Susan Crabtree

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WH: Missed Iran deadline is not ‘surprising’ or ‘uncommon’

WH: Missed Iran deadline is not ‘surprising’ or ‘uncommon’

Susan Crabtree · June 29, 2015 6:15 pm

Obama exhorts nation to ‘break the cycle’ of gun violence

Obama exhorts nation to ‘break the cycle’ of gun violence

Susan Crabtree · June 26, 2015 8:26 pm

Obama: Gay marriage decision is ‘victory for America’

Obama: Gay marriage decision is ‘victory for America’

Susan Crabtree · June 26, 2015 3:31 pm

People line up to attend the wake of Sen. Clementa Pinckney, one of the nine killed in a shooting, at Emanuel AME Church, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. President Obama will deliver the eulogy at Pinckney's funeral Friday at a nearby college arena. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Obama’s defining moment on race

Susan Crabtree · June 26, 2015 4:01 am

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The four big items on Obama’s legislative wish list

Susan Crabtree · June 25, 2015 9:48 pm

President Obama responds to a heckler as he speaks during a reception to celebrate LGBT Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: Pols now running toward gay rights

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 11:40 pm

The leaders spoke by phone Wednesday in the wake of new reports claiming the U.S. directly listened in on Francois Hollande's phone, as well as two of his predecessors' phones. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Obama tells Hollande the U.S. isn’t spying on him anymore

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 9:59 pm

WH: ‘Focal point’ of Obama’s eulogy will be paying tribute to the victims

WH: ‘Focal point’ of Obama’s eulogy will be paying tribute to the victims

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 7:44 pm

Secret Service nabs ‘most-wanted’ computer hacker

National Security

Secret Service nabs ‘most-wanted’ computer hacker

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 4:09 pm

Elaine Weinstein, left, is joined by daughter Jennifer Coakley, right, widow and daughter of American aid worker Warren Weinstein, who was inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes in early 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House, Congress clash on hostage recovery reforms

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 4:01 am

New WH hostage plan is ‘pathetic,’ says chief GOP critic

New WH hostage plan is ‘pathetic,’ says chief GOP critic

Susan Crabtree · June 23, 2015 5:34 pm

"The Koran teaches us that God's children tread gently on the earth," he said. "â¦We affirm that whatever our faith, we are one family." (AP)

Obama talks religious freedom, Charleston slayings at Iftar dinner

Susan Crabtree · June 23, 2015 8:37 am