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Marine Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, introduces President Obama at Bagram Air Field on May 2. As president, Mr. Obama has continued and even built upon strategies he inherited from George W. Bush. (Associated Press)

Obama implementing same Bush policies on terror he once reviled

Washington Dulles International Airport

Report: Mismanagement rampant at airports authority

New York resident Melissa Garcia Velez from Colombia speaks during a rally in March in Union Square in New York. The rally was one of many around the country to focus attention on the issue of illegal immigration. A lawsuit filed Monday by illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats challenges filibusters and would rewrite the way the Senate operates, if successful. (Associated Press)

Dream Act supporters target filibuster

In a Monday, May 14th, 2012 photo, Representative Frank McNulty, Speaker of the House, talks about the civil unions bill in the House chambers after Colorado lawmakers rejected a civil unions measure late Monday in front of hundreds of observers at the Capitol. It was the second time within a week the bill failed. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Helen H. Richardson)

Civil-unions battle uncivil in Colorado

Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, speaks at the University of California at Berkeley on Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Paul aide: Don’t look for a Romney endorsement

Happening Now

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2012 Fiscal Summit, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Boehner digs in for next battle on debt

** FILE ** In a Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, Walter Lee, right, manager of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, leads the evaluation as the Tennessee Valley Authority conducts an emergency preparedness drill in the Central Emergency Control Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry)

Evacuations and drills pared near nuke plants

President Obama participates in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC's "Good Morning America" at the White House on May 9, 2012. (Associated Press/The White House, Pete Souza)

HURT: In a whirl over Obama’s gay marriage pirouette

One pilot died from oxygen deprivation while flying the Air Force's F-22 Raptor, seen here in a supersonic flyby, and 25 have returned from missions under the same condition. (Associated Press)

Pentagon to address F-22 pilots’ oxygen fears

FILE - In this file photo from Dec. 5, 2011, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio discusses the latest in the document release on his office's handling of many sexual assault cases over the years in El Mirage, Ariz., during a news conference in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Leahy wants investigation into Arizona sheriff’s tactics

Opinion

KEENE: Obama’s plan to ‘crucify’ political opponents

MURKOWSKI AND VITTER: Obama’s mulligan on Keystone XL

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NUGENT: California nightmare

** FILE ** In this May 8, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Ex-presidents factor into Romney’s campaign

Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, speaks at the University of California at Berkeley on Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Paul aide: Don’t look for a Romney endorsement

State Sen. Deb Fischer raises her hands with her sons Morgan, left, and Adam after winning the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Lincoln, Neb. Fischer will face Democrat Bob Kerrey in the November general election. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald,Mark Davis)

Nebraska sets stage for Kerrey, Fischer race

Sports

Stephen Strasburg's forgettable afternoon started with the first Padres batter when a soft fly fell untouched for a double. He was pulled after allowing four earned runs in four innings. It marked the first time he failed to last at least six innings this season. (Associated Press)

Little goes right for Strasburg in Nats’ 6-1 loss

Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals in postseason scoring with nine points, but he often wasn't on the ice when the situation called for defense. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

WHYNO: Is Ovechkin still the man for Capitals?

Jamion Christian's goal was to become a Division I head coach by the time he was 30. He did even better, taking the job at his alma mater, Mount St. Mary's, before his 30th birthday. (Mount St. Mary's University)

Mount’s Jamion Christian stuck to schedule in quest to be a head coach

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