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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 image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams during an NBC Exclusive interview. (AP Photo/NBC News)

Snowden email contradicts whistleblower claim: Obama admin

The Obama administration and its Democratic allies released an email from fugitive spy agency contractor Edward Snowden Thursday to refute his claim that he raised concerns internally about the National Security Agency's massive surveillance program.

May 29, 2014
FILE - This May 15, 2014 file photo shows Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will allow more veterans to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics. Shinseki announced the change Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Obama won’t commit to Shinseki, White House says

The White House refused to say Thursday that President Obama still has confidence in Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in the wake of a new report that shows health care was delayed for 1,700 veterans in Phoenix.

May 29, 2014
President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address during a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in West Point, N.Y. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Obama trying hard to reverse economic slide: White House

President Obama's top economic adviser said Thursday that the president "will do everything he can" to improve the economy in light of a revised government report showing a steeper slowdown in the first quarter.

May 29, 2014
President Barack Obama pauses while delivering the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's Class of 2014, in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama defends Afghan pullback, outreach to Syria

President Obama on Wednesday defended his actions on national security and offered something of a reboot of his foreign policy in an attempt to define America's role as the war in Afghanistan comes to a close.

May 28, 2014
FILE - This May 25, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during a troop rally after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Senior U.S. administration officials say President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year. Nearly all of those forces are to be out by the end of 2016, as Obama finishes his second term. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Obama to station 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014

President Obama said Tuesday that he wants to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the conclusion of formal combat operations at the end of this year, and said all American forces will leave the country by the end of 2016.

May 27, 2014
President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel participate in a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2014. Obama, who returned just hours earlier from a surprise visit with U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, paid tribute to those lost in battle there and elsewhere over history as he commemorated Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to deploy U.S. military advisers to Syria

In a move that would expand America's involvement in Syria's civil war, President Obama is close to authorizing the U.S. military to train moderate Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups, according to reports.

May 27, 2014
FILE - This May 16, 2014 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden speaking in Arlington, Va. What happens when you invite Vice President Joe Biden to your prom? Chances are he won't show. But he doesn't ignore it, either. That's what happened when Talia Maselli invited Biden to her high school prom in Newington, Conn. The student reached out last fall knowing Biden's dance card would likely fill up. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Biden: NATO key to blocking Russian aggression

Five days ahead of crucial elections in Ukraine, Vice President Joseph R. Biden traveled to neighboring Romania Tuesday to reassure the NATO ally of the U.S. commitment to fend off Russian aggression in eastern Europe.

May 20, 2014

Obama to designate national monument in New Mexico

President Obama is declaring a national monument in southern New Mexico, delivering a win for environmentalists but angering ranchers and local law enforcement, who say the land restrictions will end up creating a safe haven for drug cartels to operate within the U.S.

May 19, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the Obama administration's job-driven training agenda at the Change the Equation’s National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Summit, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Change the Equation is a non-profit dedicated to mobilizing the business community to improve K-12 education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Biden’s Cyprus stop will honor slain ambassador

Vice President Joseph R. Biden will travel to a Mediterranean country this week to pay his respects to a U.S. ambassador killed during an attack on the American diplomatic facility. No, Mr. Biden won't be honoring Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed with three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012. Instead the vice president will attend a brief ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the slaying of Ambassador Rodger Davies in Cyprus.

May 19, 2014