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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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White House Press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Earnest spoke about French President Francois Hollande's agreement to provide air supporter in Iraq to bolster its fight against the Islamic State group fighters. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Troops in Iraq will shoot back if fired upon by Islamic State

President Obama expects U.S. troops to return fire if Islamic State militants shoot at them, the White House said Thursday, as new questions surfaced about the president's direct role in dictating the rules of engagement in the war in Iraq and Syria.

September 18, 2014
President Barack Obama greets members of the military upon his arrival on Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Obama will spend the night in Tampa and tomorrow morning he will receive a briefing at US Central Command about the ongoing military campaigns in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama tells troops no ground war in Iraq

Contradicting comments from his top military advisers, President Obama told U.S. troops Wednesday that American forces "do not and will not have a combat mission" in the campaign to defeat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

September 17, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Obama traveled to the CDC, to address the Ebola crisis and announced that he is sending 3,000 American troops to West Africa nations fight the spread of the Ebola epidemic. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Ebola outbreak ‘spiraling out of control’

President Obama announced Tuesday a major increase in the U.S. response to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including the deployment of 3,000 American troops to build treatment centers.

September 16, 2014
Debo Adegbile, then an attorney with the Legal Defense and Educational Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington on April 29, 2009. Adegbile, President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division has failed a Senate test vote and his confirmation is in jeopardy. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama civil-rights nominee withdraws

Criticized for zealously defending a cop killer, President Barack Obama's beleaguered nominee to lead to the Justice Department's civil rights division has withdrawn his nomination.

September 15, 2014
Secretary of State John F. Kerry is trying to broker a power-sharing deal between Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah (left) and Ashraf Ghani (right). The U.S. is spending billions of dollars to rebuild Afghanistan, which is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Additional U.S. dollars could be wasted through poor planning and the influence of drug trafficking. (Associated Press)

U.S. on long-term track to waste billions of dollars in Afghanistan

On the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama used the occasion last week to remind Americans that "our combat mission in Afghanistan will come to an end" in three months. But the cost to U.S. taxpayers for reconstruction in Afghanistan will continue.

September 14, 2014
White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers a question on the administration strategy to combat the Islamic State group during the daily press briefing, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Despite Obama’s caution, spokesman says it’s war

While President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry have avoided using the term "war" to describe the escalation of U.S. military action against Islamic State terrorists, administration aides acknowledged Friday that the U.S. is engaged in a war.

September 12, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Lifegiving Trinity Church in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia will develop an array of new nuclear and conventional weapons to counter recent moves by the U.S. and NATO. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Obama slaps Putin with more sanctions

The Obama administration slapped more sanctions Friday against the Russian financial, energy and defense industries as punishment for Moscow's continued military aggression in eastern Ukraine.

September 12, 2014
Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (left) and Secretary of State John F. Kerry at met with Mideast allies and asked what support they can to give to the U.S. plan to combat the Islamic State group. (Associated Press)

Wary Mideast allies gauge roles in Obama strategy

President Obama's plan to defeat Islamic State terrorists contains weak links, from the unreliable Syrian rebels who must do the fighting on the ground to suspicion in key Arab states that Mr. Obama lacks the resolve for a long-term campaign, analysts said Thursday.

September 11, 2014
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, as they observe a moment of silence to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama, first lady, Biden observe 9/11 anniversary

A day after renewing America's war on terrorism, President Obama marked the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Thursday by saying the country has prevailed over jihadis who "conspired to break us."

September 11, 2014