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  • A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial touches the name of a fallen soldier etched on the wall of the memorial in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

    Obama honors veterans of the Vietnam War

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    Beginning a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, President Obama called on Americans Saturday to thank veterans of that war during this weekend’s Memorial Day observances. Published May 26, 2012 Comments

  • ** FILE ** In this May 8, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Obama camp hits Romney over class size

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    The Obama campaign blasted presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney Friday for his comments on a visit to an inner-city school that smaller class sizes are not a guarantee of a good education. Published May 25, 2012 Comments

  • ** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

    Senate wants patients to buy American meds

    By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

    More than a decade after the first skirmishes over allowing American consumers to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, the issue is still a loser — and by wider margins than ever. Published May 24, 2012 Comments

  • **FILE** Jeffrey Neely, the central figure in a General Services Administration spending scandal, sits at the witness table as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigates wasteful spending and excesses by GSA during a 2010 Las Vegas conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Key figure in lavish Vegas junket leaves GSA

    By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

    Jeffrey Neely, the central figure in a lavish taxpayer-funded Las Vegas convention that saw magic acts and federal workers sipping martinis on a red carpet, has left the General Services Administration. Published May 24, 2012 Comments

  • Former President Bill Clinton (AP photo)

    In campaign twist, Romney camp plays Clinton card against Obama

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    An unlikely battle for Bubba’s legacy has broken out in the presidential race, with GOP candidate Mitt Romney praising Bill Clinton’s presidency as a bank-shot way to argue that President Obama has “discarded” his Democratic predecessor’s wisdom about the end of big government. Published May 24, 2012 Comments

  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Salina Beattie display work they did together in a sixth grade language arts class during Mr. Romney's visit to Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philadelphia, Pa. His statement that "just getting smaller classrooms didn't seem to be the key" to improving education was challenged. (Associated Press)

    Romney downplays value of small class size

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s plans for reshaping K-12 education has injected an old debate into the presidential race: Do smaller classroom sizes produce better students? Published May 24, 2012 Comments

  • President Obama speaks at the TPI Composites Factory, which manufactures wind-turbine blades, in Newton, Iowa, on Thursday. It is Mr. Obama's second visit as president to Newton, a city of about 15,000 east of Des Moines. (Associated Press)

    Obama returns to Iowa to stump

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    On his second visit in a month to the battleground state of Iowa, President Obama accused congressional Republicans on Thursday of risking a slowdown in the economic recovery. Published May 24, 2012 Comments

  • President George W. Bush greets Artie Muller, national executive director of Rolling Thunder, and singer Nancy Sinatra at the White House in May 2004. Mr. Muller and Miss Sinatra will again be part of the Memorial Day Rolling Thunder tribute to veterans. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway: Thunderous applause

    By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

    Inquiring minds want to know: When Rolling Thunder roars through the nation’s capital this weekend, will President Obama meet with the group’s founder and national executive director, Artie Muller, as former President George W. Bush did in years past? Published May 24, 2012 Comments

  • **FILE** Lifeguard Breanna Adams watches as children jump from the diving board at the Anacostia Pool and Recreation Center in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Feds promise swimming pool rules are ‘flexible’

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    The Justice Department promised Thursday to be “flexible” in enforcing new rules ordering public pools to pay for lifts or ramps for the disabled — backing away from what some pool operators had said was an invitation to a flood of lawsuits against small businesses. Published May 24, 2012 Comments

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