Nicole Duran

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Carson's team clarified that he meant China's "longstanding and well-documented security ties to Syria."Â (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

National Security

White House ‘speechless’ on Carson’s Syria comments

Nicole Duran · November 13, 2015 7:07 pm

Kerry sees Syria progress despite Assad question

Kerry sees Syria progress despite Assad question

Nicole Duran · November 13, 2015 1:59 am

CitingÂ free Liberian elections in 2005 and 2011 and Charles Taylor's 50-year prison sentence as examples of progress, "There is no further need for the blocking of assets imposed by" the Bush order, President Obama wrote. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama ends sanctions against Liberia

Nicole Duran · November 13, 2015 1:01 am

"I appreciate that these dedicated individuals have agreed to devote their talent and years of experience working on labor-management disputes to help reach a swift and smooth resolution of this issue," President Obama said. (AP Photo)

Obama intervenes in N.J. rail dispute for second time

Nicole Duran · November 12, 2015 11:36 pm

"We have said from the beginning that this would be a multi-year effort," Kerry said. "We are on the right track and we are making gains; and we are clear about the road ahead." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Kerry: U.S. ‘on the right track’ in Syria

Nicole Duran · November 12, 2015 11:35 pm

"I really can't speak to what he was referring to but unless you're talking about having a diplomatic presence, I'm not sure what he was referencing," Rice said Thursday when asked about his claim. "I have not seen evidence of Chinese military involvement in Syria."Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House rejects Carson, says Chinese army not in Syria

Nicole Duran · November 12, 2015 9:16 pm

President Barack Obama bestows the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, to retired Army Capt.Â Florent Groberg. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Obama honors Army hero who summoned ‘his very best’

Nicole Duran · November 12, 2015 5:20 pm

Obama urges companies to ‘hire a vet’

Obama urges companies to ‘hire a vet’

Nicole Duran · November 11, 2015 7:02 pm

White House cites progress in VA improvements

White House cites progress in VA improvements

Nicole Duran · November 11, 2015 6:44 am

$Members of Congress, experts and the Obama administration itself agree that President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repaired their fractured relationship during Netanyahu's visit to Washington last week. (AP Photo)$ National Security

Netanyahu: Bipartisan support for Israel ‘critical’

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 10:02 pm

Josh Earnest discused the Equality ActÂ on the same day that OUT magazine said it has chosenÂ President Obama as its "ally of the year." (AP Photo)

Obama supports bill to boost LGBT rights

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 8:50 pm

White House spokesman accused lawmakers who oppose efforts to close down the terrorist detainee center in Guantanamo Bay of pursing narrow and "trivial" political interests.Â (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley,File)

WH: Lawmakers opposed to closing Gitmo for ‘trivial’ reasons

Nicole Duran · November 10, 2015 8:17 pm