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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson "was impressed with Mr. Marrone's integrity and management abilities" while serving together at the Department of Defense, a DHS spokesman said.

New Homeland chief: Agency will be ready for legalization of immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 photo, Melba Soza embraces her son Jose Antonio as he arrives at the airport in Bilbao, Spain from the United States for a five-day visit with his mother. For the past three years, Jose has been on a mission: To bring his mother back to the U.S. His work has taken him to Congress, gotten him meetings with the likes of Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg, landed him on television. Along the way, he has grown into a steady force in the national immigration debate, a young but powerful voice for his family and the many others hoping to one day reunite. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Young activist fights to bring deported mom back

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

W.Va. Senate urges Obama to protect water

Associated Press

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Boehner said Thursday it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming prospects for one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker: Immigration overhaul tough to pass

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012, file photo, U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., speaks at a Republican Party of Arkansas election watch party in Little Rock, Ark. Griffin says he is considering running for Arkansas Lieutenant governor in 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

APNewsBreak: Griffin mulling run for Ark. Lt. Gov.

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this June 23, 2012, photo, Michigan State University professor of entomology Rufus Isaacs, left, talks to visitors at Bee-Palooza event in East Lansing, Mich. When President Barack Obama comes to East Lansing on Friday to sign the Farm Bill it will put attention on how research schools such as Michigan State University will be one of the big beneficiaries of the nearly $100 billion-a-year measure — even if the millions it represents is comparatively small. (AP Photo/Lansing State Journal, Robert Killips)

Research money small but vital part of farm bill

By JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Boehner said Thursday it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming prospects for one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner says no immigration deal until Obama enforces laws

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"I don't know if a decision has been made about that," IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (left) told Rep. Sam Johnson (right), a Texas Republican who wanted to know whether the IRS will sue those who refuse to obtain health insurance or pay the tax penalty required under Obamacare's individual mandate. (associated press photographs)

IRS undecided on health insurance coverage lawsuits

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 29, 2013 file photo shows produce on a Whole Foods paper bag in Andover, Mass. Large food companies are trying to head off state-by-state efforts to enact mandatory labeling of genetically modified ingredients by proposing new voluntary labels nationwide. The food industry and farm groups are pushing Congress to pass legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration to create guidelines for the new labels, which food manufacturers could use. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Food industry seeks voluntary GMO labeling

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Cost of Liberty’

By John R. Coyne Jr. - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2007 file photo, farmers Wayne Hauge, left, and Dave Monson talk about their industrial hemp lawsuit during a news conference in Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota's Agriculture Department issued the nation's first hemp production licenses to Monson and Hauge but neither has grown a crop, after failing to get approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration and losing a court battle against the federal government. Both farmers hope a farm bill provision allowing for the cultivation of research hemp crops will be a huge step toward making marijuana's cousin a viable farm commodity. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Will Kincaid, File)

Farm bill’s hemp research pleases 2 ND farmers

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

** FILE ** Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. (Associated Press)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack: ‘Hubs’ to advise farmers on climate change

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2014 file photo shows House John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaking at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. House Republican leaders challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to override the opposition of the Senate's top Democrat and help pass trade legislation the administration favors. "The president ought to stand up and lead on this issue," House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said at a news conference at a three-day retreat for members of the party's rank-and-file. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Moody’s not worried about U.S. defaulting on debt

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, to discuss the budget. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Lawmaker wants term limits for Congress: 12 years in each chamber, tops

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illinois AG Madigan testifies on data breaches

Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks to students and teachers, Education Department and Maryland officials at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Md., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, about the progress toward his ConnectED goal of connecting 99 percent of students to next-generation broadband and wireless technology within five years. President Obama has secured commitments from U.S. companies worth about $750 million to get more students connected to high-speed Internet. AT&T, Sprint, Apple and Microsoft are among the companies pitching in. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

MILLER: Tyrant Obama will force liberalism on America

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama: Tech firms commit $750m for school wi-fi hook-ups

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Members of Ahrar al-Sham brigade, one of the Syrian rebels groups, exercise in a train camp at unknown place in Syria. The growing muscle of an al Qaeda linked Syrian group is casting a grim shadow over northern Syria, where extremist militants have turned their attention to seizing activists who cover their country. (AP Photo)

Al Qaeda-like groups evolving, share goal of killing Americans

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KESSLER: FBI break-in undercuts NSA critics

By Ronald Kessler

** FILE ** Sen. Mark Begich, Alaska Democrat (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

LAMBRO: An economic breakdown during Obama’s ‘breakout year’

By Donald Lambro