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Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 21, 2016. Obama met with Saudi King Salman and attended a meeting of Gulf Arab heads of state of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries during his two-day visit to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Problems mount for Obama in Syria, Iraq

The Obama administration confronted setbacks Thursday in its efforts to defeat the Islamic State, with reports that Russia is moving more military equipment into Syria to support President Bashar Assad as a truce collapsed, and President Obama acknowledging that political paralysis in Iraq is impeding U.S.-led efforts to defeat the militant group.

April 21, 2016
President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman walk together to a meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The President begins a six day trip to strategize with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, England and Germany on a broad range of issues with efforts to rein in the Islamic State group being the common denominator in all three stops. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Saudis deliver snub to Obama amid tensions over Iran, Syria

Saudi Arabian officials delivered a snub to President Obama Wednesday as he arrived in Riyadh to reassure the anxious ally about his nuclear deal with Iran and to seek more cooperation in the fight against Islamist extremists in Syria and Iraq.

April 20, 2016
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House Oct. 1, 2014. The two leaders have long had a prickly relationship. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

White House backs Joe Biden on criticism of Israel

The White House supported Vice President Joseph R. Biden's criticism of Israel Tuesday, agreeing with Mr. Biden that the administration is frustrated with the lack of progress toward a two-state solution.

April 19, 2016
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks next to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 9, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

John Cornyn slams Obama for opposing bill on terrorism lawsuits

The Republican author of a bill that would allow U.S. victims of terrorism to sue foreign governments blasted President Obama on Tuesday for fighting the measure, while the White House pointed eagerly to two key GOP lawmakers who also raised concerns about the legislation.

April 19, 2016
The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

VA still plagued by delays in veterans’ care: Watchdog

The Department of Veterans Affairs still has not done enough to stop employees from manipulating veterans' appointment wait times, and the agency isn't giving an accurate picture of the delays in veterans' health care, a nonpartisan watchdog report said Monday.

April 18, 2016
President Obama's first stop will be to Saudi Arabia, where he will meet with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, after calling Persian Gulf states "free riders." (Associated Press/File)

Obama to visit Saudi Arabia, Britain after offensive remarks

President Obama will leave the U.S. on Tuesday on what could be dubbed an apology tour of allies he has offended, starting with a visit to Saudi Arabia, whose leaders are fuming at the president's criticism of Gulf states as "free riders" and are pressuring the administration to kill a bill in Congress that would allow 9/11 victims to sue foreign governments.

April 17, 2016
President Barack Obama waves as he waits with first lady Michelle Obama for the arrival of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of White House in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obamas paid effective tax rate of 18.7 percent in 2015

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid more than $81,000 in taxes last year on reported adjusted gross income of $436,065, for an effective tax rate of 18.7 percent, according to tax returns released Friday afternoon by the White House.

April 15, 2016
"We have momentum, and we intend to keep that momentum," President Obama said of the Islamic State terrorist group, which also is known as ISIL and ISIS. "The ISIL core in Syria and Iraq continues to shrink. We are focused, and we are going to win." (Associated Press)

Obama hails ‘momentum’ in ISIS fight in Iraq, Syria

President Obama claimed significant progress Wednesday in the military campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, but a top Syrian official said President Bashar Assad will not give up control of the war-torn nation, where the extremists have flourished.

April 13, 2016
House GOP Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama to issue new oil, gas drilling regulations

The Obama administration will issue sweeping new regulations Thursday for offshore oil and natural gas drillers, potentially costly requirements to prevent environmental disasters such as the BP accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico six years ago.

April 13, 2016
President Obama meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 4, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House won’t commit to declassifying secret 9/11 report

Ahead of President Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia next week, the White House sidestepped questions Tuesday about whether the president supports declassifying 28 pages omitted from a joint commission's report on the 9/11 terrorist attacks that reportedly implicate the Saudis.

April 12, 2016