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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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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Jeff Miller blasts VA’s ‘rampant lack of accountability’

A top House Republican is accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs of a "rampant lack of accountability" and secrecy as the embattled agency faces more scrutiny by lawmakers over shoddy services for veterans and mistreatment of employees.

May 4, 2015
The presidential limousines follows alongside as President Barack Obama, center, walks towards Marine One helicopter after he visited with wounded military personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama nominates Gayle Smith to lead USAID

President Obama announced his intention Thursday to nominate Gayle Smith, a senior aide on his national-security staff, to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development.

April 30, 2015
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, a plane flies over the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz said Wednesday, April 29, 2015 that it has confirmed the crew is safe but that the company is still trying to determine why the ship was seized the previous day by the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

White House uncertain why Iranians seized ship

The White House said Wednesday it's "hard to tell" why the Iranian navy seized a U.S.-protected cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, and declined to characterize the seizure as illegal.

April 29, 2015
President Obama walks on a path across the snow covered South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One in Washington, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, en route to Chicago, on Feb. 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House blames cold winter for slow growth

President Obama often raises the alarm about global warming, but his top economic adviser said Wednesday that an especially cold winter was to blame for slow growth in the U.S. in the first quarter.

April 29, 2015
Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, salutes in front of other members of the Coast Guard during the presentation of the colors before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Washington on Aug. 6, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama names Coast Guard official to head TSA

President Obama said Tuesday he would nominate Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger to lead the Transportation Security Administration, the agency in charge of travel security.

April 28, 2015