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Susan Crabtree was a reporter for The Washington Times.

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** FILE ** In this June 12, 2012 photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. Clinton's charge that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syria has escalated the war of words between the former Cold War foes, precisely when Washington had hoped to court Moscow's support for a transition plan to end the Assad regime. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Russia, U.S. quarrel over aid to Syrian parties

The diplomatic battle between the U.S. and Russia over Syria escalated Wednesday, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calling on Russia to stop arming the embattled regime and Moscow charging the U.S. of providing weapons to the Syrian opposition.

June 13, 2012
Regarding any deal to overhaul the nation's tax code, Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican, said, "While I generally support tax reform and getting rid of loopholes, I would have to see what loopholes we're talking about." (Associated Press)

Congress members agree to fix tricky tax code

Amid all the unbridled partisanship and naysaying about Washington gridlock, a glimmer of consensus has begun to develop in Congress around the herculean task of fixing the nation's tax code.

June 13, 2012
** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

Sanctions squeeze Iran’s oil exports to a 20-year low

Tough U.S. and European sanctions imposed on Iran's oil industry over its nuclear program are squeezing the country's crude exports and hitting Tehran where it hurts, in the pocketbook, dropping the Islamic republic's oil output to the lowest level in 20 years.

June 11, 2012
** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

U.S. exempts seven countries from Iran oil penalties

Citing progress in turning up the pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program, the Obama administration exempted seven countries from Iran oil sanctions after they significantly cut back their imports of Iranian oil.

June 11, 2012
** FILE ** Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

Holder taps two federal prosecutors to investigate leaks

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. late Friday afternoon appointed two U.S. attorneys to lead separate investigations into unauthorized leaks of classified information, giving the two prosecutors full latitude to follow all potential leads within the executive and legislative branches of government.

June 8, 2012
** FILE ** Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigns in St. Louis. Now that the primaries are effectively over, Mr. Romney has turned his attention to fundraising. (Associated Press)

Democrats ‘got beat’ in May fundraising

Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee trounced President Obama and national Democrats in fundraising last month, according to numbers both campaigns released Thursday, signaling that the Republicans can compete on equal footing with the White House in November.

June 7, 2012
President Obama speaks on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at a campaign event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

Romney, RNC top Obama, DNC in May fundraising

Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee raised more in campaign donations than President Obama and the Democratic National Committee in May, according to the numbers both campaigns announced Thursday.

June 7, 2012
**FILE** Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Counsel: Ethics case against Rep. Waters will proceed

An outside counsel hired by the House Ethics Committee to resolve allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in a 2-year-old conflict of interest case against Rep. Maxine Waters has concluded that the California Democrat's due process rights have not been violated and the case against her will proceed.

June 6, 2012
**FILE** Sen. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican (Associated Press)

Euro zone crisis could force debt compromise, senators say

A bipartisan group of senators are expressing new urgency about resolving a looming clash over the nation's debt this fall in the face of a European crisis they fear could threaten a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis, which caught members of Congress flat-footed.

June 5, 2012
Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, right, unveil their portraits in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Bush steals the show at White House portrait unveiling

Former President George W. Bush quickly broke the ice and sliced through the awkwardness of sharing a stage with President Obama, who regularly assails his record on the stump, during the unveiling of the 43rd president's official portrait.

May 31, 2012
Mitt Romney sewed up the GOP nomination Tuesday night, and he got a call Wednesday from President Obama to wish him well. (Associated Press)

Obama congratulates Romney

In a rare moment of comity, President Obama called Mitt Romney on Wednesday to congratulate him on securing the Republican presidential nomination even as his campaign was launching a new line of attack against Mr. Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts.

May 30, 2012
A frame grab from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday, May 28, 2012, purports to show the massacre in Houla on Friday that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. (AP Photo/Amateur video via AP Video)

U.S. boots envoy of Syria after weekend massacre

The Obama administration is expelling the top Syrian diplomat in Washington in response to Friday's reported massacre of 108 people, including 49 children, in the village of Houla.

May 29, 2012
"We do not seek to impose our religious beliefs on others. We simply ask that the government not impose its values on the university when those values conflict with our religious teachings. We have engaged in conversations to find a resolution that respects the consciences of all, and we will continue to do so." - The Rev. John I. Jenkins, Notre Dame's president, May 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

Catholics’ mandate suit draws dividing line for Obama

Three years ago, President Obama gave the University of Notre Dame's commencement address, pleading for common ground with Catholics on thorny issues and vowing to seek a "sensible conscience clause" for doctors and nurses who oppose abortion out of religious objections.

May 28, 2012
President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit in Chicago on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Obama: Bain Capital is the issue in 2012

Seizing on his campaign's new line of attack against Mitt Romney's record as a venture capitalist, President Obama said Monday that private equity firms sometimes harm communities.

May 21, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, speaks at the start of the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., Saturday May 19, 2012. Seated, clockwise from left, are Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission President Jose' Manuel Barroso, backs to camera. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

G-8 backs Greece, ramps up pressure on Iran

Ratcheting up the pressure on Iran Saturday, leaders of the Group of Eight major economies expressed solidarity in their approach to cracking down on Tehran's nuclear development program, agreeing to act together to lower oil prices in the coming months if necessary.

May 19, 2012
President Barack Obama meets with French President Francois Hollande in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)

France’s Hollande confirms Afghan pullout

French President Francois Hollande stood by his campaign commitment to pull his country's troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year in his first meeting with President Obama Friday, but pledged to provide assistance to Afghan security in a "different way."

May 18, 2012