Julie Pace

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FILE - This May 27, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama, standing in the White House Rose Garden, and speaking about the future of US troops in Afghanistan. Obama outlined a timetable for the gradual withdrawal of the last U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and confidently declared, "This is how wars end in the 21st century." But less than three weeks later, there is a sudden burst of uncertainty surrounding the way Obama has moved to bring the two conflicts he inherited to a close. In Iraq, a fast-moving Islamic insurgency is pressing toward Baghdad, raising the possibility of fresh American military action more than two years after the last U.S. troops withdrew. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

For Obama, fresh questions about how wars end

Julie Pace · June 15, 2014 12:56 pm

Following his defeat in the Virginia primary Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., tells reporters he intends to resign his leadership post at the end of July, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Cantor lost to tea party challenger David Brat, who campaigned in opposition of loosening immigration laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

For White House, little joy in Cantor’s defeat

Julie Pace · June 12, 2014 7:07 am

A large screen shows a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama during the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day in Ouistreham, western France, Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Another awkward encounter for Obama, Putin

Julie Pace · June 6, 2014 7:54 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko, center, talk after a group photo before a luncheon as they take part in the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Benouville in Normandy, France, Friday, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Putin, Poroshenko chat before lunch in Normandy

Julie Pace · June 6, 2014 12:28 pm

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron finish a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: No apology for Bergdahl prisoner exchange

Julie Pace · June 5, 2014 3:30 pm

In Poland, Obama sees a guidepost for Ukraine

Julie Pace · June 4, 2014 6:40 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama and Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski make statements and meet with U.S. and Polish troops at an event featuring four F-16 fighter jets, two American and two Polish, as part of multinational military exercises, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama boosting America’s military effort in Europe

Julie Pace · June 3, 2014 6:10 pm

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he begins his three-country trip to Poland, Belgium and France, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to urge Europe to keep up pressure on Russia

Julie Pace · June 3, 2014 12:46 am

FILE - This May 28, 2011, file photo shows U.S. President Barack Obama during an arrival ceremony at the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland. Monday, June 2, 2014, Obama begins a four-day trip to Poland, Belgium, and France against the backdrop of successful national elections in Ukraine. He will likely press European leaders to maintain pressure on Russia for its threatening moves in Ukraine, while seeking to dispel fears from Poland and other NATO allies that the West could slip back into a business-as-usual relationship with Moscow. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama to urge Europe to keep up pressure on Russia

Julie Pace · June 1, 2014 3:24 pm

Rice helping Obama juggle foreign policy crises

Julie Pace · May 31, 2014 8:15 pm

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses while speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a "serious conversation" with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Shinseki resigns amid vets’ health care problems

Julie Pace · May 30, 2014 8:14 pm

FILE - This May 22, 2010 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during commencement ceremonies in West Point, N.Y. The president will use his commencement address at West Point Wednesday to defend his foreign policy against criticism that he has relinquished America's global leadership and stands by idly as problems erupt in the Middle East, Russia, China and beyond. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama seeks to recast postwar foreign policy

Julie Pace · May 28, 2014 12:06 pm