Julie Pace

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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as he announces his nomination of Kerry as next secretary of state in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama nominates Kerry for secretary of state

Julie Pace · December 21, 2012 10:08 pm

Vice President Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama announces that Biden will lead an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shooting, during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama to send Congress gun proposals in January

Julie Pace · December 19, 2012 11:24 pm

Tasha Devoe, left, of Lawrence, Mass., joins a march to the National Rifle Association headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Curbing gun violence will be a top priority of President Barack Obama's second term, aides say. but exactly what he'll pursue and how quickly are still evolving. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Gun control gets unlikely backers on Capitol Hill

Julie Pace · December 17, 2012 11:03 pm

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2012 file photo shows Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The top contenders for the "big three" jobs in President Barack Obama's Cabinet are white men, raising fresh concerns among Democratic women about diversity in the president's inner-circle. Their long-simmering worries were rekindled after Susan Rice withdrew under pressure from consideration as the next secretary of state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Susan Rice withdrawal sparks gender concerns on Cabinet

Julie Pace · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2012 file photo shows Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The top contenders for the âbig threeâ jobs in President Barack Obamaâs Cabinet are white men, raising fresh concerns among Democratic women about diversity in the presidentâs inner-circle. Their long-simmering worries were rekindled after Susan Rice withdrew under pressure from consideration as the next secretary of state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rice withdrawal sparks gender concerns on Cabinet

Julie Pace · December 14, 2012 11:45 pm

FSA fighters pray after an attack on a Military Academy in Tal Sheer village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Thursday, Dec 13, 2012. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)

Obama’s ‘red line’ may be giving Assad an opening

Julie Pace · December 13, 2012 10:54 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy in Washington. Playing both sides, Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming âfiscal cliffâ with his private negotiations with GOP leaders. Advisers see the carrot-and-stick approach as key to winning concessions from Republicans on taxes and reaching a deal to avert the series of year-end tax hikes and spending cuts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama’s fiscal cliff strategy is tricky balance

Julie Pace · December 12, 2012 6:15 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media after eating lunch with middle class tax-payers, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Metro 29 diner in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

With election over, less attention to jobs report

Julie Pace · December 7, 2012 9:13 pm

President Barack Obama, flanked by National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, and NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, meets with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Analysis: Obama could risk going over ‘cliff’

Julie Pace · December 5, 2012 11:05 pm

President Barack Obama, flanked by National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, and NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, meets with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Analysis: Obama could risk going over ‘cliff’

Julie Pace · December 5, 2012 6:46 pm

Obama to push tax proposals in Detroit

Obama to push tax proposals in Detroit

Julie Pace · December 5, 2012 5:40 pm

FILE - This Oct. 11, 2012 file photo shows Democratic National Committee Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D- Fla., speaking at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. President Barack Obama wants Wasserman Schultz to stay on as his partyâs chairwoman. Wasserman Schultz has overseen the Democratic National Committee since early 2011. Party officials credit her in part with helping the president carry her home state of Florida, as well as leading the party to an expanded majority in the Senate and more seats in the House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama wants Wasserman Schultz to stay on at DNC

Julie Pace · December 3, 2012 9:58 pm