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**FILE** Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Republican, testifies July 17, 2013, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Patriot Act’s author files court papers to stop ‘frightening’ Obama abuses

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama reacts during an Oval Office meeting in this file photo. (White House photo/Pete Souza) ** FILE **

PRUDEN: A legacy for Barack Obama

By Wesley Pruden

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, following a meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Mr. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and said his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (Associated Press)

Speaker John Boehner nixes meeting with Russian lawmakers on Syria strike

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Obama reacts during an Oval Office meeting in this file photo. (White House photo/Pete Souza) ** FILE **

Spin Meter: Obama on use of U.S. military might

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

The USS Gravely has been deployed to the Mediterranean amid violence in Syria. In this photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) arrives at Naval Air Station Key West to participate in UNITAS Atlantic Phase 2012. UNITAS is an annual multi-national exercise hosted by the U.S. 4th Fleet in the western Caribbean Sea from Sept. 17 through Sept. 28. Thirteen ships from seven partner nations are participating. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker)

Navy chief: Cost of Syria strike rises as deliberations continue

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Ways and Means Committees Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)

Republicans question cost of Obamacare price break for unions

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Distraction from the debt

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** In this photo taken Dec. 7, 2010, former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates pins Combat Infantry badges on soldiers at Forward Operating Base Connolly in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates backs Obama’s push for Syria strikes

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration by Tom,Trouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

KUHNER: Obama’s unholy war

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

FIELDS: Check or checkmate for Obama

By Suzanne Fields

** FILE ** Hawaii's newest senator, Brian Schatz, who was the state's lieutenant governor, smiles as he talks with reporters on the apron after deplaning from Air Force One on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Washington. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie appointed Mr. Schatz to the post a day earlier to replace the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Hawaiians split on movement to recognize Native Hawaiians

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

NAPOLITANO: War — what is it good for?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

2013 NRA Members' Meeting: Wayne LaPierre screenshot

NRA joins lawsuit against NSA snooping

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry confers with U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford on Capitol Hill on Wednesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on President Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. The assault would be a response to a chemical weapons attack in the Syrian civil war. (Associated Press)

Syria war plan advances in Senate, pushes Obama to help rebels

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, listens as Secretary of State John F. Kerry answers Mr. Paul's question on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, as Mr. Kerry testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rand Paul to John Kerry: ‘You’re making a joke of us’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses during his joint news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at the Rosenbad Building in Stockholm, Sweden. The president said international community and Congress credibility on the line on response to Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama makes fiery case for action in Syria

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

DOLE: Giving Taiwan a role in safer air transportation

By Bob Dole

** FILE ** Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate-crafted Syria resolution riddled with loopholes for Obama

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A Syrian military tank is aflame during clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters in Joubar, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad)

Pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC throws support to Obama on Syria

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: War isn’t Obama’s to declare