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Thousands are in Washington, DC for the dedication of a new memorial for disabled veterans. President Obama spoke at Sunday's ceremony, acknowledging that too often America has not lived up to its obligation to care for vets. The 80-million-dollar American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial was funded by donations from more than a million people...

White House spokesman Josh Earnest says President Obama is obviously concerned about a recent security breach but continues to have confidence in the Secret Service and its embattled director, Julia Pierson. During a briefing, Earnest said the President also understands that the Secret Service has a very difficult job...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation Thursday, made a stop at the UMass School of Law in Dartmouth early last year. He was invited by law school Dean Mary Lu Bilek, who was impressed by the message the Attorney General delivered to her students...

Here's the video we were talking about this morning. President Obama is seen getting off Marine One and salute the Marine with the coffee in his hand. It has already been dubbed "Latte Salute", has gone viral and is trending on Twitter.  

The Secret Service is coming under renewed scrutiny after a man scaled the White House fence and made it all the way through the front door before he was apprehended. President Barack Obama and his daughters had just left the White House on Friday evening when the intruder climbed the north fence, darted across the lawn and into the residence, where agents nabbed him...

President Obama is pushing an aggressive effort to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Speaking at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the President said the chances of an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. are extremely low. He argued that the U...

"Boots on the ground" are not being ruled out in the fight against ISIS. Testifying on Capitol Hill this morning, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Martin Dempsey said he'd recommend using some of the American forces already in Iraq in combat roles, if necessary...

The U.S. is sending three-thousand military troops to Liberia to help combat the Ebola outbreak. U.S. officials say President Obama will announce the move Tuesday during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta...

U.S. officials say the United States took the first step in the planned expanded fight against Islamic State militants Monday, going to the aid of Iraqi security forces south of Baghdad who were being attacked by enemy fighters. The officials say Iraqi forces requested assistance when they came under fire from militants...

The shadow of a renewed terror threat has been hanging over today's observances of the 13th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The events come hours after President Barack Obama said he would open a new military front in the Middle East -- authorizing airstrikes inside Syria along with expanded strikes in Iraq in an effort to root out Islamic State extremists...