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6:21 PM, Apr 4, 2013 • By JERYL BIER

At a Democratic National Committee fund raising event in Atherton, California Thursday morning, President Obama declared that the United States government still needs to get its fiscal house in order:

We still waste money in all kinds of things that don't work, and we have the capacity to shift those dollars into things that do work and that will grow our economy. And we can reduce our deficit, stabilize our debt, and do so without sacrificing the kinds of investments that are going to be required to grow.

During his remarks, the president spoke of the need to invest in education, meet environmental challenges, catch up on "$2 trillion in deferred maintenance," invest in science and research, and invest in new energy sources of the future.

He did not cite any specific examples of how the government is currently wasting money.

2:35 PM, Jan 8, 2013 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

Another resignation at the Department of Veterans Affairs after the inspector general discovered that “as muc

7:25 PM, Aug 2, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Just before breaking away for summer recess, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted 26-3 to approve $61.3 million in spending to fix the Capitol Dome. Only 3 senators on the almost 30-person body voted against the measure.

6:22 PM, Apr 26, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

[A] regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, explained in 2010 that he understands the EPA policy to be to "crucify" a few oil and gas companies to get the rest of the industry to comply with the laws.

8:29 AM, Apr 24, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

Until last week, Mitt Romney had trouble getting potential voters to care so much that they would crawl over ground glass to get to the polling station and vote for him. But now, the man and moment may have come together, thanks to employees of the General Services Administration and the Secret Service.

Photo of The University of California, Merced, in December 2004

9:01 AM, Apr 20, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Lawrence Pitts, provost of the University of California, writes this letter to the editor in response to Charlotte Allen's “Boondoggle U.,” which appeared in the most recent issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD:

Every picture tells a story.

9:16 PM, Apr 19, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

The 411,618 square foot Solyndra building in Fremont, California has been put on the market:

4:28 PM, Apr 18, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

A clown and mindreader stood in front of Senate office buildings, passing out their resumes to employees of the Government Services Administration (GSA), who were on Capitol Hill to testify, and asking the embattled government bureaucrats for jobs.

11:33 AM, Apr 17, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN

In times past, government "service" was the career choice for people who didn't really believe in fun. Or had never had much practice at it, anyway. The federal bureaucrat, back then, dressed gray and thought in columns of figures. The kind with many, many zeroes. Washington, D.C., in those days, was a dreary town famously described by John F. Kennedy as a place of "Northern charm and Southern efficiency."