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In discussing President Obama's recent comments on police brutality, radio talk show host Michael Savage said Mr. Obama should "ask himself how he could create trust and transparency" in the White House. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Post-Ferguson: Michael Savage seeks out the White House ‘transparency’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Obama, in his speech for Kennedy Center Honors recipient Lily Tomlin, noted that the comedienne performed a skit on her variety show in 1973 with comedian Richard Pryor called "Juke and Opal," deemed as being ahead of its time. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama takes swipe at TV networks over racial issues

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama listens in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington as Ashton Carter speaks during the announcement of Carter for defense secretary. The White House says President Barack Obama is getting some medical tests at a military hospital just outside Washington after complaining of a sore throat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama visits doctor at Walter Reed for acid reflux

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks from behind protective glass during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama faces deadline on halting NSA snooping

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks as Ashton Carter, his nominee for defense secretary, listens during the announcement, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama: Defense nominee Ashton Carter will hit the ground running

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House on June 13, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama threatens veto on California drought bill

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ashton Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Feb. 12, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama to nominate Ash Carter as next defense secretary

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, right, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, react on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the Queen's official birthday in London, in this, June 11, 2011 file photo. Among the roughly 5 million visitors expected in New York this holiday season, at least two are certain to get the royal treatment: Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate. They’re due to arrive Sunday Dec. 7, 2014 for the first trip either has made to the United States’ biggest city, and William also is set to visit the nation’s capital for the first time. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, File)

Prince William to visit Obama, White House on Monday

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office in this undated photo. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

ERNEST ISTOOK: Phantom executive order on amnesty: It’s a trap!

By Ernest Istook

Marines hold umbrellas as President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan participate in a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: Congress, not White House, micromanaging the Pentagon

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This Nov. 13, 2014, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol Dome, in Washington, surrounded by scaffolding for a long-term repair project, and framed by the last of autumn's colorful leaves. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House votes to block Obama amnesty amid escalating constitutional clash

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A 420-pound Ginger Bread House sits in the East Room of the White House, where this year’s theme for the decorations is “a children’s winter wonderland.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House Christmas decorations - 5 things to know

By NANCY BENAC - Associated Press

This image made from video posted online by militants on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Luke Somers, an American photojournalist born in Britain and held hostage by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen. The Pentagon says a hostage rescue mission last month in Yemen failed to liberate American Somers because he was not present at the targeted location. (AP Photo/Militant Video)

White House confirms failed secret mission to rescue American held by al Qaeda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

But political analysts say President Obama, despite noble intentions, is taking a risk on two fronts by consistently addressing accusations of police misconduct and the fallout, including this week's decision by a grand jury in New York City not to charge a police officer in the choking death this summer of a 43-year-old black man. (Associated Press)

Obama addresses Ferguson, Eric Garner controversies, risks credibility if no action taken

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens to a question while meeting with leading CEOs to discuss ways to promote the economy and create jobs during his last two years in office, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Business Roundtable Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds won’t release IRS documents shared with White House

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pose with the full Cabinet for an official group photo in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 10, 2009.

Seated from left: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Standing second row, from left: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

Back row, from left: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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Duncan, Vilsack are last 2 original Obama Cabinet secretaries

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 27, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez says his attorney has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the Cuban government had a role in allegations against him that have prompted a federal probe of the New Jersey Democrat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House denies shutting out Bob Menendez on Iran meetings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A 420-pound Ginger Bread House sits in the East Room of the White House, where this year’s theme for the decorations is “a children’s winter wonderland.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House Christmas decorations go digital

By Nancy Benac - Associated Press

Clancy Testimony on Broken Secret Service Agency Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RONALD KESSLER: New Secret Service director should come from outside agency

By Ronald Kessler

President Barack Obama stands with then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as he announces that she will travel to Myanmar, on the sidelines of the ASEAN and East Asia summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Obama hosts Hillary Clinton in Oval Office meeting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times