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DEJA-VU: On May 28 this year, President Obama picks up a tar ball in Port Fourchon, La., while touring Gulf Coast areas impacted by the BP oil spill. (Associated Press)

OWENS: The politics of disaster

By MacKubin Owens - The Washington Times

GOP senators block measure on small businesses

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press

Passport probe ratchets up call to fight fraud

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Memo outlines backdoor ‘amnesty’ plan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Educational opportunity

CHAVOUS: Cutting fuel to the economic engine

By Kevin P. Chavous - The Washington Times

Illustration: Jobs by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

CLEMENS: Dodgy days for business

By Jason Clemens and Lingxiao Ou - The Washington Times

ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Obama signed an executive order upon taking office that sought to undo one of George W. Bush's most controversial policies. He ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The step was hailed by civil liberties groups, but implementation has proved elusive as Congress has thwarted Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. from following through on the effort.

ACLU slams Obama’s security policies

The Washington Times

On Obama, Pakistan refrains from global embrace

By Ashish Kumar Sen THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows USDA official Shirley Sherrod. (AP Photo/United States Department of Agriculture)

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue Breitbart

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this June 15, 2010 file photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks in Phoenix. Donations to a special fund that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer established to help pay for the state's legal defense of its immigration enforcement law now total roughly $500,000. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File )

KUHNER: Should Arizona secede?

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Political Scene

The Washington Times

Jacob Lew

OMB nominee got $900,000 after Citigroup bailout

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Feds win round 1 against Arizona

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sebelius

GOP to Sebelius: Don’t cover abortions

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Associated Press
President Obama laughs as he's welcomed by a bipartisan duo - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (center), a Republican, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat - upon his arrival aboard Air Force One in Newark, N.J.

Obama steps up money chase

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Congress narrows disparity in cocaine sentences

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

CONSTITUTION PROJECT
Virginia Sloan, president of the Constitution Project, calls the move by Congress "remarkable."

Congress eases gap on cocaine sentencing

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio stands behind a copy of the Democrat's version of the health care bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner, in his Saturday Oct. 31, 2009, radio and Internet address, argues that the Democrats' proposal to overhaul health care is too complicated, too intrusive and too expensive, and Republicans are urging several steps they claim would bring down costs while not greatly expanding government. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

KRAJACIC: Put a stop to tax-funded abortion

By Zachary S. Krajacic - The Washington Times

Inside the Beltway

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration: Health care

SCANLON: Health care push a boon to Big Labor

By Terrence Scanlon - The Washington Times