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Children take an oath of citizenship during a ceremony at the old school house in Old Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday. Today's children become tomorrow's workers and future retirees. Most Americans end up getting more back in benefits than they pay into the entitlement system, meaning the immigrants being added now could become liabilities later on.
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Officials see immigration reform bolstering Social Security in the short term

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Phil Roe, Tennessee Republican and a physician before being elected to Congress, delivers remarks during a news conference on Capitol Hill with fellow Republican members of the freshman class as they discuss health care overhaul in Washington on March 20, 2010. At right is Rep. John C. Fleming, Louisiana Republican, who was a family physician and former coroner before being elected to Congress. (Associated Press)

GOP questions legality of Obamacare delay

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites crashed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday following an emergency shutdown of the engines after launch. (Vesti 24 via Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russian intel and Edward Snowden

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama embraces former President George W. Bush after he spoke at the dedication of Bush's presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas on April 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Bush, Obama together in Africa as president praises predecessor

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration Voter IDs by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obama’s ‘evolution’ on voter-ID

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President Obama symbolic visit last week to the "Door of No Return," through which African slaves are said to have passed as they boarded ships for the Americas, most likely was a rubbish chute on Senegal's Goree Island, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported.

CURL: Obama stands at his own ‘door of no return’

By Joseph Curl

Ruling party supporters, gather outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, June 27, 2013. Nelson Mandela's health improved overnight and his condition remains critical but is now stable, the South African government said Thursday in a statement that brought a measure of relief to the country. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Anti-Obama protesters gather near Nelson Mandela’s hospital in South Africa

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TRIPLETT: Obama’s argle-bargle on Keystone

By William C. Triplett II

"White House Down," a low-brow shoot-'em-up thriller, stars Channing Tatum (left) as a nice-guy protection agent and Jamie Foxx (center) as the president of the United States. (Sony Pictures Entertainment via Associated Press)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘White House Down’

By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards a car after arriving at the airport in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Obama in Senegal for first leg of Africa trip

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Park Police arrest demonstrators wearing orange jumpsuits protesting the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility, Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at the north gate of the White House in Washington. President Obama was not at the White House at the time. (Associated Press)

Woman in orange ‘Gitmo’ jumpsuit arrested after jumping White House fence

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GRAY: Obama’s climate policy undermines the U.S.

By C. Boyden Gray

White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Monday, June 24, 2013, at the White House in Washington that the U.S. assumes Edward Snowden is now in Russia and that the White House expects Russian authorities to look at all the options available to them to expel Mr. Snowden to face charges in the U.S. for releasing secret surveillance information. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House slams Hong Kong, China for shielding leaker

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Visitors walk past the Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court to rule on Obama recess appointments

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Jan. 21, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to his senior staff to assert his expectations on ethics and conduct on the White House campus in Washington. Promising to reinvigorate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Obama, issued an executive order his first day in office, and told all federal agencies to adopt a "presumption in favor of disclosure." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama summons business leaders to White House ahead of key immigration vote

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, on June 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

Irony: Edward Snowden chooses havens that repress Internet freedoms

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama waves in the doorway of Air Force One as he departs from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cost of Obama’s Africa trip under fire, overshadows economic, democracy focus

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Obama meets with privacy watchdog panel … in private

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House’s Jay Carney dodges questions more than 9,000 times: report

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The Wrap: From a Muslim group that wants Obama arrested to U.S. troops in Egypt, the week that was

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