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US Marine MP Lance Cpl. Joel Swenson attached to 1st Marines 4th Marine Division directs Baghdad citizens away from convoy routes near the Diyala River in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, April 9, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

Ben Rhodes lays out scenarios for U.S. military engagement in Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 30, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington following his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki. Obama on Monday, June 2, 2014, described a surge in unaccompanied immigrant children caught trying to cross the Mexican border as an "urgent humanitarian situation," as the White House asked Congress for an extra $1.4 billion in federal money to cope. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama admin. told wary military officials to ‘suck it up and salute’ on Taliban release, says Time

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y. Obama will soon outline a strategy for his final years in office that aims to avoid overreach as the second of the two wars he inherited comes to a close. The president will make the case for that seemingly more limited approach during a commencement address Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama to outline case for a limited foreign policy

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Sept 13, 2012, file photo shows the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

White House denies memo connected to Benghazi

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt-out buildings during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Emails on Benghazi show aides’ effort to make Obama look ‘statesmanlike’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama holds his hand over his heart as he participates in a wreath-laying ceremony with Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Superintendent Larry Adkison at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig city, outside of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. This is the last leg of Mr. Obama's four-nation tour through the Asia-Pacific region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Judicial Watch: Email ensuring ‘Obama looked good’ was post-Benghazi priority

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (second from right) walk from the White House with their daughters, Sasha (second from left) and Malia (right), on their way through Lafayette Park to St. John's Episcopal Church for Easter services on Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Michelle, Malia, Sasha Obama set for China trip to tout ‘people-to-people’ power

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during an interview with state television at the presidency in Tehran on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press/Presidency Office, Rouzbeh Jadidoleslam)

White House: Still no Obama-Rouhani meeting scheduled

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

“Access is usually not nearly as good for me in other countries because the host country dictates what I can and can not do. So I was a bit surprised that I was able to photograph this breakfast meeting between President Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin in Moscow.”
(Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

Obama to snub Putin: No one-on-one meeting in Russia amid G-20

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama waves in the doorway of Air Force One as he departs from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cost of Obama’s Africa trip under fire, overshadows economic, democracy focus

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama answers questions during a conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 30, 2013. (Associated Press)

White House defends high bills for Africa trip

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says weapons en route to Syrian rebels

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (Associated Press/Syrian State TV via AP video)

Obama says Syria has crossed ‘red line’ with chemical weapons, will send weapons

By Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on Oct. 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

President Obama (second from left) speaks as he meets with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during the East Asia Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 20, 2012. On the left is U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

U.S. sends Clinton on mission to stem Israeli-Hamas conflict

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama (second from left) speaks as he meets with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during the East Asia Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 20, 2012. On the left is U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

Obama sends Clinton to Mideast amid Gaza crisis

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

President Obama (fourth from left) waves as he stands with ASEAN leaders for a group photo during the ASEAN-U.S. leaders' meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. They are (from left) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Obama, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. (Associated Press)

Obama presses Cambodian rights

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after speaking to the media at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Obama who touched down Monday morning, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Asian nation also known as Burma, said his historic visit to Myanmar marks the next step in a new chapter between the two countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama in Cambodia after rousing Myanmar welcome

By Jim Kuhnhenn and Julie Pace - Associated Press

The American flag flies at half-staff over the White House in Washington early on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in honor of the four Americans who died when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

White House says it didn’t edit Benghazi talking points

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Obama meet Tuesday on the last day of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. (Associated Press)

Obama, Pakistani prime minister focus on ‘dialogue’

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times