Josh Lederman

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Obama: Action on immigration not if, but when

Josh Lederman · October 3, 2014 1:19 am

Few signs of progress as Obama meets India’s Modi

Josh Lederman · September 30, 2014 9:02 pm

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, center, and members of his delegation meet with President Barack Obama, and his delegation, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama says Egypt key to US security in Mideast

Josh Lederman · September 25, 2014 8:17 pm

Obama to expand ocean preserve to 6 times the size

Josh Lederman · September 25, 2014 12:08 am

United States President Barack Obama addresses the Climate Summit, at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Energy and Environment

Obama: No nation has ‘free pass’ on climate change

Josh Lederman · September 23, 2014 5:48 pm

Uniformed Secret Service officers walk along the lawn on the North side of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The Secret Service is coming under renewed scrutiny after a man scaled the White House fence and made it all the way through the front door before he was apprehended. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Secret Service boosts security outside White House

Josh Lederman · September 21, 2014 2:58 am

A Secret Service police officer holds a weapon as he stands near an entrance to the White House complex during an evacuation minutes after President Barack Obama departed Washington for Camp David aboard Marine One on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. A Secret Service agent at the scene says someone jumped the fence surrounding the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Security breached: Intruder gets into White House

Josh Lederman · September 20, 2014 11:07 am

A Secret Service police officer holds a weapon as he stands near an entrance to the White House complex during an evacuation minutes after President Barack Obama departed Washington for Camp David aboard Marine One on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. A Secret Service agent at the scene says someone jumped the fence surrounding the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fence-jumper makes it into the White House

Josh Lederman · September 20, 2014 5:24 am

FILE - National Security Adviser Susan Rice listens to reporters questions during a briefing on President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to to Europe and Saudi Arabia, in this March 21, 2014 file photo taken in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama will call on fellow world leaders next week to back a United Nations resolution calling on nations to stem the flow of foreign fighters joining terrorist organizations like the Islamic State, as the United States seeks to build legitimacy for its military campaign in Iraq and Syria, the White House said Friday Sept. 19, 2014. Rice, said she expects unanimous approval in the U.N. Security Council. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Foreign fighters, Ebola top Obama’s UN agenda

Josh Lederman · September 20, 2014 4:55 am

FILE - In this June 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington. Having spent political capital fighting climate change at home, President Barack Obama will turn his sights overseas next week, urging fellow heads of state to be as ambitious as possible as they negotiate a make-or-break global treaty to be finalized in Paris next year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

At UN, Obama to urge nations to go big on climate

Josh Lederman · September 18, 2014 9:48 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at U.S. Central Command (CentCom) at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Obama consulted with military officials about the U.S. counterterrorism campaign against Islamic State militants during his visit. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, James Borchuck, Pool)

US to train veterans to install solar panels

Josh Lederman · September 18, 2014 1:59 pm

Biden says ‘Shylocks’ was poor choice of words

Josh Lederman · September 17, 2014 7:04 pm