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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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Tel Aviv has long sought the release of Jonathan Pollard, a former intelligence analyst convicted in 1987 of spying for Israel. He is serving a life sentence. (Associated Press)

Jonathan Pollard to be paroled

Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard will be released in November after being granted parole, his lawyers said Tuesday, sparking outrage in the national security community over the man who stole so many U.S. military secrets that he needed suitcases to deliver them.

July 28, 2015
President Obama delivers a speech to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On the final day of his African trip, Obama was focusing on economic opportunities and African security. (AP Photo)

Obama: ‘If I ran again, I could win’ a third term

President Obama Tuesday chided African leaders who refuse to leave office after their terms end, saying he himself could win a third term in the U.S. but is looking forward to walking away from the White House.

July 28, 2015
President Obama, the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia, said during a news conference with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Monday that Republican presidential candidates are attempting to distort the facts of his Iran nuclear deal. (Associated Press)

Obama decries GOP for distorting facts of Iran deal

President Obama belittled Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump Monday for playing "fast and loose" with the facts of his administration's nuclear deal with Iran, scolding them for "sad" and irresponsible behavior.

July 27, 2015
President Obama shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after arriving at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Sunday. Mr. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia. His trip also included a stop in Kenya, the homeland of his late father. (Associated Press)

Obama criticizes Mike Huckabee, GOP as ‘sad’ on Iran rhetoric

President Obama blasted Republicans Monday for playing "fast and loose" with the facts of his administration's nuclear deal with Iran and said some GOP presidential candidates are using the issue to divert attention from Donald Trump's surging campaign.

July 27, 2015
In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006, file photo, then U.S. Sen. Barack Obama meets with his step-grandmother Sarah Obama at his father's house in Kogelo, western Kenya. On Friday, July 24, 2015, Obama is due to arrive in Kenya, the country of his father's birth, for the first time since he was a U.S. senator in 2006, and the first stop on his two-nation African tour in which he will also visit Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File) **FILE**

Obama to meet extended family on visit to Kenya

Amid security concerns and limits on his travel, President Obama will nonetheless get to spend time with several members of his extended family when he visits his father's homeland of Kenya Friday for the first time as sitting president.

July 23, 2015
White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice said the additional documents signed by the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran "are not public" but that the administration would share the information with lawmakers behind closed doors. She indicated that the U.S. government doesn't have the documents. (Associated Press)

Obama aides deny secret U.N.-Iran side deals

Obama administration officials denied Republican accusations Wednesday that the United Nations made secret side deals with Iran over the inspection of Iranian military sites, as lawmakers demanded that the administration disclose the fine print of the nuclear agreement and raised fresh objections to the historic accord.

July 22, 2015
The American flag is lowered to half-staff above the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015, to honor the five U.S. service members who were killed by a gunman in Chattanooga, Tenn., last week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama praises Chattanooga victims, orders flags lowered

After an outcry, President Obama ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff Tuesday in honor of the four Marines and one sailor who were killed in a shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week.

July 21, 2015
A veteran stands as President Barack Obama addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Obama touts progress in VA, admits he’s ‘still not satisfied’

President Obama stunned veterans, Republican lawmakers and even talk show host Jon Stewart Tuesday by claiming his administration has reduced most veterans' wait times for a doctor's appointment to "just a few days," an assertion that veterans said doesn't match reality.

July 21, 2015
Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2015. The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and adopted a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt the Iranian economy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

U.N. endorses Iran nuclear deal with 6 world powers

President Obama secured quick United Nations approval Monday for his administration's nuclear deal with Iran, sparking bipartisan criticism that he favored the international blessing more than the will of Congress, while hard-liners in Tehran vowed to "never accept" the accord.

July 20, 2015
President Obama is scheduled to address the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual convention in Pittsburgh amid reports that veterans' wait times for doctors' appointments have increased in the past year, and with the VA revealing a nearly $3 billion budget shortfall that has Republican lawmakers fuming. (Associated Press)

Obama to hail VA progress in VFW speech as problems persist

President Obama is expected to highlight his administration's progress on veterans' issues Tuesday in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, but many veterans, lawmakers and whistleblowers say the Department of Veterans Affairs hasn't improved since a scandal erupted last year over delayed health care for veterans.

July 19, 2015