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Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

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.

Articles by Dave Boyer

President Obama, seen with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, vowed to declassify secret military and intelligence files on the U.S. role in the coup that installed a brutal military regime in Buenos Aires 40 years ago. (Associated Press)

Obama vows to release U.S. intel on Argentina 1976 coup

Hoping to build trust with Argentina's new center-right government, President Obama pledged Wednesday to declassify secret military and intelligence files on the U.S. role in the coup that installed a brutal military regime in Buenos Aires 40 years ago.

March 23, 2016
An honor guard looks at U.S. President Barack Obama as he enters the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Obama is on a two day official visit to Argentina. (David Fernandez/Pool Photo via AP)

Obama: Defeating ISIS is ‘number one’ priority

President Obama pledged Wednesday to "go after ISIL aggressively" in the wake of the Islamic State's attacks in Belgium that killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 230 others.

March 23, 2016
Cuban President Raul Castro, right,  lifts up the arm of President Barack Obama at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Palace of the Revolution, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Castro demands U.S. give back Guantanamo, lift embargo

Playing the role of a painfully polite guest, President Obama offered almost no pushback publicly Monday as Cuban President Raul Castro criticized U.S. shortcomings to his face at a press conference and demanded the return of the "illegally occupied" Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

March 21, 2016
President Barack Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro during a welcoming ceremony at the Palace of the Revolution, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama meets Cuban President Castro in Havana

President Obama met with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana Monday, as the two leaders began historic discussions over the course of restoring economic and cultural ties between the former Cold War adversaries.

March 21, 2016
President Obama walks with first lady Michelle Obama, who is holding the arm of her mother Marian Robinson, during a tour of Old Havana, Cuba, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

President Obama lands in Cuba, human rights on the agenda

President Obama and his family arrived in Cuba on Sunday for a historic three-day visit filled with symbolism, but with few expectations that the president's legacy-building visit will improve human rights for Cubans under the repressive military regime of the Castro brothers.

March 20, 2016
Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland shakes hands with President Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court on Wednesday in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Associated Press)

Merrick Garland has ‘very liberal view of gun rights’

President Obama tried to tap a moderate to fill the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, but he ended up picking a fight with powerful Second Amendment groups that say Judge Merrick Garland has shown antipathy toward gun rights.

March 16, 2016