Nedra Pickler

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Vice President Joe Bide listens as President Barack Obama speaks to the media as they meet with the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The Commission was created to identify non-partisan ways to shorten lines at polling places, promote the efficient conduct of elections, and provide better access to the polls for all voters. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama commission encourages early vote expansion

Nedra Pickler · January 22, 2014 5:29 pm

Long-serving Obama aide is leaving White House

Long-serving Obama aide is leaving White House

Nedra Pickler · January 13, 2014 10:24 pm

Obama commutes sentences for 8 drug convictions

Obama commutes sentences for 8 drug convictions

Nedra Pickler · December 20, 2013 1:11 am

In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a soldier closes the gate at the now abandoned Camp X-Ray, which was used as the first detention facility for al-Qaida and Taliban militants who were captured after the Sept. 11 attacks at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Detainees were housed in open air pens until the completion of Camp Delta in April 2002. Many detainees at Guantanamo Bay may be closer to heading home under a bipartisan deal reached in Congress that gives President Barack Obama a rare victory in his fight to close the prison for terror suspects. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Defense bill gives Obama rare Guantanamo victory

Nedra Pickler · December 18, 2013 11:20 pm

Fallon named Obama legislative affairs director

Fallon named Obama legislative affairs director

Nedra Pickler · December 13, 2013 5:45 pm

White House vows to address media access concerns

White House vows to address media access concerns

Nedra Pickler · December 12, 2013 9:49 pm

Vice President Joe Biden, right, and wife Jill Biden, pay their respects to former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the South African embassy in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, after signing a condolence book inside. While gazing at a statue of Mandela, Biden said that the former president was, "the most remarkable man I met in my whole career." President Obama is en route to South Africa to attend a Tuesday memorial service for Nelson Mandela. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden signs Mandela condolence book at embassy

Nedra Pickler · December 9, 2013 4:16 pm

White House counsel sticking around until spring

White House counsel sticking around until spring

Associated Press, Nedra Pickler · December 4, 2013 8:58 am

FILE - In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama is pushing to overcome obstacles to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, an elusive goal which has frustrated him since he took office. That is setting the White House on a collision course with Congress in its bid to loosen restrictions for moving out detainees. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

White House pushes to loosen Gitmo transfer rules

Associated Press, Nedra Pickler · November 18, 2013 10:58 pm

FILE - This Oct. 29, 2013 file photo shows people visiting the eternal flame at the gravesite of former President John F. Kennedy as it burns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. President Barack Obama will visit the gravesite of John F. Kennedy and pay tribute to two signature initiatives begun by the slain president as the nation observes the 50th anniversary of his assassination in the coming week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obamas, Clintons to visit JFK gravesite Wednesday

Nedra Pickler · November 16, 2013 10:11 pm

US may split command of spy and cyber agencies

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US may split command of spy and cyber agencies

Nedra Pickler · November 8, 2013 12:53 am

Obama promises to “smooth out” health care

Obama promises to “smooth out” health care

Nedra Pickler · November 4, 2013 11:34 pm