Josh Lederman

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Obama taps Ethiopia ambassador for Sudan post

Josh Lederman · August 28, 2013 7:37 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at Henninger High School in Syracuse, N.Y. The launch of a highly anticipated strike on Syria could make for awkward timing. Few doubt that Obama is preparing for a U.S.-led military action to retaliate for what the U.S. and its allies say was a deadly chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the Syrian government. But there are few good options for when to attack. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

When to strike: Syria timing is complex for Obama

Josh Lederman · August 28, 2013 4:54 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2010, file photo, Richard A. Clarke a former adviser to President Bill Clinton for cyber-security attends a news conference of the film 'S.O.S. - State of Security' at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany. Clarke is on a review panel formed by President Barack Obama to review U.S. intelligence and communications. Also on the panel are Michael Morrell, former deputy CIA director, and former Obama officials Cass Sunstein and Peter Swire.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Obama taps former aides for intel review panel

Josh Lederman · August 28, 2013 12:44 am

Demonstrators who support the Egyptian military hold up a mask of Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they protest what they say is the U.S. government's support of the Muslim Brotherhood, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in front of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Egypt military supporters rally at White House

Josh Lederman · August 22, 2013 5:55 pm

A police officer stands in front of the MD Anderson Cancer Center where Vice President Joe Biden reportedly entered, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, in Houston. Biden entered the hospital to support his son who sought medical attention at the hospital. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty) Mandatory Credit

Biden cancels events as son recovers in hospital

Josh Lederman · August 21, 2013 9:27 pm

Obama, first lady on date night at Indian eatery

Josh Lederman · August 8, 2013 11:22 pm

FILE - In this May 30, 2013 file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass. President Barack Obama will bestow the nationâs highest civilian honor on Oprah Winfrey and former President Bill Clinton later this year. Clinton and Winfrey will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House along with 14 others, including former Sen. Richard Lugar and womenâs rights activist Gloria Steinem. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Obama to honor Clinton, Oprah with freedom medal

Josh Lederman · August 8, 2013 7:29 pm

President Barack Obama speak to the media a he meets with Yemen's president Abdo Rabby Mansour Hadi meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: No tax reform without spending to spur jobs

Josh Lederman · August 3, 2013 10:03 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, where she told reporters that Congress has too much critical, unfinished work to be leaving for a five-week recess. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Health care fix spares insurance hike for Congress

Josh Lederman · August 2, 2013 7:46 pm

FILE - In this June 10, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Struggling to salvage a massive surveillance program, Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, as snowballing concerns made new limitations on the intelligence effort appear increasingly likely. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Surveillance critics face Obama in Oval Office

Josh Lederman · August 2, 2013 2:52 am

This May 7, 2013 photo provided by Science Applications International Corporation shows Deborah Lee James, President of the Technical and Engineering Sector at SAIC, in Virginia. President Barack Obama is nominating the former assistant defense secretary and House staffer as secretary of the Air Force. The White House said Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, that James is Obama's pick to replace Michael Donley, who retired in June. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be one of the few women to serve as the senior civilian leader of an armed services branch. (AP Photo/SAIC)

Obama nominates James as Air Force secretary

Josh Lederman · August 2, 2013 1:14 am

Obama taps childhood friend for diplomatic post

Josh Lederman · August 1, 2013 11:54 pm