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Speaker of the House John Boehner arrives at the US Capitol October 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
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In this October 8, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he talks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama pressures Boehner over shutdown, default
Washington, Associated Press—President Barack Obama was pressuring John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, to hold votes to avoid a potentially catastrophic default and re-open the federal government, as a new poll indicated Republicans could pay a political...Caption:
South Korean Marines walk by a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
Erratic North Korea Poses ‘Serious Threat’
Washington DC, Associated Press—An erratic North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and increasingly belligerent tone, poses a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, the director of National Intelligence warned Tuesday in the annual accounting of the...Caption:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press following his meeting with Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, February 8, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed