Susan Crabtree

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks alongside Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (L) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, following the Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. summit on May 14, 2015 at Camp David, Maryland. (Getty Image)

Under heavy criticism, Obama defends Camp David summit

Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2015 9:00 am

White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House calls on Senate to pass spying reforms

Susan Crabtree · May 15, 2015 8:21 pm

Obama: We can do more to ‘heal the rift’ between police and communities

Obama: We can do more to ‘heal the rift’ between police and communities

Susan Crabtree · May 15, 2015 6:11 pm

President Barack Obama waves as he walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama blames media for hyping his feud with Warren

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 11:57 pm

As of late Thursday at least, all Obama has to do is watch a few more predictable show votes, and the agreement he's been pushing for will take effect.Â (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama avoids drawing another red line over chemical weapons

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 11:21 pm

President Obama, with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, left, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, right, as he makes a statement to members of the media after meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders and delegations at Camp David in Maryland, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP)

National Security

Obama says talks at Gulf summit were ‘candid, extensive’

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 10:22 pm

"[T]here is a new sense of urgency; and I think we do want to take that sense of urgency and make it concrete." (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WH: No indication of an arms race in the Gulf

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 7:54 pm

National Security

Secret Service detains man trying to fly drone over White House fence

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 6:45 pm

The Secret Service has placed one senior agent on leave and the other announced his retirement after an internal government watchdog concluded that the agents "more likely than not" were alcohol-impaired when they drove their official car through a suspicious package investigation at the White House in early March. (AP Photo)

Top Secret Service agent out after report on drinking incident

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 12:42 pm

In this Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, President Obama is greeted by new Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz. It is not just the Saudi king who will be skipping the Camp David summit of U.S. and allied Arab leaders. Many Gulf heads of state won't be there. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama tries to salvage snubbed summit

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 9:00 am

White House blasts GOP for trying to cut Amtrak funding

White House blasts GOP for trying to cut Amtrak funding

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 8:26 pm

White House spokesman presses Sen. Brown for apology

White House spokesman presses Sen. Brown for apology

Susan Crabtree · May 13, 2015 6:26 pm