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FACT CHECK: Obama claims credit for an incomplete recovery

Christopher S. Rugaber, Calvin Woodward

Tense turns in freeing US captives in North Korea

Calvin Woodward

FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden as he speaks on voting rights at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas. The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates including Vice President Biden. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) (AP)

See how they run: The 2016 presidential checklist

Calvin Woodward

2016 SPIN METER: 5 things to know not to believe

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See how they run: The 2016 presidential checklist

Calvin Woodward

A leading Sunni tribal chief, sheik Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Erbil, northern Iraq, Thursday June 19, 2014. Al-Suleiman said Washingtons decision to send 300 military advisors to assist the Iraqi government in quelling an insurgency sweeping the country would only make it worse. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (AP)

Military advisers also fight, history tells us

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Presidential checklist: jockeying for position

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Presidential checklist: preparations in motion

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From Stonewall to the death of DOMA: A look back at gay rights in the U.S.

Calvin Woodward

SPIN METER: health care tax

Calvin Woodward

Romney oversimplifies debt ‘inferno’

Calvin Woodward

The Pentagon.

Decades after leak, Pentagon Papers coming out

Richard Lardner, Calvin Woodward

President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

Fact-checking Obama’s Libya speech

Richard Lardner, Calvin Woodward

A young patriot salutes heroes at the 2009 National Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol.

An American wish list on the eve of Obama’s speech

Calvin Woodward

In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at least five people and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

Lawmakers want calmer politics, post-Tucson

Calvin Woodward, Charles Babington

“I’m not stonewalling”

Calvin Woodward, Frederic J. Frommer

A containable accident, then suddenly a crisis

Calvin Woodward

Fact checking the speech: “Hatchet” jobs and more

Calvin Woodward

Palin’s book goes rogue on the facts

Calvin Woodward