Kristina Peterson
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 06:48
Democrats in Congress have grown increasingly critical of President Barack Obama’s strategy in Syria after his decision last week to send special-operations forces to assist in the fight against Islamic State militants.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 07:22
Congressional leaders from both parties on Tuesday backed President Barack Obama's request to train and equip Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants, predicting the measure would clear Congress as an attachment to a stopgap spending bill.
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 08:12
"There may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for," Mr. Obama said. "If that were the case, it would be better for them to be able to apply in-country rather than face a very dangerous journey all the way up to Texas to make those same claims."
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 00:00
House and Senate panels disagreed Thursday on whether to include funding to help U.S. workers hurt by globalization in bills to approve three free-trade agreements.