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Josh Wilkie hopes one day to ride the Metro to work, just like you and me. He'd like to hop on the Orange Line at Foggy Bottom, head to L'Enfant Plaza and then take the Green Line straight to his office. There's where his commute would differ from ours. His office would be the pitching mound at Nationals Park.

He's so close. If anything, Wilkie, 25, has overachieved. The right-handed pitcher was an undrafted free agent out of George Washington University, signed by the Nats in 2006. He worked his way through every stop in their minor league system until reaching Class AAA Syracuse, just one phone call short of the big league roster, and he was one of seven Nationals prospects chosen to participate in the prestigious Arizona Fall League.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. Read more: National , Economy , Politics , Government Watchdog , Economic Stimulus , White House , Job , Unemployment WASHINGTON a ' The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending says the White House was too quick to take credit for saving or creating 640,000 jobs.

China's Terra Cotta army is invading a Washington DC museum. The ancient warriors are entrenched at the National Geographic Museum and are ready for local visitors who've long wanted to marvel at the two thousand year old tomb guardians.

As President Obama and Congress craft the largest national health insurance program since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, they insist that the final product will add "not one dime" to the federal deficit.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are holding a hearing on whether Washington should be able to handle its budget and write laws without oversight by Congress.

Repair work performed on D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray's house this summer by a politically connected developer's company was outside the normal scope of practice, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill June 2, 2009 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON a ' Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed.

In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., accompanied by long time staffer and scheduler Martha Anne McIntosh, waves as he arrives back on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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A statue of an unarmored infantryman is part of the National Geographic exhibition, "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor," which was opened for a preview tour Tuesday, Nov.

President Barack Obama will give an interview to Fox News Channel's Major Garrett, perhaps signaling a thaw in relations between the network and administration.

Earlier this year, former Miss California USA Carried Prejean was the poster-girl of the anti-gay right, including the National Organization of Marriage , a major Proposition 8 supporter that is seen as the political instrument of the Mormon Church.

The test of a streamlined system for examining and evaluating disabled veterans will be expanded to an additional six U.S. bases beginning in January, the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday.

This season's Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas' first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington.

The New York company that claims to have started the gourmet cupcake craze is staking a claim in the Washington market.

WASHINGTON -- Before health-care reform dominated debate on Capitol Hill, Vermont and several other states worked aggressively to increase the number of low-income residents covered by Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for the poor.

Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity has acknowledged to viewers that he aired video of a Sept.

The Obama administration will propose that the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation's subway and light-rail systems, responding to what it says is haphazard and ineffective oversight by state agencies.

Did you know that there are almost 12,000 homeless people in the Washington metropolitan area? The Fannie Mae Foundation is sponsoring a Help the Homeless Walk on the National Mall on November 21, 2009.

The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction.