Julie Pace

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President Barack Obama speaks about the future of US troops in Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The president will seek to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by the end of 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Withdrawal: Obama charts end to Afghan war by 2016

Julie Pace · May 27, 2014 10:05 pm

FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

APNewsBreak: US to keep 9800 troops in Afghanistan

Julie Pace · May 27, 2014 3:44 pm

FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

APNewsBreak: US to keep 9800 troops in Afghanistan

Julie Pace · May 27, 2014 3:39 pm

President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. President Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama seeks to reframe foreign policy as war ends

Julie Pace · May 26, 2014 4:49 pm

President Obama addresses troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, in 2012. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama signals US to keep limited Afghanistan role

Julie Pace · May 25, 2014 10:44 pm

FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y. Obama will soon outline a strategy for his final years in office that aims to avoid overreach as the second of the two wars he inherited comes to a close. The president will make the case for that seemingly more limited approach during a commencement address Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama to outline case for a limited foreign policy

Julie Pace · May 25, 2014 5:09 pm

FILE - In this May 22, 2010, file photo, addressing the graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama outlined a foreign policy vision using diplomacy and a strong military together, in West Point, N.Y. Obama will soon outline a strategy for his final years in office that aims to avoid overreach as the second of the two wars he inherited comes to a close. The president will make the case for that seemingly more limited approach during a commencement address Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama to argue for avoiding overreach overseas

Julie Pace · May 24, 2014 9:04 pm

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, Rob Nabors, President Barack Obama's deputy chief of staff, leaves a closed-door meeting between Obama and Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington. Burned by the failed rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama is seeking to build a team for the final years of his administration where management expertise may trump keen political or legislative skills. As it seeks to shore up its response, the White House is turning to the same playbook it used during the health care enrollment debacle, when Obama dispatched longtime aide Jeffrey Zients to the Health and Human Services Department to oversee efforts to fix the woeful HealthCare.gov website. Obama made a similar move last week, temporarily assigning Nabors to the VA to lead an internal review of agency policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama administration focuses on following through

Julie Pace · May 20, 2014 4:59 pm

FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, Rob Nabors, President Barack Obama's deputy chief of staff, leaves a closed-door meeting between Obama and Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington. Obama is dispatching Nabor, one of his closest White House advisers to oversee an investigation of the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs as the agency grapples with allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths, as well as persistent questions about benefits backlogs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

APNewsBreak: Obama aide to oversee VA review

Julie Pace · May 15, 2014 12:43 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception marking Victory Day in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2014. The White House says President Barack Obama has no plans to meet with Putin when both leaders attend next month's events in France marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. But the White House isn't criticizing France for welcoming Putin's visit, either. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin to face Western leaders at D-Day anniversary

Julie Pace · May 8, 2014 9:05 pm

Obama aide Susan Rice to hold meetings in Israel

Obama aide Susan Rice to hold meetings in Israel

Julie Pace · May 6, 2014 10:07 pm

President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, left, during a press availability before their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US, Djibouti reach 10-year security agreement

Julie Pace · May 5, 2014 5:33 pm