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Ted Cruz, right, speaks during an exchange with Marco Rubio, left, as Ben Carson, second from left, and Donald Trump look on during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Richard Burr, Senate intel chair, probes whether Ted Cruz revealed classified info during debate

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Cyber bill ‘CISA’ nearing Senate vote as opposition mounts

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert McDonald of Ohio testifies before a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearings to examine his nomination to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo)

McDonald promises to choose hard right over easy wrong at VA

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers talk cost of VA reform bills in early negotiations

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Sen. John McCain said Sunday morning that he had serious concerns about the decision to release five Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, for fear they are responsible for thousands of deaths. (CBS News)

GOP senators unveil ‘choice’ plan for VA patients

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

The St. Louis VA Medical Center has come under scrutiny after the former chief of psychiatry said too many mental health patients must wait for treatment. President Obama and some of his supporters in Congress signaled their next goal may be a boost in funding for the troubled department's health care services.
(Associated Press)

Veterans want better management, say more money at VA is not the answer

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Veterans groups cry foul at senator’s criticism

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, center, meets with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2014, following his testimony at the committee's hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senator, VFW spar over VA Department scandal

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) at his office on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Calls mounting to oust VA chief Eric Shinseki

By Kelly Riddell and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Burr supports NC decisions on health care overhaul

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**FILE** Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

N.C. senator: VA can learn from private facilities

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Dec. 17, 2013, file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

3 Republicans back health care alternative

By DAVID ESPO - Associated Press

NAACP to push Burr on judicial vacancy

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"I'm sick and tired of waiting until the deadline. We're going to wait until the last day and dare each other not to do it," said Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, on Thursday regarding student loan interest rates.

GOP tests Democrats on college loan issue

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Agents of the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives check suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for explosives and give him medical attention after his capture in Watertown,

Boston bombing investigation reveals intelligence failures

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

GOP senators unveil new Medicare overhaul plan

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press