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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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In this Nov. 18, 2009, file photo, a Mastercard chip-based credit card is posed for a photo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. In the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, including this week’s revelation that hackers stole consumer data from eBay’s computer systems, Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Obama to announce micro-chip benefit cards Friday

President Obama will visit the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Friday where he's expected to announce a new change for those on the government dole — benefit cards currently embedded with a magnetic strip will likely switch over to a microchip.

October 16, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, Calif., Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Obama designated the nearly 350,000 acres within the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles a national monument. Supporters say the move will provide recreational opportunities for millions of people _ minorities and children in particular _ who live in Los Angeles County, one of the most disadvantaged areas in terms of access to open space. Local officials worry about potential use restrictions (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama signs order creating national monument in California

Portraying his action as an effort to open up federal lands for minorities to enjoy, President Obama signed an executive order Friday designating more than 340,000 acres of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California as a national monument.

October 10, 2014
Ariel Jalali, CEO of Sensay, offers President Barack Obama a job, after he leaves office, during a Q&A session at Cross Campus, a shared office complex in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thurdsay, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Jay L. Clendenin) NO FORNS; NO SALES; MAGS OUT; ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER OUT; LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT: LOS ANGELES TIMES, JAY L. CLENDENIN

Obama blames GOP for stagnating wages

President Obama told young entrepreneurs Thursday that Republicans in Congress are holding back the economy and preventing wages from growing faster.

October 9, 2014
Bellevue Hospital nurse Belkys Fortune, left, and Teressa Celia, Associate Director of Infection Prevention and Control, pose in protective suits in an isolation room, in the Emergency Room of the hospital, during a demonstration of procedures for possible Ebola patients, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. The U.S. government plans to begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa arriving at five U.S. airports, including the New York area's JFK International and Newark Liberty International, as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.S. commander warns of Ebola threat at Mexican border

While the Obama administration plans to start checking travelers from West Africa for Ebola at five U.S. airports, the commander of the U.S. Southern Command is warning that West Africans already are entering America illegally at the porous southern border.

October 9, 2014
This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola virus. (AP Photo/CDC, File)

U.S. to conduct Ebola screening at 5 airports, including Dulles

The White House said Wednesday the administration will implement heightened Ebola screening at five airports in the U.S., including Washington Dulles International airport, after Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan died of the disease at a Dallas hospital.

October 8, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama embraces Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, before speaking at a political rally for Quinn on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Quinn faces opponent Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner in the upcoming election. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)

Michelle Obama stumping ‘as a citizen, not a wife’

Campaigning for Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, first lady Michelle Obama tried to persuade voters Tuesday that the economy has improved under her husband, saying she was "talking as a citizen, not as a wife."

October 8, 2014
President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Joe Biden, right, before signing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan job-training legislation which aims to help job seekers gain valuable employment skills, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House

The White House said Monday that President Obama still has confidence in Vice President Joseph R. Biden despite an escalating series of public gaffes that forced Mr. Biden to apologize over the weekend to key Arab allies in the fragile U.S. coalition fighting Islamic State terrorists.

October 6, 2014