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Dave Boyer

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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Obama won’t acknowledge Armenian genocide by Turkey, protesters say

Protesters will use President Obama's fundraising trip to Southern California on Tuesday to highlight his refusal to live up to a campaign promise to recognize the Armenian genocide in Turkey nearly a century ago.

November 25, 2013

Pact on Iran could give Obama a rare boost in job performance rating

The agreement on Iran's nuclear program provides President Obama with a rare potential achievement in a blunder-filled second term, but the move is also raising tensions with Israel, America's most important ally in the Middle East.

November 24, 2013

Obama phones Netanyahu to address Israeli concerns over Iran nuclear deal

President Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday in an attempt to smooth over Israeli anger at the U.S.-brokered pact that eases sanctions against Iran in return for tighter monitoring of its nuclear program.

November 24, 2013

Iran nuke deal: U.S., Western allies agree on Iran’s nuclear program

The U.S. and five other nations have reached an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program following intense talks, a European Union spokesman said in Geneva.

November 23, 2013

Beleagured Obama goes west to raise funds

With his popularity sinking and his faulty health-care law endangering Democratic candidates, President Obama will head out of Washington Sunday to show he's still an asset to his party — by raising campaign money

November 23, 2013

White House changes tune on judge standoff, backs Senate Dems’ filibuster move

Although President Obama supported Senate Democrats' argument Thursday that Republicans are treating his nominees unfairly, Mr. Obama was singing a different tune just two weeks ago while raising money from liberal supporters.

November 21, 2013

Obama acknowledges Kennedy’s ‘legacy of service’

President Obama paid tribute Wednesday night to the late President John F. Kennedy, saying he and his family gave to the nation "a legacy of service."

November 20, 2013

Obama to honor provoker in chief Bill Clinton with Medal of Freedom

But would they drink beer together? President Obama will award former President Bill Clinton the Medal of Freedom on Wednesday at the White House, a public display of admiration belied by the enduring tensions between the two men.

November 19, 2013

Vice President Joe Biden: Feds easing Panamanians’ entry into U.S.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, in Panama on Wednesday, announced the easing of immigration policies for Panamanians traveling to the United States and said comprehensive immigration reform in Congress is the Obama administration's top goal.

November 19, 2013

White House: For Obamacare website, 20 percent failure rate best we can do

The White House began grading itself on a curve for Obamacare enrollment Monday, claiming that a goal of 80 percent recruitment among all users of the website would be nearly the best result possible.

November 18, 2013

Kanye West says he’s ‘past’ Obama, feels used by president

Rapper Kanye West is done with President Obama.

November 18, 2013

Second-term blunders give Obama his own ‘Katrina’

A perfect storm of blunders, broken promises and rebellion in his own party over Obamacare is raising doubts about whether President Obama can recover from the monthlong debacle to govern effectively in his second term.

November 17, 2013

Obama ignores health care in radio address, focuses on energy independence

It was a safe bet that President Obama wouldn't talk about his floundering Obamacare program in his weekly address Saturday, and he didn't.

November 16, 2013

Biden, Hagan avoid Obamacare woes at N.C. fundraiser

At a fundraiser in North Carolina Friday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden and home-state Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan avoided any mention of the subject of Obamacare that is threatening her reelection.

November 15, 2013

Obama backs Secret Service head after second sex scandal

The White House said Friday that President Obama, faced with a second sex scandal in the Secret Service in less than two years, still has confidence in the first female director of his protective service.

November 15, 2013

Bill Clinton to receive medal from Obama at White House ceremony

Awkward? On the heels of former President Bill Clinton's very public rebuke of President Obama over Obamacare, Mr. Obama will award Mr. Clinton with the Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House next week.

November 13, 2013

White House tries to salvage Obamacare, Democrats in distress

The White House scrambled Wednesday to find solutions for the glaring failures in Obamacare as rebellious congressional Democrats pressured the administration over their increasing political predicament.

November 13, 2013

Bill Clinton tells Obama to honor his promise on health care law

In a startling rebuke to President Obama, former President Bill Clinton and other Democrats picked apart Obamacare on Tuesday as privacy concerns about the program's website multiplied and a video investigation suggested fraudulence among volunteers helping people enroll for government subsidies.

November 12, 2013

Obama to nominate Treasury official Timothy Massad to run CFTC

President Obama on Tuesday will nominate Timothy Massad, who has guided the Treasury Department's bank-rescue program, as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a White House official said.