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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

The Mueller family is seen during the memorial service for Kayla Mueller in the Yavapai College Performance Hall Saturday, March 7, 2015 in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Les Stukenberg)

Obama meets parents of Kayla Mueller

President Obama met Friday with the parents of Kayla Mueller, the American hostage who was killed last month in Syria while being held by the Islamic State.

March 13, 2015
President Obama Friday will visit the Phoenix VA facility where waiting list scandal was first exposed last year, and claim progress on agency fixes. Critics, like Rep. Jeff Miller, Florida Republican, say little has changed and that it is time for the administration to "step up and use the tools Congress gave it to reform the department." (Associated Press)

Obama to visit Phoenix VA, claim progress on fixes

President Obama will proclaim progress Friday on promised reforms in veterans' health care at the Phoenix hospital where the scandal erupted last year, but critics and whistleblowers say little has changed at the ailing Department of Veterans Affairs.

March 12, 2015
Arin Forrest of Portland, Ore.,  holds an AR-15 rifle at a pro-gun rally outside the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. (Associated Press)

ATF drops proposed ammo ban

Bowing again to opposition from Second Amendment supporters, the Obama administration Tuesday backed off on another gun control proposal, specifically a proposal to ban ammunition commonly used in AR-15 rifles.

March 10, 2015
Mark Malkowski, President of Stag Arms, holds an AR-15 built at his company in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday, April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

ATF apologizes for ‘error’ on ammo-ban regulations

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is apologizing for a "publishing error" in its regulations that suggested the agency had already banned AR-15 "green tip" ammo well before officials publicly announced a proposal to outlaw the armor-piercing bullets last month.

March 9, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton broke her silence on the burgeoning controversy shortly before midnight Wednesday by posting a note on her private Twitter account. "I want the public to see my email," she wrote. "I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible." (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails set for State Department review

The State Department agreed Thursday to review thousands of emails from a private account that Hillary Rodham Clinton used for government business as secretary of state, but warned that the process could take months to complete.

March 5, 2015
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Clinton facing subpoena on Benghazi as Democrats’ fears grow over emails

Revelations about the sophistication of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's secret email system spurred a move in Congress on Wednesday to subpoena her records about the Benghazi terrorist attacks and stirred fresh doubts among Democrats about her presumed presidential bid.

March 4, 2015