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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to U.S. President Barack Obama as they arrive for the first plenary session of the G-7 summit in Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Sunday, June 7, 2015. (Peter Kneffel/Pool Photo via AP)

Obama, Merkel agree to extend punishment for Putin

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Sunday to extend economic sanctions against Russia for its continued aggression in Ukraine, amid signs that the president was trying to repair relations with his German host.

June 7, 2015
Police check a car driver ahead of the G-7 summit on the main road between Mittenwald in Germany and Scharnitz in Austria, in southern Germany, Thursday, June 4, 2015. The summit will take place June 7/8 on Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

G-7 leaders seek answers from Obama on Russia, Islamic State issues

With European euphoria for President Obama now just a memory, leaders of the G-7 summit that begins Sunday in Germany are hoping simply for the president to lead on emergencies ranging from Russia's aggression in Ukraine to the Islamic State terrorist group.

June 4, 2015
In this Dec. 1, 2008, file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama, left, stands with then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., after announcing that she is his choice as Secretary of State during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama admin mum on report of Sweden-Clinton Foundation connection

Obama administration officials ducked questions Wednesday about a report in The Washington Times detailing the Clinton Foundation's massive fundraising operation in Sweden at a time when the Swedish government was lobbying Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department to forgo sanctions against companies doing business with Iran.

June 3, 2015
President Obama said he will not sign a nuclear agreement with Iran unless it's verifiable, and he tried to downplay concerns that Tehran would use its extra cash from the end of international sanctions to finance more terrorism. (Associated Press)

Obama deal in jeopardy as Iran nuclear fuel stockpile grows

The White House scrambled Tuesday to try to limit the damage from reports from a U.N. watchdog group that Iran nuclear fuel stockpiles are growing, revelations that could put a nuclear accord with Tehran by this summer in doubt.

June 2, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Obama says Benjamin Netanyahu driven by ‘fear’

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intensified their war of words Tuesday, with the Israeli leader saying a U.S.-brokered nuclear deal with Tehran would "pave the way for Iran to atom bombs," while Mr. Obama told Israelis that their government is driven by fear and is losing credibility.

June 2, 2015
In this Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, file photo, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., introduces his father at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Vice President Biden announced the death of son, Beau, from brain cancer. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

Beau Biden funeral services set for Saturday

Funeral services for Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden, the late son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden, will be held Saturday, with President Obama delivering a eulogy.

June 2, 2015
Elsie Shemin-Roth flips through a book documenting the heroic acts of her father, William Shemin, during World War I, at her home in Labadie, Mo., in this Jan. 5, 2012, file photo. Two World War I Army heroes, Shemin and Pvt. Henry Johnson are finally getting the Medal of Honor they may have been denied because of discrimination, nearly 100 years after bravely rescuing comrades on the battlefields of France. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Obama awards Medal of Honor to two WWI vets

President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously Tuesday to two World War I soldiers who showed heroism under fire in 1918 but were denied recognition in later years, likely due to discrimination.

June 2, 2015
The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. The number of military suicides is nearly double that of a decade ago when the U.S. was just a year into the Afghan war and hadn't yet invaded Iraq. While the pace is down slightly this year, it remains worryingly high. The U.S. military and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acknowledge the grave difficulties facing active-duty and former members of the armed services who have been caught up in the more-than decade-long American involvement in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

VA suspends two managers over psychic-reading party

In an unusual move, the Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended two senior managers from its Philadelphia office after a government watchdog exposed their roles in a party where employees were encouraged to pay a medium to contact the dead.

June 2, 2015
President Obama said during a town hall meeting that, when all is said and done, he hopes that he will be remembered "fondly" by posterity. Presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham said the president made America "less safe." (Associated Press)

Obama hoping for kind legacy

President Obama, who usually avoids discussions of his legacy, told an audience at the White House Monday that he hopes he'll be remembered "fondly" and that some of his critics are "terribly unfair."

June 1, 2015
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is carried out of a medical helicopter to board a US military C-17 transport aircraft, at Geneva Airport, Switzerland, Monday, June 1, 2015. Kerry, 71, fractured his right femur Sunday when he struck a curb with his bicycle and fell on a regular Tour de France route near Geneva. He has been receiving treatment at Geneva's main medical center, HUG. Kerry's orthopedic surgeon will accompany him on the flight from Geneva to the United States for treatment of Kerry's broken leg, the State Department said Monday. (Jean- Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

John Kerry’s injury casts pall over Iran nuclear negotiations

Secretary of State John F. Kerry's broken leg in a cycling accident raised questions Monday about the fate of nuclear talks with Iran, with White House officials acknowledging that Mr. Kerry won't be able to keep up his usual demanding schedule as negotiators race an end-of-the-month deadline.

June 1, 2015