Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement
Author profile

Susan Crabtree

scrabtree@washingtontimes.com

Susan Crabtree was a reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Susan Crabtree

President Obama speaks May 18, 2012, at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama touts $3B plan for food security

President Obama announced a new public-private partnership to help African farmers and fight hunger and malnutrition in a speech Friday ahead of the the Group of Eight summit at Camp David.

May 18, 2012
Oxfam activists wearing masks depicting Group of Eight world leaders participate in a demonstration outside the White House on Thursday. President Obama will welcome G-8 leaders to his presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland. (Associated Press)

G-8 summit to focus on Europe

Shifting players on the international stage will test President Obama's foreign policy mettle at twin summits of world leaders this weekend even though the most pressing problems are out of his hands.

May 17, 2012
FILE - In this May 10, 2012, file photo House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, takes questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama, Boehner agree on hoagies, not much else

President Obama's meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders Wednesday, during which he planned to lecture them on his five-point to-do list of economic priorities, quickly devolved into a redux of last year's showdown over the federal budget.

May 16, 2012

White House threatens veto of GOP Violence Against Women Act

The White House threatened to veto the House version of the Violence Against Women Act on Tuesday, arguing that it weakens protections for Native American women and members of the gay and lesbian community, as well as immigrants.

May 15, 2012
** FILE ** President Obama (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama will urge lawmakers to act on his economic to-do list

Wielding a lengthy "to-do list" of economic proposals, President Obama is bringing the bipartisan congressional leadership to the White House on Wednesday to urge them to act on his proposals or risk being portrayed as a do-nothing Congress heading into November.

May 15, 2012
President Barack Obama, left, is introduced by singer Ricky Martin at a fundraiser hosted by Martin and the LGBT Leadership Council at the Rubin Museum of Art, Monday, May 14, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama noncommittal on repeal of DOMA

Although he came out in support of same-sex marriage, President Obama on Monday declined to say whether he would work with congressional Democrats to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

May 14, 2012
**FILE** Mitt Romney (Associated Press)

Stakes are high for Romney speech at Christian college

Even before President Obama announced his support for gay marriage earlier this week, Mitt Romney faced a delicate balancing act for his speech at the graduating class of Liberty University this Saturday.

May 11, 2012
** FILE ** This undated photo provided by the Bergdahl family and released by the Idaho National Guard shows Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho. Nearly three years after finding out their son was taken hostage by enemy forces in Afghanistan, Idaho residents Bob and Jani Bergdahl say they don't think the government is working hard enough to bring Bowe home. (AP Photo/The Bergdahl Family)

U.S. talking to Taliban on freeing serviceman

The Pentagon's two top leaders said Thursday the Obama administration is working to secure the freedom of a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, despite an impasse in talks to trade him for Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

May 10, 2012
**FILE** Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican (Associated Press)

Health care law’s prevention money called ‘slush fund’

After weeks of debate over whether the Prevention and Public Health Fund, created by President Obama's health care law, affects women's health, Republicans are airing additional complaints about the pool of money and how states and communities have used the fund to support a string of questionable initiatives.

May 9, 2012
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, acknowledge the crowd Saturday during a campaign rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. His speech was interrupted several times with chants of "four more years." (Associated Press)

Obama, spokesmen step up the politicking

The Obama re-election effort shifted into a higher gear over the weekend, with the president and the first lady leading rallies at colleges in Ohio and Virginia on Saturday.

May 6, 2012
President Obama speaks May 5, 2012, during a campaign rally in Richmond, Va. (Associated Press)

Vacant court benches draw strategy session

An aggressive White House drive to move stalled judicial nominees through the Senate is galvanizing activists on the left for an election-year fight to fill the bench with President Obama's picks while Republicans are vowing to block what they view as Democratic overreach.

May 6, 2012
President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Obama at kickoff rally hits Romney as blast from past

President Obama shifted his campaign to high gear in rallies in Ohio and Virginia – billed as the official kickoff of his quest for a second term – by asking voters for more patience to allow his policies time to work and casting his Republican rival Mitt Romney as an out-of-touch defender of Wall Street and the rich.

May 5, 2012
President Barack Obama speaks to students and parents at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., Friday, May 4, 2012, about his efforts to prevent interest rates from doubling on federal student loans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama tells Congress: Use war savings to pay down debt, rebuild nation

President Obama used his weekly address to highlight his trip this week to Afghanistan and call on Congress to use half the money the nation is no longer spending on war to pay down our debt, and use the other half on infrastructure projects to help create jobs and spur the still-sputtering economy.

May 5, 2012
Blind dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng meets with wife Yuan Weijing, daughter Chen Kesi and son Chen Kerui at a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Gary Locke, U.S. ambassador to China, is at Mr. Chen's side, as is language attache James Brown (center background). (U.S. Embassy, Beijing, via Associated Press)

Obama ensnared in mystery of Chinese dissident

The Obama administration Thursday found itself on the defensive over its handling of a blind Chinese dissident at the center of a diplomatic firestorm between Washington and Beijing, as confusion over the fate of Chen Guangcheng only deepened in both capitals.

May 3, 2012
White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks May 3, 2012, during his daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama uses bully pulpit for edge on student loans

As part of his continued efforts to woo younger voters, President Obama will squeeze in a talk to students and parents at an Arlington, Va., high school Friday, one day before he officially kicks off his re-election campaign at rallies at universities in Ohio and Virginia.

May 3, 2012
Blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng (right), accompanied by Gary Locke, U.S. ambassador to China, makes a phone call on the way to a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office)

White House defends handling of Chen’s case

With a diplomatic solution to the case of a blind Chinese legal activist unraveling, the White House on Thursday defended the administration's handling of the the dissident's case, insisting that U.S. officials had not pressured him to stay in the country.

May 3, 2012
Afghan security men and NATO soldiers examine the scene of a militant attack in Kabul on Wednesday. A suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in the Afghan capital. The Taliban said the attack was a response to President Obama's surprise visit hours earlier. (Associated Press)

Obama’s deal with Afghans angers war opponents

The long-term partnership that President Obama signed with the Afghan government commits the U.S. to a role in the troubled nation for at least a dozen more years, leaving critics fuming over the uncertain costs of a conflict that already has stretched for a decade.

May 2, 2012