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Viser is a political reporter in the Washington bureau, currently covering the 2012 presidential race. He also has covered Congress, the Massachusetts delegation, and national political issues. He has been at the Globe since 2004 and previously reported for the State House bureau, the City Hall bureau, and Globe West.
Latest stories
Obama dodges question on Nixon comparisons
By Matt Viser , Globe Staff
“I’ll let you guys engage in those comparisons,” President Obama said in reference to the president who resigned in disgrace in 1974.
IRS chief out; Obama vows new oversight
By Matt Viser , Globe Staff
President Obama announced that Steven Miller, head of the IRS, had been fired over the agency’s improper targeting of conservative groups.
Obama tries to control damage on three fronts
By Matt Viser , Globe Staff
The White House is seeking to insulate itself from the fallout over Benghazi, IRS scrutiny of conservative groups, and the monitoring of phone records at the AP.
Marathon bombing suspect buried in Virginia
By Wesley Lowery and Matt Viser , Globe staff
A day after the controversy swirling around the burial of Tamerlan Tsarnaev subsided in Worcester, it engulfed a rural Virginia hamlet.