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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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President Barack Obama shares a laugh as he makes a surprise visit into the Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2104, to announce that White House press secretary Jay Carney, right, will be stepping down later next month. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama administration hires hundreds of PR staffers

President Obama has swelled the ranks of government PR, adding hundreds of new public relations specialists to the federal payroll during his time in office, costing taxpayers a half-billion dollars a year, the government's chief watchdog said Wednesday. Published October 5, 2016

Two years after they first sounded the alarm about secret waiting lists leaving veterans struggling for care at the Phoenix VA, investigators said some services have improved, and cleared the clinic of allegations that top officials ordered staff to cancel appointments. (Associated Press)

Phoenix VA builds new backlog; 200 veterans die waiting for care

The Phoenix Veterans Affairs office is still improperly canceling veterans' appointments, has built up a new backlog of cases -- and at least one veteran is likely dead because of it, the department's inspector general said in a new report Tuesday. Published October 4, 2016

Syrian refugees arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Sept. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)

Court rules states have to accept Syrian refugees

States that refuse to help resettle Syrian refugees are guilty of illegal discrimination, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, delivering a judicial rebuke to GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, who as Indiana's governor had tried to halt Syrian resettlement. Published October 3, 2016

Demonstrators rally in front of the White House in Washington on July 24, 2013, in favor of immigration reform. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court rejects rehearing in Obama deportation amnesty case

The Supreme Court kicked off its new year Monday by rejecting President Obama's attempt to revive his deportation amnesty, leaving stand a June ruling that left a nationwide injunction in place and leaves the big immigration questions up to voters in November. Published October 3, 2016

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez acknowledged problems but told Congress on Wednesday that refugee vetting has improved. (Associated Press)

Leon Rodriguez, immigration director, defends refugee vetting

Refugees can be admitted to the U.S. without any corroborating documents or physical evidence, the chief of the immigration service told Congress on Wednesday — though he insisted that's not the typical situation. Published September 28, 2016

President Obama participates in a receiving line with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz at Erga Palace in Riyadh on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press)

Congress votes to override Obama’s 9/11 veto; overwhelming rejection of White House

Republicans and Democrats linked arms and delivered a stinging defeat to President Obama on Wednesday, voting to override his veto of a bill that would give victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks a chance to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts over the behavior of Saudi officials they believe may have been complicit in the attack. Published September 28, 2016

Appearing before Congress for yet another marathon session, FBI Director James B. Comey was badgered by Republicans who said the more they see, the less they understand his decision to clear Mrs. Clinton of criminal wrongdoing in her mishandling of classified information. (Associated Press)

James Comey, FBI director, rejects calls to reopen Clinton email case

FBI Director James Comey said he's not going to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, telling Congress on Wednesday that none of the recent revelations since he closed the case in July "would come near" to triggering that extraordinary step. Published September 28, 2016

Cheryl Mills

James Comey, FBI director: Cheryl Mills immunity was ‘not irregular’

FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday that his agency was nearing a deadline and had to offer Cheryl Mills, one of Hillary Clinton's top aides, a limited immunity deal in order to get a peek at the former secretary of state's secret emails and bring its investigation to a quick conclusion. Published September 27, 2016

Democrat Hillary Clinton tried to get under Republican Donald Trump's skin by accusing him of coasting on his father's coattails as a businessman and saying he is a threat to the economy at the first presidential debate in Hempstead, New York. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton clash in chippy debate as policy takes back seat

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, embracing his outsider's credentials, said Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton was the candidate of the establishment and urged the country to move beyond the anti-terror and free trade policies he said have failed the country for decades, as they faced off in the first presidential debate Monday. Published September 26, 2016