Susan Crabtree

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Obama faces narrowing window to score foreign policy successes

National Security

Obama faces narrowing window to score foreign policy successes

Susan Crabtree · December 28, 2014 10:00 am

In this Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 photo, bodies of Islamic State militants killed during fighting on Wednesday, when Kurdish forces pushed towards Sinjar Mountain, lie in a ditch in Koban, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces battling Islamic State militants managed on Thursday to open up a corridor to the mountain so that thousands of people from the country's Yazidi minority who have been trapped there can flee, said a senior Kurdish official. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett)

National Security

Islamic State did not shoot down plane, but is holding Jordanian pilot captive, U.S. says

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 9:38 pm

National Security

Fallout over CIA interrogation report could impact staffer’s career

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 7:02 pm

The number of laid-off U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time declined last week to its lowest level since early November, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.Â (AP/Branden Camp)

Initial jobless claims figures fall

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 4:43 pm

U.S. District Court judge declined to rule on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's suit challenging Obama's unilateral action providing relief for more than 4 million illegal immigrants, according to the Associated Press. (AP Photo)

Obama seizes on federal judge’s dismissal of immigration case

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 1:46 pm

Former President George H.W. Bush was rushed to the hospital after he experienced what a spokesman referred to as "shortness of breath," the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday night. (AP Photo)

Bush 41 rushed to hospital

Susan Crabtree · December 24, 2014 12:37 pm

A South Korean army soldier walks near a TV screen showing an advertisement of Sony Picture's "The Interview," at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

National Security

U.S. official: North Korea should compensate Sony

Susan Crabtree · December 22, 2014 8:14 pm

A New York City police officer stands near a growing memorial Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, near the spot where two New York Police Department officers, sitting inside a patrol car the previous day, were shot by an armed man, killing them both. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Obama enlists head of policing task force to try to stop the violence

Susan Crabtree · December 22, 2014 1:49 pm

Though the president acknowledged that 2014 has been a tough year, he said that America is in a period of âÅresurgence.âï¿½Â

Obama waves goodbye to tough year

Susan Crabtree · December 20, 2014 10:00 am

Obama downplays Keystone XL benefits

Energy and Environment

Obama downplays Keystone XL benefits

Susan Crabtree · December 19, 2014 8:21 pm

Obama: America’s ‘resurgence’ is real

Obama: America’s ‘resurgence’ is real

Susan Crabtree · December 19, 2014 7:36 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urged all U.S. companies to view the massive hack into Sony Pictures' computer systems and website as a wake-up call to strengthen their cybersecurity protections. (AP Photo)

National Security

DHS’ Johnson: Sony hack a wake-up call for business

Susan Crabtree · December 19, 2014 6:13 pm