With nice weather comes the visitors. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron follows Prince Harry in town today. Cameron meets with President Barack Obama at the White House. Later, Obama heads to New York where he’ll headline a $32,400-a-person evening fundraiser...
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Prince Harry talks to staff Sergeant Timothy Payne, right, during his visit to the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center treating wounded soldiers undergoing physical therapy on May 10, 2013 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Washington Daybook: Coming and Going
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Prince Harry with first lady Michelle Obama during an event to honor military families at the White House on May 9, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Washington Daybook: Harrymania
Prince Harry was the subject of so many photographs by young, female Capitol Hill staffers during his visit yesterday that London’s Daily Telegraph diagnosed Washington with a case of “Harrymania.” The doctors, nurses and veterans at the Walter Reed Military...
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Prince Harry learns sign language from deaf children during at visit to the Kananelo Centre for the deaf, a project supported by his charity Sentebale, on February 27, 2013 in Maseru, Lesotho.
Washington Daybook: Tourists
Swedish King Gustaf and Queen Silvia join Prince Harry of Great Britain among the throngs of tourists visiting the U.S. capital today. Gustaf fills his day in Washington with seven events including a ceremony in conjunction with the Raoul Wallenberg...
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Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, talks with former President Bill Clinton, right, during the closing plenary session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 23, 2010 in New York City.
Washington Daybook: Bill and Bill’s American Adventure
Former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft’s Bill Gates discuss America’s future at the annual Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit. They’ll be followed by speakers including Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan and Assistant to the President for...
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Retailers advertise Cyber Monday deals on their websites.
Washington Daybook: Taxing the Internet
The Senate is ready to vote on controversial legislation that would let states collect and use sales taxes from out-of-state sellers for purchases made over the Internet and through catalogs. The House is scheduled to take up a bill that...
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Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia's oil minister, gestures to the media prior to the start of the 160th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Dec.14, 2011.
Washington Daybook: To the Summit
Bloomberg LINK hosts a Washington Summit all day today at the headquarters of Foreign Affairs Magazine with speakers including Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, Lazard Vice Chairman Gary Parr, White House Council...
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Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx greets President Barack Obama as he arrives at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C. on March 7, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Traveling
President Barack Obama will nominate Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx, a Democrat, to lead Transportation Department, Bloomberg News reported. The Consumer Federation of America today releases a report on the status of progress toward an auto fuel-economy standard of...
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John Moore #17 of the New York Rangers fights with Jack Skille #12 of the Florida Panthers in the third period at Madison Square Garden on April 18, 2013 in New York City.
Washington Daybook: Fight Club
Members of Congress take a break from their bruising budget battles and vicious finger pointing to hear from some real experts in fighting — the NHL. Commissioner Gary Bettman, Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and members of the Congressional Hockey...
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President Barack Obama at the White House.
Washington Daybook: Welcome to Dinner, Ladies
President Barack Obama continues his effort to improve relations with Congress, this time focusing on the ladies. He’s invited 20 female Senators from both parties to dinner at the White House tonight. The Boston Marathon attacks, and whether the FBI...
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Three sections of pipe sit on the ground during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline in Atoka, Oklahoma, as part of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project and will run from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas.
Washington Daybook: Keystone Deadline
Today is the deadline for public comments at the State Department on the proposed Keystone pipeline to carry tar-sands oil fro Canada to U.S. refineries. Democratic donors are trying to persuade President Barack Obama that turning down TransCanada Corp.’s petition...
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Julie Bykowicz
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Richard Rubin
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