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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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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. (AP)

Civil rights leaders among 19 named for Medal of Freedom

President Obama named 19 recipients Monday for the Medal of Freedom, including three slain civil rights workers from the 1960s, network journalist Tom Brokaw, Ethel Kennedy, singer Stevie Wonder, actress Meryl Streep and Rep. John D. Dingell of Michigan, the longest-serving lawmaker in U.S. history.

November 10, 2014
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit family photo, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 in Beijing. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama welcomes China as economic superpower, slams its human rights abuses

With his political leverage at home weakened after last week's midterm elections, President Obama on Monday set up his bully pulpit on the international stage, telling Chinese leaders they must couple their country's economic rise with a commitment to American-style democratic principles.

November 10, 2014
US President Barack Obama speaks at the APEC CEO Summit at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. (AP Photo/Wang Zhao, Pool)

Obama issues plan for net neutrality

President Obama issued his net neutrality plan Monday, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to create rules that he said will prevent phone companies and cable firms from invading users' privacy.

November 10, 2014
President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One Sunday en route to the Asia-Pacific region for a week of international summits. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama heading to Chinese economic summit

Hamstrung by a disastrous midterm election, President Obama departed the U.S. on Sunday for crucial meetings in Asia with world leaders who now view him as a very lame duck in Beijing.

November 9, 2014
A group of selected Marines representing Camp Pendleton listen as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers their questions during his short visit to the base Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. Hagel announced the deployment of another 130 U.S. troops to Iraq in remarks to Marines at this Southern California base on the final stop of a weeklong, around-the-world trip that also took him to India, Germany and Australia. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Paul Rodriguez)

Obama deploys 1,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq

President Obama is sending up to 1,500 more U.S. military personnel to Iraq to serve as non-combat advisers in the fight against Islamic State terrorists, the White House said Friday.

November 7, 2014
President Obama appears in deep thought as he and senior adviser David Axelrod listen during a climate change meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. A moment later, he was "laughing at a humorous exchange.” (Official White House photo by Pete Souza) **FILE**

David Axelrod’s ex-partner pleads guilty in corruption probe

A Washington political consultant and former partner of David Axelrod has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court and may cooperate with prosecutors in a long-running probe linked to powerful U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania Democrat.

November 6, 2014
President Obama, who has vetoed only two minor bills since 2009, forecast some testier battles with congressional Republicans. "Congress will pass some bills I cannot sign," the president said. "I'll take some actions that some in Congress will not like." (Associated Press)

Obama sees no rebuke from midterms landslide, renews push on agenda

Reluctantly assessing his massive defeat in the midterm elections, President Obama said Wednesday that he understands angry voters want him to work with a new Republican majority, but he promptly urged action on many of his same priorities that resulted in stalemate in Congress.

November 5, 2014