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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense ministers on the ongoing operations against the Islamic State group, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the threat posed by the Islamic State militants is a very important issue, and fewer than half approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling the danger posed by them, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Forty-six percent of the Americans surveyed say the U.S. military response in Iraq and Syria has not gone far enough and a majority think America’s partners need to up their game in the fight. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

VOEGELI: Why liberals can’t govern

By William Voegeli

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Coal River Mountain (left) forms the backdrop for a mountaintop coal-mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va.

Developing world drives strong demand for coal

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

This Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by attorney Steven Hyman shows nurse Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., where she was quarantined after flying into Newark Liberty International Airport following her work in West Africa caring for Ebola patients. On Monday New Jersey officials said Hickox was being released, had been symptom-free for 24 hours and would be taken on a private carrier to Maine. Ms. Hickox had complained about her treatment in New Jersey and in a telephone interview with CNN said she did not initially have a shower, flushable toilet, television or reading material in the special tent she was placed in. (AP Photo/Steven Hyman) MANDATORY CREDIT

WES PRUDEN: Obama White House bothered, bewildered and on the ropes

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

CDC Director Tom Frieden (Associated Press)

CDC unveils a four-tier Ebola risk scale to help local authorities

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Analysis: La. politicians seize on Ebola worries

By Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

Democratic Georgia U.S. Senatorial candidate Michelle Nunn, right, asks Republican candidate David Perdue about outsourcing jobs during an Atlanta Press Club debate at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studios Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Ga. Senate debate: Nunn, Perdue spar over gridlock

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim holds a news conference at International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

World Bank president backs Chinese global lending counterpart

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton speaks during a rally for Kentucky Democratic senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes. Both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been in high demand this election season, parachuting into battleground states and rallying support for their party members in key races ahead of the midterms. (Associated Press)

Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton in demand; Obama shunned on campaign trail

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama meets with Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus. The 26-year-old Pham arrived last week at the NIH Clinical Center. She had been flown there from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ebola: More calls for travel bans or quarantines

By Connie Cass - Associated Press

Kathy Ruemmler

Former Obama lawyer nixes attorney general offer

By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press

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CHRISTINE O’DONNELL: Obamacare makes medical records vulnerable to criminal, sex offenders

By Christine O’Donnell

This Dec. 31, 2013, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol in early morning light in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

House lawmakers grapple with Ebola both at home and abroad

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health alerts regarding people who may have traveled to particular West African countries are posted in the lobby of Bellevue Hospital, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in New York. Dr. Craig Spencer, a resident of New York City and a member of Doctors Without Borders, was admitted to Bellevue Thursday and has been diagnosed with Ebola. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Darrell Issa: Simply too many ‘breakdowns’ in Ebola fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People walk past The Meatball Shop, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. Dr. Craig Spencer, who has been diagnosed with Ebola, recently ate at the restaurant, which was temporarily closed Friday as a precaution. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Ebola cases in New York and Mali fan travel fears

By Connie Cass - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense ministers on the ongoing operations against the Islamic State group, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the threat posed by the Islamic State militants is a very important issue, and fewer than half approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling the danger posed by them, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Forty-six percent of the Americans surveyed say the U.S. military response in Iraq and Syria has not gone far enough and a majority think America’s partners need to up their game in the fight. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Poll: 2 of 3 Americans say IS threat is important

By Deb Riechmann and Emily Swanson - Associated Press

$Despite protests from environmentalists, a Senate report has touted the safety of fracking. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)$

Fracking industry booming despite liberal protestations

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Animated versions of President Obama and Ronald Reagan argue economic philosophy in "I Want Your Money."

LAMBRO: Obama demonstrates Reagan’s point

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking about his proposal to raise the national minimum wage, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. The president said raising the minimum wage won't solve all of the nation's economic problems. But he says it's good for business, increasing productivity and giving workers more buying power. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

White House insists Obama still ‘relevant’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secret Service respond on the North Lawn of the White House after a man jumped the White House fence, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington. The Secret Service apprehended the man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Another White House fence jumper in wake of previous Secret Service lapses, Ottawa attack

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press