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EDITORIAL: Labor’s bitter regret

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FIELDS: The improbable ‘god in the machine’

By Suzanne Fields

**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

Congress will rein in NSA’s domestic snooping, predicts top U.S. intel official

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

SHAPIRO: A plea to Congress: Save the economy

By Gary Shapiro

**FILE** Capitol Police officers try to clear a street on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 1, 2013, that was blocked by immigration reform supporters during a rally protesting immigration policies and the House GOP’s inability to pass a bill that contains a pathway to citizenship. (Associated Press)

Immigrant activists arrested in Capitol Hill protest

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Probe deeper into NSA leaks

Clapper expects curbs, or outright ban, on snooping

The Washington Times

"The ruling elite in the House, and their shell-game with our money, aren't fooling us," says Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, perhaps displaying a snippet of the ongoing "internal dissent" in the GOP. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Airing the GOP’s laundry

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control on Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)

Republicans see security, readiness problems with health care data hub

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Linda Norman (right) and Joanna Galt, both from Florida, hold their banners during a "Exempt America from Obamacare" rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obamacare has been amended or delayed 19 times: study

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

DUNCAN: The courage to stay out of war

By John J. Duncan Jr.

GAO, Pentagon spar on Germany base for Africa Command

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: America doesn’t want Obamacare

LAMBRO: Wishing for war?

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Speaker of the House Boehner, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right. (credit: White House photo/Pete Souza)

Obama’s foreign policy legacy: The accidental diplomat

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican (Associated Press)

GOP rallies support to end Congress’s Obamacare exemption

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with elected region leaders in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Sept. 10, 2013. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: Obama must back off for Syria plan to work

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Obama’s legacy on foreign policy could hinge on outcome with Syria

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Issa accuses law firm of meddling in congressional investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama asks Congress to delay Syria vote, give diplomacy a chance to work

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times