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FILE - In this June 15, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies regarding the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gates asserts in a new memoir that President Barack Obama grew frustrated with U.S. policy in Afghanistan and that Vice President Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every foreign policy and national security issue. He also accuses members of Congress of inquisition-like treatment of administration officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Gates defends new memoir as ‘an honest account’

January 12, 2014 4:12 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, a view of the Supreme Court can be seen from the view from near the top of the Capitol Dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a clash between President Obama and Senate Republicans over the power granted the president in the Constitution to make temporary appointments to fill high-level positions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Court weighs president’s recess appointments power

Mark Sherman -

January 12, 2014 3:24 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 14, 2004 file photo, President Bush, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, walk together at the end of a joint press conference in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington. The son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his father has died on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. The 85-year-old Sharon had been in a coma since a debilitating stroke eight years ago. His son Gilad Sharon said:

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Obama says Ariel Sharon dedicated his life to Israel

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January 11, 2014 10:59 pm

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Veterans Administration under fire for proposed disability filing rule

Kevin Freking -

January 11, 2014 5:19 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the end of their news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Five years after pledging to remake the U.S. relationship with the broader Middle East and improve America's image in the Muslim world, the Obama administration's regional strategy appears to have come unhinged. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Analysis: Obama’s grand plan for Mideast shrinks

Matthew Lee -

January 11, 2014 4:47 pm

In this Sept. 12, 2013 photo provided by the Office of the Governor of New Jersey, Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly, right, stands with Gov. Chris Christie, left, during a tour of the Seaside Heights, N.J. boardwalk after it was hit by a massive fire. Christie fired Kelly Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, and apologized over and over for his staff's

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Gov. Chris Christie aide is latest to use private emails

Jack Gillum -

January 11, 2014 2:02 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 file photo, Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. The labor Department issues the December jobs report, the last one for 2103, on January 10. 2014. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

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On jobs, Obama calls 2014 ‘a year of action’

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January 11, 2014 11:01 am

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Iran sanctions push gains supporters in Senate

Bradley Klapper -

January 11, 2014 9:29 am

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Low expectations for Syrian peace talks

Associated Press, Lara Jakes -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

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President Obama congratulates Jimbo Fisher

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January 10, 2014 11:36 pm

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Gates defends new memoir as ‘an honest account’

Court weighs president’s recess appointments power

Obama says Ariel Sharon dedicated his life to Israel

Veterans Administration under fire for proposed disability filing rule

Analysis: Obama’s grand plan for Mideast shrinks

Gov. Chris Christie aide is latest to use private emails

On jobs, Obama calls 2014 ‘a year of action’

Iran sanctions push gains supporters in Senate

Low expectations for Syrian peace talks

President Obama congratulates Jimbo Fisher

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