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FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y. Obama will soon outline a strategy for his final years in office that aims to avoid overreach as the second of the two wars he inherited comes to a close. The president will make the case for that seemingly more limited approach during a commencement address Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama to outline case for a limited foreign policy

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama waves as he arrives for a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, on Sunday, May 25, 2014, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

White House blows cover of CIA’s Kabul station chief

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this May 19, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama greets players as he makes an unannounced stop to surprise members of the Northwest little league baseball teams at Friendship Park in Washington. Obama seems to have caught a bad case of cabin fever. Since taking office, Obama has periodically grumbled about the claustrophobia that sets in when his every move is surrounded by intense security, rendering it nearly impossible to enjoy the simple pleasures that private citizens take for granted. But in recent days, the president has made more of a point to get out. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘The bear is loose’ _ Obama goes out and about

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Abdallah bin Mahfudh ibn Bayyah. (Wikimedia Commons)

Muslim cleric who backed fatwa on ‘killing of U.S. soldiers’ promoted by State Dept.

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y. Obama will soon outline a strategy for his final years in office that aims to avoid overreach as the second of the two wars he inherited comes to a close. The president will make the case for that seemingly more limited approach during a commencement address Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama to argue for avoiding overreach overseas

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler eyes new rules that threaten the survival of black-owned TV stations. (Associated Press)

TELFORD: A stubborn devotion to Internet regulation

By Erik Telford

In this May 21, 2013, file photo, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., speaks to the reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Correction: Benghazi Investigators story

By DONNA CASSATA and BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

This May 9, 2014, photo shows the South Portico of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama aides tackle Hill foreign policy concerns

By JULIE PACE and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Paramilitary policemen with shields and batons patrol near the People's Square in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, Friday, May 23, 2014. A day after the attack in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi, survivors told of their terror during the attack and said they no longer feel insulated from a long-simmering insurgency against Chinese rule, which has struck their city twice in recent weeks. While the perpetrators haven't been named, Chinese authorities have blamed recent attacks on radical separatists from the country's Muslim Uighur minority. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Obama admin. calls attack by Muslim Uighurs in China ‘terrorism’ for first time

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USA’s 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama taps Castro for Cabinet, boost to Democrat

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - This March 14, 2014 file photo shows House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., joined at left by Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, listening to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House defied the Pentagon on Thursday, overwhelmingly backing a $601 billion defense authorization bill that saves the Cold War-era U-2 spy plane, military bases and Navy cruisers despites warnings that it will undercut military readiness. McKeon rejected the suggestion that the measure was a &quot;sop to parochial interests,&quot; arguing that the bill makes &quot;the tough decisions that put the troops first.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House defies Pentagon on defense spending

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, delivers a speech during an annual rally commemorating anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, at the Azadi 'Freedom' Square in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani: The U.S. owes Iran reparations for ‘hostile policies’

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

Illustration on scandals piling up against the Obama administration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama’s coming midterm rebuke

By Donald Lambro

Celebrants cheer near New York City's Times Square as news of the Armistice spreads on Nov. 11, 1918. (associated press)

MEMORIAL DAY: World War I memorial aimed for centennial of armistice

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law at the Families USA’s 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

White House: Obama to add Julian Castro to Cabinet

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks about the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Pelosi names five Democratic members to Benghazi panel

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 20, 2013, file photo shows Harvard Law Professor David Barron during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting approval of one of President Barack Obama’s most contentious picks for a federal judgeship. The Senate plans a crucial procedural vote May 21, 2014, on Barron, a Harvard Law School professor who as a top Justice Department official wrote legal memos justifying the use of drones to kill Americans overseas who are believed to be terrorists. Some Democrats have been resisting Barron’s nomination. They have wanted those legal documents to be released publicly beforehand. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Senate backs judge pick who wrote drone memos

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

President Barack Obama and White House counselor John Podesta, left, walk across the ellipse in Washington as they head towards the Dept. of Interior, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Obama and Podesta also walked back to the White House after a signing a proclamation regarding the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama breaks from busy day to walk, greet tourists

By STACY A. ANDERSON - Associated Press

News Guide: Claims of veteran hospitals misconduct

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press