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** FILE ** Some of the assembled onlookers celebrated President Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States by taking to the ice on the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times)

Inauguration weekend kicks off with day of service

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Chefs hail first foodies with inauguration salute

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Obama visits the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla., in March 2012. (Associated Press)

Environmentalists versus workers: Keystone pipeline decision will shape Obama’s legacy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Will Obama’s order lead to surge in gun research?

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden, talks about proposals to reduce gun violence on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Critics of violent films, video games  note the call for study, not controls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Obama calls for research on media in gun violence

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

**FILE** Piers Morgan, host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight," leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles on Dec. 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

White House raises bar for flooded website

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration Budget Blueprint by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

MEANS: Budgeting solution: Close down the OMB

By Grady Means

** FILE ** Then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican, speaks on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington in 2008. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Pentagon campaign for Hagel questionable, expert says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Obama (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Inside the Beltway: Lonely Obama … in 2008

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (right) visits a victim receiving treatment at a military hospital in Cairo on Jan. 15, 2013, following a train crash in Badrasheen, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Cairo. At least 19 people died and more than 100 were injured when two railroad passenger cars derailed, health officials say. (Associated Press/Egyptian Presidency)

White House condemns comments from Egypt’s Morsi

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

President Obama, during a White House news conference Monday, said GOP threats to hold the line on the nation's borrowing are "irresponsible." Republicans hope the debt limit debate can be used to make Democrats address the deficit. (Associated Press)

Rhetoric heats up on debt ceiling

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama looking for some friends in GOP

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

All U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan in 2014. Whether any will remain to train local forces and conduct missions against al Qaeda remains a point of contention between the two countries' governments. (Associated Press)

Afghans fear a civil war  if all U.S. troops depart

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex on Dec. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Gun owners under assault

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden (right) administers the Senate oath to Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, accompanied by his wife, Heidi Nelson, and daughters Caroline and Catherine (second from right) during a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hard-charging Cruz creates an early splash

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Members of the 113th Congress, many accompanied by family members, take the oath of office in the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CURL: Why you’re right to hate both parties

By Joseph Curl

** FILE ** A Marine sentry stands guard at the White House on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, an indication that President Obama is working in the West Wing. (Associated Press)

White House not humoring secession pleas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times