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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.

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President Barack Obama shake hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. This is Widodo's first visit to the U,S. since becoming President of Indonesia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joko Widodo: Indonesia plans to join Trans-Pacific Partnership

In a Washington visit overshadowed by raging forest and peat fires back home, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said during a meeting with President Obama Monday that his country intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that the U.S. forged with 11 other Pacific Rim countries.

October 26, 2015
North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods, kept in a cooling pond, are seen at the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon. (Yonhap News Agency via Associated Press/File)

North Korea foils Obama’s hopes for Iran-style nuclear talks

President Obama is expressing slim hopes that the U.S. can bring North Korea to the nuclear negotiating table the same way it did with Iran last summer, but analysts and other U.S. officials say there is virtually no sign that sanctions against Pyongyang are persuading the communist regime to cooperate.

October 25, 2015
President Obama speaks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's (CHCI) 38th Anniversary awards gala in Washington on Oct. 8, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

When IRS scandal broke, Obama was ‘angry’

When the IRS scandal broke in the spring of 2013, President Obama accepted the resignation of the acting IRS commissioner and said he was "angry" at the targeting of conservative groups.

October 23, 2015
President Barack Obama vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The president vetoed the sweeping $612 billion defense policy bill, citing objections over how the measure is funded. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama vetoes defense bill in feud with GOP

Touching off a furious battle with Congress, President Obama vetoed the defense authorization bill Thursday in a dispute with Republican lawmakers over spending limits and the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

October 22, 2015
President Barack Obama speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, in this Oct. 15, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Obama speaks out for Black Lives Matter movement

President Obama openly sided with the "Black Lives Matter" movement Thursday, saying bias and excessive force by law enforcement officials against blacks in America is "real."

October 22, 2015
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, following meetings with House Republican leaders and the Freedom Caucus members. Ryan seeking unity in a place it's rarely found, is telling House Republicans he will serve as their speaker only if they embrace him by week's end as their consensus candidate. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House worried about Paul Ryan’s efforts to unite GOP

President Obama often complains that Speaker John A. Boehner can't control House Republicans, but on Thursday the White House expressed concern that Rep. Paul Ryan is trying to unify those same lawmakers in his bid to become the new speaker.

October 22, 2015
President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe Biden as Biden waves at the end Biden's announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, that he will not run for the presidential nomination. Jill Biden is at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama is glad Joe Biden not running for president

President Obama is "very glad" that Vice President Joseph R. Biden isn't running for president and instead will devote his full energy to the president's agenda, the White House said Thursday.

October 22, 2015
President Barack Obama speaks about Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to veto defense bill in photo-op

In a rare move, President Obama will hold a photo-op in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon to publicize his veto of a defense bill in a dispute with Republican lawmakers over budget caps and the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

October 22, 2015
Vice President Joe Biden pauses at George Washington University in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, during a forum to honor the legacy of former Vice President Walter Mondale. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Joe Biden announces he won’t run for president

Ending months of speculation, Vice President Joseph R. Biden announced Wednesday that he won't seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, removing a potential threat to front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton even as he scolded her for partisanship.

October 21, 2015
Rep. Jeff Miller, Florida Republican and chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House panel issues subpoenas in VA scandal

For the first time ever, the House Veterans Affairs Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to issue subpoenas, seeking the testimony of five officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs about abuses in a relocation program for senior agency managers.

October 21, 2015
Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a White House Champions of Change Law Enforcement and Youth meeting, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, in this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Joe Biden ready to run for president: lawmaker

Expectations that Vice President Joseph R. Biden will soon enter the Democratic race for president are mounting in Washington, with sources spreading the word that the announcement is imminent.

October 19, 2015