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala violence surges, threatening new refugee flood

By Guy Taylor and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Chart to accompany Moore article of Jan. 11, 2016

STEPHEN MOORE: Republicans must reauthorize D.C. school voucher program

By Stephen Moore

President Obama speaks at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va., on Dec. 17, 2015. Joining him are (from left) Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and FBI Director James Comey. (Associated Press) **FILE**

New task force to evaluate U.S. fight against violent extremism

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

LETTER OF THE EDITOR: Lack of gun laws not the problem

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A visitor looks at a display illustrating the damage a 1MT class nuclear weapon would cause if detonated in Seoul, at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. The United States, South Korea and Japan agreed to launch a "united and strong" international response to North Korea's apparent fourth nuclear test, as experts scrambled Thursday to find more details about the detonation that drew worldwide skepticism and condemnation. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

John Kerry blasts critics of Obama’s handling of North Korea nuclear threat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times