One of the central problems in the long-running deliberations over how the U.S. might expedite the Obama administration’s stated goal of helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of office has been the Syrian rebels themselves: Knowing whom the U.S. might...
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John McCain
McCain in Syria: Friends Like These
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Leemore Dafny, deputy director for health care and antitrust with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Bureau of Economics, in Washington, D.C., on May 14, 2013
Obamacare Has Roots in a Passion
When Leemore Dafny wants to accomplish something, the Northwestern University economist finds a way to make it happen. Dafny wanted to determine whether health insurance markets are competitive. She got hold of a robust data source and, in a 2010...
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney greet supporters during a campaign rally at George Mason University on November 5, 2012 in Fairfax, Virginia.
Ann Romney: ‘We Expected to Win’
Mitt Romney hit the “panic button” at about 8 pm on Election Day 2012, according to wife Ann Romney. “We expected to win,” she said. But Karl Rove, whose super-PAC had invested millions in the failing election campaigns of other...
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey announces federal grand jury indictments for three British nationals during a news conference in this April 12, 2005 file photo in Washington, DC.
Obama’s FBI Nominee: Comey
President Barack Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush, to become the next FBI director, according to two people briefed on the selection. Comey, 52, served as general counsel to Lockheed Martin Corp. and...
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Lincoln Chafee, governor of Rhode Island, in New York, on April 29, 2013.
Obama: ‘Linc’ Joins Party of Jeff, Jack, FDR, JFK — and Bill?
President Barack Obama welcomed a new Democrat to the fold today: Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican senator elected governor as a Republican and announcing his membership in the Democratic Party today. “I’m delighted to hear that Gov....
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President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One prior to departure from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, on May 29, 2013.
White House Passing the Plates
The White House has a lot on its plate lately. Today, it is passing the plate. Both President Barack Obama — bound for Chicago for two fund-raisers for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tonight — and first lady Michelle Obama,...
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Volunteers with the national organization, Ready for Hillary, hold a rally across the street from the Beverly Wilshire hotel where the former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be honored with the inaugural Warren Christopher Public Service Award at the Pacific Council on International Policy's Chairman's Gala on May 8, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.
Ready for Hillary: ‘Foresight’
Ready for Hillary, the super-political action committee supporting Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, today announced some big fundraisers. Susie Tompkins Buell, who raised more than $100,000 for Clinton’s 2008 presidential run, and Steve Mostyn, who contributed $3 million to...
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Jared Bernstein, right, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, speaks at the daily White House briefing at the White House in Washington in this June 8, 2009 file photo.
‘Furmanomics’ Explained ala Bernstein
Jared Bernstein, former chief economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, thinks he knows what’s in store with Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s choice for chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. (Reported first at Bloomberg.) “Furmanomics.” “I’ve worked closely with...
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President Barack Obama holds a stuffed bear alongside New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after playing an arcade game along the boardwalk as they view rebuilding efforts following last year's Hurricane Sandy in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on May 28, 2013.
Christie Scores Teddy for Obama
Out on the boardwalk, they are tossing pigskins… Out on the boardwalk, the governor wins… President Barack Obama went 0-5 in his football tosses at “Touchdown Fever,” an arcade on the boardwalk at Point Pleasant, Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie nailed...
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President Barack Obama with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie after arriving at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in New Jersey on May 28, 2013. Obama is traveling to the New Jersey shore to view rebuilding efforts following last year's Hurricane Sandy.
Obama-Christie: Heckuva Job
Updated at 12:52 and 3:30 pm EDT, with Terrence Dopp reporting from Asbury Park Heckuva job. Remember that line? That was former President George W. Bush’s praise for then-FEMA director Michael D. Brown in the first few days after Hurricane...
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