Tag: Nation

FILE - This May 15, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will allow more veterans to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics. Shinseki announced the change Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Lawmakers call for tighter grip on VA hospitals

Tom Raum · May 25, 2014 6:44 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

An anti-coup protester holds a banner and shouts during a demonstration at the Victory Monumet in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, May 24, 2014. Thailand's coup leaders said Saturday that they would keep former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders detained for up to a week to give them "time to think" and to keep the country calm. They also summoned outspoken academics to report to the junta. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

US pulls out from military exercises in Thailand

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 10:39 pm

FILE - This May 15, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will allow more veterans to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics. Shinseki announced the change Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

VA approves more private care for veterans

Matthew Daly · May 24, 2014 9:22 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

In this May 19, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama greets players as he makes an unannounced stop to surprise members of the Northwest little league baseball teams at Friendship Park in Washington. Obama seems to have caught a bad case of cabin fever. Since taking office, Obama has periodically grumbled about the claustrophobia that sets in when his every move is surrounded by intense security, rendering it nearly impossible to enjoy the simple pleasures that private citizens take for granted. But in recent days, the president has made more of a point to get out. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘The bear is loose’ _ Obama goes out and about

Josh Lederman · May 24, 2014 8:29 pm

Analysis: Each party certain other is wrong

Charles Babington · May 24, 2014 4:29 pm

FILE - In this May 1, 2009 file photo, Washington Redskins Marko Mitchell puts his helmet on during their NFL football minicamp practice at their training facility in Ashburn, Va. Half of the U.S. Senate says it's time to change the name of the Washington Redskins. Forty-nine Democratic senators wrote NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday, May 22, 2014. They say racism and bigotry do not belong in professional sports. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Redskins to senators: Team’s name is ‘respectful’

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 2:16 pm

Donald Odum, left, junior vice president of the Onslow Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation, and Michael Rooney look over the memorial in Jacksonville, N.C., Friday afternoon, May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Jacksonville Daily News, Maria Sestito)

Obama: US must do more to care for veterans

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 10:08 am

US Army chief of staff calls Thailand general

National Security

US Army chief of staff calls Thailand general

Lolita Baldor · May 23, 2014 10:15 pm

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama scored a rare win in his 5-year-old campaign to close the federal prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a Senate panel approved giving him the authority to transfer terror suspects to the United States if Congress signs off on a comprehensive plan to shutter the facility. Levin hailed the defense bill provision as a significant change in the long standoff between the Obama administration and bipartisan congressional opponents over the post-Sept. 11 prison for terror suspects. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

National Security

Obama win on Guantanamo prison may be short-lived

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 9:26 pm

Obama to raise cash for Dems at Texas BBQ dinner

Obama to raise cash for Dems at Texas BBQ dinner

Josh Lederman · May 23, 2014 8:58 pm