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Susan Crabtree was a reporter for The Washington Times.

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Susan E. Rice, U.N. ambassador, has been meeting with Republicans after the uproar about the handling of the Benghazi attack. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama ‘proud’ of Rice, GOP still skeptical

President Obama said Wednesday that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan E. Rice has been "extraordinary" as he sought to boost the embattled diplomat's prospects on Capitol Hill, where she has been trying to smooth the way for a possible promotion to secretary of state but has stumbled in meetings with key Republican senators.

November 28, 2012
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson leaves the White House after a meeting of business leaders with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Business chieftains back Obama approach

At least some business leaders are coming on board with President Obama's push to increase taxes on top income earners — as long as that plan also includes cuts to entitlement spending.

November 28, 2012
**FILE** President Obama (right) and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama, Romney to meet for lunch at White House

Mitt Romney will have a private lunch with President Obama at the White House on Thursday, their first meeting since the Republican nominee lost the election to the incumbent Nov. 6.

November 28, 2012
President Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, about how Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts. The president said he believes that members of both parties can reach a framework on a debt-cutting deal before Christmas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama seeks public’s leverage in ‘fiscal cliff’ fight

Forgoing direct negotiations with House Republicans for another week, President Obama surrounded himself Wednesday with middle-class taxpayers and urged Americans to pressure Congress to embrace his plan to end tax breaks for families earning more than $250,000 per year.

November 28, 2012
Rep. Michael G. Grimm, N.Y. Republican, himself a former FBI agent, is under investigation by the FBI. The House Ethics Committee is deferring action in the case. (Associated Press)

Hill ethics panel puts probe of Grimm on hold

The House Ethics Committee is complying with a Department of Justice request to suspend its case against Rep. Michael G. Grimm while the FBI investigates corruption allegations against the New York Republican, the panel said Monday as it worked to meet end-of-the-year deadlines on a handful of outstanding cases.

November 26, 2012
President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, center, and Malia, right, carries on the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey from the dinner table with a "presidential pardon," at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. After the ceremony, "Cobbler" will head to George Washington's historic home in Virginia to be part of the “Christmas at Mount Vernon” exhibition. National Turkey Federation Chairman Steve Willardsen is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama gives one lucky bird second chance

While pardoning a couple of lucky birds Wednesday at the White House's annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, a smiling President Obama, accompanied by his daughters, managed to work in several references to his successful re-election campaign — and even squeezed in what seemed to be a sly political dig at Mitt Romney.

November 21, 2012
An Israeli security officer stands next to a blown-up bus at the site of a bombing in Tel Aviv on Nov. 21, 2012. The bomb ripped through the bus near the nation's military headquarters, wounding several people, Israeli officials said. The blast came amid a weeklong Israeli offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza. (Associated Press)

Obama condemns Tel Aviv bus strike

President Obama condemned a bus bombing that wounded 22 in Tel Aviv Wednesday, wasting no time in calling it a "terrorist attack" and pledging to provide Israel with "whatever assistance is needed" to bring the perpetrators to justice.

November 21, 2012
President Obama listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks across the table from him Tuesday during the East Asia Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Associated Press)

Obama, China’s Wen pledge cooperation

President Obama ended his three-day Asia trip Tuesday after a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in which tensions between the two nations simmered under the surface.

November 20, 2012
President Obama (fourth from left) waves as he stands with ASEAN leaders for a group photo during the ASEAN-U.S. leaders' meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. They are (from left) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Obama, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. (Associated Press)

Obama presses Cambodian rights

President Obama made history twice Monday by becoming the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in Myanmar and Cambodia, two Southeast Asian countries known for their legacy of human rights abuses and government oppression, one showing signs of the progress and the other still a troubling concern.

November 19, 2012
President Obama toasts with Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen at the East Asia Summit Dinner during the East Asia Summit at the Diamond Island Convention Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

Diplomatic Obama uses both names on historic Burma stop

Trying to please all sides during his historic visit Monday, President Obama referred to both "Burma," the traditional name preferred by dissidents and pro-democracy advocates, as well as "Myanmar," the new name used by the country's authoritarian government, during his brief stay.

November 19, 2012
U.S. President Obama looks on from left as Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks during a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama balances attention to Middle East during Asian trip

Escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians on Sunday nearly hijacked President Obama's postelection trip to Southeast Asia — a tour billed as a diplomatic show of force in the region and part of the administration's attempt to pivot U.S. focus to Asia after a decade of war in the Middle East.

November 18, 2012
President Obama shakes hands with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, during a news conference on Cedar Grove Avenue, a street significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy, on Staten Island, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in New York. Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, is second from left, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan is third from left, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is right. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama taps Donovan to head New York rebuilding efforts

With thousands of Staten Island residents still without power and facing a long road to recovery after Hurricane Sandy, President Obama put Shaun L.S. Donovan, Housing and Urban Development secretary and a former New York City official, in charge of the federal role in the area's rebuilding.

November 15, 2012
President Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, GOP clash on Benghazi, Rice

An angry President Obama on Wednesday demanded his congressional critics "go after me" rather than snipe at his top aides, after two top Republican senators said U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice's inaccurate account of the cause of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi makes her unfit to be promoted.

November 14, 2012
** FILE ** President Obama focuses on a reporter in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Obama: No evidence Petraeus scandal harmed national security

President Obama said he had seen "no evidence" that classified information had been compromised in the wake of David H. Petraeus' stunning decision to resign as CIA director after admitting to an extramarital affair late last week.

November 14, 2012
**FILE** White House spokesman Jay Carney pauses Nov. 13, 2012, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama to face Libya, Petraeus questions

The White House on Tuesday played down the impact of retired Gen. David Petraeus' stunning resignation as CIA director on pressing post-election matters in Washington although the president's spokesman said Mr. Obama was "certainly surprised" to learn of Mr. Petraeus' extramarital affair and decision to step down.

November 13, 2012
President Obama holds up a pen as he speaks about the economy and the deficit Nov. 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama plans Asia trip amid budget fight

With less than two months left for Washington to avoid an impending fiscal crisis that could drive economic recovery into a tailspin, President Obama will break away from negotiations to spend four days on a diplomatic trip to Southeast Asia.

November 9, 2012
**FILE** President Obama speaks Nov. 7, 2012, at his election night party in Chicago. (Associated Press)

Obama lies low as calls for fiscal action grow

President Obama's first full day in Washington after his re-election was one of his least visible in memory, even as cries intensified on Capitol Hill for action to deal with the government's looming fiscal disaster.

November 8, 2012
President Obama pauses as he speaks to the cheering crowd at his election-night victory party at McCormick Place in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama faces a more modest second term

President Obama won re-election in part because his supporters favor bigger government — but a divided Congress virtually ensures the president's initiatives in his second term will be far smaller in scale than Obamacare or an $821 billion plan to stimulate the economy.Divid

November 7, 2012