“Coming to the end of a year that has bitterly divided their caucus, House Republicans are grappling with how bold they should be in shaping a legislative agenda for 2014.” [WashPost]
“From July 12, 2010, to Nov. 30, 2013, the president’s public schedule records zero one-on-one meetings between Obama and [Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen] Sebelius. Equally shocking, over the same period, the president’s calendar lists 277 private meetings with his other Cabinet secretaries (excluding full Cabinet meetings).” [Politico]
Can Democrats recover from the Obamacare catastrophe? [National Journal]
“The Pentagon announced Thursday that it had repatriated two longtime Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detainees to Algeria, where, fearing persecution, neither man wanted to be sent.” [NYT]