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FILE - This May 5, 2014 file photo shows a pickup truck driving down a road of the Homer City Generating Station in Homer City, Pa. The Obama administration is poised to unveil first-ever rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the power plants that dot the U.S. map. President Barack Obama says the rules are essential to curb climate change, but critics disagree. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Obama’s boldest move on carbon comes with perils

By DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press

FILE - This file image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of a man believed to be Bowe Bergdahl, left. Saturday, May 31, 2014, U.S. officials say Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say his release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: INTELCENTER; NO SALES; EDS NOTE: &quot;INTELCENTER&quot; AT LEFT TOP CORNER ADDED BY SOURCE

GOP lawmakers: Prisoner exchange violated law

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Rice helping Obama juggle foreign policy crises

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama gives White House press secretary Jay Carney a hug after announcing that Carney will step down later next month, during a surprise visit to the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2014. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama says goodbye to White House press secretary

By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press

President Barack Obama listens to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, as soldiers who are part of the Wounded Warrior Project&#8217;s Soldier Ride, race past, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, during an event honoring the seventh annual Soldier Ride. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Shinseki apologizes, gets summoned to White House for ominous meeting

By Ben Wolfgang and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko gestures, during a press conference, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. The leader of the Ukrainian presidential race, Pyotr Poroshenko, does not intend to stop the use of force in the southeast of the country. He made this statement at a news conference on Monday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Obama to meet with Ukraine president-elect

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses as he speaks at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a "serious conversation" with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Eric Shinseki is out! Obama sacks Veterans Affairs secretary

By Dave Boyer and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Carney discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jay Carney resigns as White House press secretary

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses while speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a &quot;serious conversation&quot; with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

EDITORIAL: The Shinseki example

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Obama to call for more mentors for minority boys

Associated Press

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses while speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a &quot;serious conversation&quot; with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Shinseki resigns amid vets’ health care problems

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

New England Patriots corner back Brandon Browner, right, and corner back Malcolm Butler, work a drill during an organized team activity at the NFL football team's facility Friday, May 30, 2014 in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Revis, Browner enjoying patriotism

Associated Press

FILE - This June 25, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama wiping perspiration from his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington. The Obama administration is poised to unveil first-ever rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the power plants that dot the U.S. map. President Barack Obama says the rules are essential to curb climate change, but critics disagree. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

How Obama’s power plant emission rules will work

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Illustration on Obama administration outing the CIA station chief in Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

GABRIEL: Another outing at CIA, far worse than Plame

By Brigitte Gabriel

This May 27, 2014 photo released by Starpix shows actors Ellen Barkin, left, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, center, and Julianne Moore, at an afternoon tea hosted by Moore and honoring Jackson for her 2014 Tony Award nomination for best actress in a play for her role in “A Raisin in the Sun,” at Lady Mendl's Tea Salon in New York. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)

LaTanya Richardson Jackson cheered at elegant tea

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

VP Biden to Colombia, Dominican Republic in June

Associated Press

White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Carney discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Obama waiting on VA accountability

Associated Press

**FILE** Washington Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen, left, and Owner Daniel Snyder watch the Redskins warm-up prior to their NFL football game with the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Landover, Md. The Redskins defeated the Vikings 38-26. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

LOVERRO: Will Redskins rue Morocco Brown as another one who got away?

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

** FILE ** White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett.

White House: 250K kids suffer sport-related brain injuries each year

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama has lunch with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the patio outside the Oval Office on July 29, 2013. (Chuck Kennedy/White House)

Obama had secret lunch with Hillary Clinton on Thursday

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times