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In this April 17, 2012, file photo, then-National Economic Council Deputy Director Brian Deese speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama taps longtime aide to replace Podesta in senior role

By Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

This Nov. 12, 2014, file photo shows the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, shown in Portland, Ore. Not only do more Americans have health insurance, but the number struggling with medical costs has dropped since President Barack Obama's health care law expanded coverage, according to a study released Thursday Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Obamacare website enrollment crests 7M as Feb. 15 deadline looms

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses during his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: The State of Real America: It sucks

By Judson Phillips

President Obama speaks at Boise State University, Jan. 21, 2015, about the themes in his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CHARLES ORTEL: Help Obama concentrate on faltering economy, rising foreign threats

By Charles Ortel

Russia is increasing military operations in eastern Ukraine, but the U.S. and NATO have not supplied urgently needed lethal weaponry to the Ukrainian army. Moscow has proposed restoring an agreed line of division to end an escalation of fighting. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russians advance on Ukraine

By Bill Gertz

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston in this Dec. 4, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Hillary Clinton declines to take position on Keystone

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

Illustration by Mark Herron

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: The embarrassment that is Obama

By Rusty Humphries

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Obama calls for better cybersecurity in State of the Union

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemeni gather Tuesday while guarding a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen. (Associated Press)

Yemen unrest undermines U.S. operations against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Nov. 19, 2014, file photo shows EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaking to the Center for American Progress’ Second Annual Policy Conference in Washington. The Obama administration took steps Wednesday to cut levels of smog-forming pollution linked to asthma, lung damage and other health problems, making good on one of President Barack Obama's original campaign promises while setting up a fresh confrontation with Republicans and the energy industry. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)FILE -

ANTHONY SADAR: EPA won’t tolerate global warming questioning

By Anthony J. Sadar

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo, a woman holds a sign in the Senate gallery during the opening of the Missouri legislature in Jefferson City, Mo., protesting the criminal justice and the fatal shooting of unarmed, black 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white police officer. Police killings of unarmed residents in Missouri, New York and elsewhere have prompted an array of proposals from newly-convening state legislatures seeking to place greater scrutiny on the interactions between law officers and the public. (AP Photo/Columbia Daily Tribune, Don Shrubshell, File)

Obama invokes Michael Brown, Eric Garner in civil rights push

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this Frday, Jan. 9, 2015 photo, three of several commercially available tax guides to help prepare this year's tax return are photographed in Washington. “There’s a lot to look for. It is kind of complicated. This is not easy stuff,” said Barbara Weltman, contributing editor to the tax guide &quot;J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2015.&quot; She said the good news is that most people use a paid preparer or software to do their taxes, and they’ll be walked through the questions that have to be answered for the health insurance section of the tax return. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

LEWIS UHLER AND PETER FERRARA: The rich pay more than their fair share

By Lewis Uhler and Peter Ferrara

Illustration on Obama's State of the Union address by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Obama’s tax-and-spend agenda holding back recovery

By Donald Lambro

This Nov. 12, 2014, file photo shows the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, shown in Portland, Ore. Not only do more Americans have health insurance, but the number struggling with medical costs has dropped since President Barack Obama's health care law expanded coverage, according to a study released Thursday Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

HealthCare.gov quietly sharing personal data

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Jack Gillum - Associated Press

President Washington (Painting by Gilbert Stuart)

WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama’s tax riot will make a memorable State of the Union

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Rep. Curt Clawson will deliver the official tea party response to President Obama's State of the Union address from the National Press Club. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Curt Clawson gives the tea party rebuttal to State of the Union address

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obama, Sharpton put Martin Luther King’s dream into reverse

By Ernest Istook

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: James Tayor in France was another White House gaffe

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obama & Sharpton put Martin Luther King’s dream into reverse

Ernest Istook