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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks Oct. 2, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Official: Pelosi to remain as leader of House Dems

By Jim Abrams and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters after the House Republicans voted for their leadership for the next session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. He is flanked by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Agencies warn politicians:  Credit ratings on the line

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

President Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: GOP resistance may trigger second recession

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FBI agents take photographs around the home of Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director, in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. FBI agents appeared at Broadwell’s home carrying the kinds of cardboard boxes often used for evidence gathering during a search. A spokeswoman for the FBI declined to say what the agents were doing there. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Robert Lahser)

FBI preparing timeline of its Petraeus probe

By Kimberly Dozier and Pete Yost - Associated Press

After a seven-week pause, Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert the economic double hit of tax increases and automatic spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

‘Fiscal cliff’ uncertainty clouds Va. budgeting

By Bob Lewis - Associated Press

Rep.-elect Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona will be the first openly bisexual member of Congress. “[F]irst and foremost, I identify myself as an Arizonian,” she said at the news conference. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Freshmen learn way around Hill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Sen. David R. Brinkley, Frederick Republican. (md.gov)

Maryland’s financial outlook good if not for ‘cliff’

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Re-elected Jackson leaves Mayo Clinic

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Dana Pinero (foreground) of New York waits in line to mail her and her boyfriend's tax returns at the James A. Farley Main Post Office in New York on April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Investors cope with fear of falling off the ‘fiscal cliff’

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

John Boehner/ Associated Press

LAMBRO: Opening the door to a fiscal deal

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

**FILE** Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines)

PRUDEN: The web of deceit about Benghazi begins to fray

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

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“Heroes Proved,” the second military thriller novel from Oliver North, paints an America in 2032 that is supposedly “safe” from terror and Iranian weaponry because of United Nations treaties and innovative technology.

Inside the Beltway: General quarters

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks Nov. 13, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa, during the investiture of Stephanie Rose, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. (Associated Press)

Holder, Mueller were mum on Petraeus for weeks

By Shaun Waterman and Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This July 22, 2012, file photo shows U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

Petraeus scandal widens in probe of Gen. John Allen’s emails

By Pete Yost and Robert Burns - Associated Press

Jill Kelley leaves her home Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. She serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Petraeus shocked at girlfriend’s emails to friend

By Adam Goldman, Anne Flaherty and Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Inside Politics: State senator fills new Arizona seat for U.S. House

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

2007: The U.S. commander, visiting an Iraqi village, hears that the security situation has improved dramatically. (Associated Press)

From Iraq to Washington: Petraeus has long record of facing tough situations

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican

Congress jumps on Libya inquiry

By Shaun Waterman and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ms. Rucker holds a picture of her son, Jonathan Rucker, at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday. The District’s flag has three red stars and two red bars on a white background. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. flag AWOL at military ceremony

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times