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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 United Nations Security Council votes to unanimously adopt a draft resolution regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

U.N. to crack down on terrorist travel

At the behest of President Obama, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Wednesday to crack down on would-be terrorists from traveling to foreign conflicts around the globe.

September 24, 2014
President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

New Iraqi leader asks Obama for more weapons

In their first face-to-face meeting, the new Iraqi prime minister asked President Obama on Wednesday to send more weapons for Iraq's armed forces to confront the militants of the Islamic State.

September 24, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Obama told the United Nations amid a U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic State militants that he will build a coalition to "dismantle this network of death." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama sells Islamic State strikes to United Nations

One year after proclaiming that America was shifting away from "perpetual war," President Obama called on the United Nations Wednesday to help the U.S. in his widening new war against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq.

September 24, 2014
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One. Real estate tycoon Terrance Patrick Bean (not pictured) is an Obama fundraising bundler and the co-founder of the so-called Human Rights Campaign — one of the richest and most powerful pro-homosexual organizations in the country. Bean was just indicted by an Oregon grand jury for a homosexual assault on an underage boy. If you visit Bean's social media accounts, you find pictures of him talking to President Obama at several different events, including a ride on Air Force One. There's also photos of Bean with First Lady Michelle Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Obama to announce new executive action in climate speech

At a U.N. climate summit Tuesday, President Obama will announce a new executive order requiring federal agencies to include climate considerations in their international development programs, a White House official said.

September 23, 2014
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Obama to speak on Syria airstrikes

President Obama will deliver a statement Tuesday morning about the U.S.-led airstrikes against militants in Syria that began overnight.

September 23, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama confer at the White House on March 3, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama, Netanyahu to meet at White House next week

President Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week, their first face-to-face meeting since Israel's war this summer with Hamas militants in Gaza.

September 22, 2014
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama signs bill keeping government open

President Obama signed legislation Friday afternoon to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, including a $500 million provision to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State terrorist group.

September 19, 2014
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., right, introduces President Barack Obama to make remarks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama praises beleaguered Wasserman Schultz

President Obama praised embattled Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Friday and called Washington "the capital of cynicism."

September 19, 2014
President Barack Obama gestures during a statement in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama urges men to help prevent sexual assault on campuses

President Obama called Friday for a "fundamental shift in our culture" to prevent sexual assaults on college campuses, and made an veiled reference to the domestic abuse scandal in the NFL as example that more work needs to be done.

September 19, 2014
President Barack Obama, right, meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 18, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama pledges U.S. support to Ukraine’s Poroshenko

President Obama told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Thursday that the U.S. supports Ukraine "in words and deeds," as the two leaders dodged reporters' questions about the administration's refusal to send heavy weapons to Kiev for its war with Russia.

September 18, 2014