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White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly's marine son was killed in 2010 when he stepped on a landmine on patrol in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

John Kelly blasts Frederica Wilson, defends Trump over response to Green Beret’s death in Niger

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. Obama is stepping back into the political spotlight for the first time since leaving the White House, publicly stumping for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey in preparation for this fall's elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Latest: Obama bemoans rise of racial politics

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, photo, soldiers carry the casket of Spc. Alex Missildine from the tarmac at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in Tyler, Texas. (Cory McCoy/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

Families of the fallen, and their presidents

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Inmates pleads guilty to threatening to kill president

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President Donald Trump applauds members of the audience before speaking at the Heritage Foundation's annual President's Club meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead

By Calvin Woodward and Russ Bynum - Associated Press

Davis International Baccalaureate Elementary School in Jackson, Miss., photographed Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, is shedding the name of Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president and will instead be named for Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States. In a move proposed by parents, the school with 98 percent African-American enrollment is slated to be renamed for Obama, starting next academic year. The PTA president announced the planned change at a school board meeting Tuesday. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

At Mississippi school: Goodbye, Confederacy. Hello, Obama

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump applauds members of the audience before speaking at the Heritage Foundation's annual President's Club meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump denies disrespecting grieving family

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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. Obama is stepping back into the political spotlight for the first time since leaving the White House, publicly stumping for Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey in preparation for this fall's elections. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Obama to campaign in NJ, Virginia governor races

By JESSE J. HOLLAND - Associated Press

In this Aug. 25, 2016, file photo, a a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis sits the grounds of the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)

Jefferson Davis school in Mississippi to be renamed after Barack Obama

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump points to a reporter to ask a question during a media availability in the Rose Garden with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., after their meeting at the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn’t called all families

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens to a questions prior to speaking to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump criticized for delay of condolences for Green Berets killed in Niger

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump points to a reporter to ask a question during a media availability in the Rose Garden with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., after their meeting at the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says predecessors didn’t honor fallen; response heated

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, in this June 2, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

EPA to end Obama-era ‘sue and settle’ practice

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking member Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., asks a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Claire McCaskill seeks repeal of law that limited DEA amid opioids crisis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks during the Goalkeepers Conference in New York. Obama is set to return to the campaign trail for the first time since he left office with a rally to help Democrat Ralph Northam in Virginia's closely watched race for governor. The Northam campaign announced Wednesday, Oct. 11, that the lieutenant governor and Obama will appear together at an event in Richmond on Oct. 19. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

EDITORIAL: Repairing Barack Obama’s legacy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout," President Trump said Friday in refusing to re-certify the nuclear deal President Obama signed. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Iran move gives Congress time to get tough

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump shows an executive order on health care that he signed in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in Washington. Trump presented a distorted picture of his tax plan this past week and claimed he was trying to keep the Obama health law’s insurance markets afloat even as he took steps that could well sink them. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s tax plan, health care distortions

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

This March 22, 2016, file photo shows U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro wave to cheering fans as they arrive for a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national baseball team, in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Barack Obama should apologize for Cuba

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal, announces new crackdown

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leaves the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, following President Donald Trump's announcement that Kirstjen Nielsen, a cybersecurity expert and deputy White House chief of staff, is his choice to be the next Homeland Security Secretary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: UN leader hopes Iran nuclear deal will stand

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