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President Obama reads briefing material while meeting with advisers inside his cabin at Camp David in 2012. Compared with President Bush, seen right with first lady Laura Bush on a 4-mile walk, Mr. Obama seldom uses the presidential retreat. On weekends, he often opts to play golf. The Bushes founds the grounds to be a good place for family. (WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHS)

No man for old country: Obama rarely retreats to Camp David

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DiBACCO: The tightwad taxpayer FDR

By Thomas V. DiBacco

Ceremony to be held at FDR’s Little White House

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 1936 file photo, 8-year-old U.S. American child movie star Shirley Temple is portrayed in Hollywood, Ca., USA. Shirley Temple, the curly-haired child star who put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85. Publicist Cheryl Kagan says Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died surrounded by family at her home near San Francisco. (AP Photo/File)

Curls and dimples: Shirley Temple dies at 85

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this 1933 file photo, child actress Shirley Temple is seen in her role as &quot;Little Miss Marker.&quot; Shirley Temple, the curly-haired child star who put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85. Publicist Cheryl Kagan says Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died Monday night, Feb. 10, 2014, surrounded by family at her home near San Francisco. (AP Photo/File)

EDITORIAL: Shirley Temple, a little girl to remember

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

ADVANCED FOR SUNDAY FEB. 9 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 photo, photographs collected from an all black Navy band which helped integrate the Navy during WWII. Alex Albright, an East Carolina University professor, recently published a book profiling a group of World War II veterans who broke the modern Navy's racial divide. (AP Photo/The Daily Reflector, Aileen Devlin)

ECU professor’s book recalls all-black Navy band

By GINGER LIVINGSTON - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘American Betrayal’

By Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PHILLIPS: An opportunity to abolish the IRS

By Judson Phillips

President Franklin D. Roosevelt won his first of four terms 12 years after being on a losing ticket in 1920 as James M. Cox's vice-presidential running mate. But history shows that running for vice president is a political gamble. (Associated Press)

DIBACCO: Obama and FDR: A comparison

By Thomas V. DiBacco

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Hopkins Touch’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Six Months in 1945’

By Seth Mandel - Special to The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s missed opportunities

The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shadowbosses’

By Grover G. Norquist - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘I Am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism’

By David DesRosiers - Special to The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘On Dupont Circle’

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

**FILE** President George W. Bush is introduced Aug. 30, 2004, by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Nashua, N.H. (Associated Press)

KUHNER: Romney’s not Bush 2.0

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Neither President Obama or Mitt Romney have any military service, increasing the chance that there will be no veterans on a major-party presidential ticket for the first time since 1932. (Associated Press)

Military veterans missing in action this year in battle for White House

By Colton Totland - The Washington Times