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              President Obama shakes hands with the Marine at the base of the steps of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on May 24, 2013. Obama forgot to salute the Marine as he boarded so he came back out to shake hands with the Marine. The president is traveling to Annapolis to deliver the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy. (Associated Press)

              Obama does handshake do-over with Marine guard after failing to salute

              By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

              President Obama forgot to return the salute of a U.S. Marine while boarding Marine One Friday morning, then came back out to shake the Marine’s hand, according to a tweet by CBS News’ Mark Knoller.

              **FILE** State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland (Associated Press)

              Aide involved in Benghazi talking points scrubbing promoted by Obama

              By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

              In a bold move that demonstrates his commitment to an inner circle of close advisers — even those caught up in controversies, President Obama plans to nominate Victoria Nuland to assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs, the White House said Thursday.

              Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing St. in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

              British P.M. David Cameron demands that MI5 explain ‘what went wrong’ in attack

              By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

              British Prime Minister David Cameron is demanding intelligence and security heads explain how two Islamist terror suspects could massacre a soldier in the streets when the two had been surveillance targets of MI5 for the past eight years.

              President Obama reacts as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as he talked about national security on May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (Associated Press)

              Experts contradict Obama on Islamic terror threat

              By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

              Terrorism analysts are rebutting President Obama’s assertion that the “scale of the threat” from Islamic terrorists has reverted to pre-Sept. 11, 2001, levels.

              Security
              President Obama talks about national security on May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

              Obama’s drone speech welcomed by Pakistan, Yemen and the U.N.

              By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

              President Obama’s pledge to scale back lethal drone strikes against suspected terrorists and to be more transparent about them may not have pleased Republicans, but it did draw praise in Pakistan and Yemen, where almost all of the strikes take place, and from the U.N. official investigating U.S. targeted killing.

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