Tag: Iraq

Obama's "disengagement" from the tumultuous Middle East, symbolized by his withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011, has created a "vacuum" that's "been filled by bad actors, including terrorist extremists," Rubio wrote in a Washington Post op-ed Friday night. (Getty Image)

Marco Rubio: Obama has made Middle East ‘more dangerous and unstable’

Kelly Cohen · May 30, 2015 3:52 pm

Target Baghdad?

Target Baghdad?

Geoffrey Norman · May 29, 2015 8:24 pm

As the Republican war over war escalates, more polling has come out that makes it seem more one-sided than just Rand Paul versus the rest of the GOP presidential field. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul and the hawks in his party

W. James Antle III · May 29, 2015 1:46 pm

A Shia militia sniper from Abo al Fadhel al Abbas provides cover for Iraqi Army troops as they assault Islamic State fighters on the frontline April 14, 2015 near Al-Karmah, in Anbar Province, Iraq. (Getty Image)

National Security

U.S. seeks ways to arm Sunnis in ISIS fight

Tara Copp · May 28, 2015 6:51 pm

Carly on Offense on ISIS

Michael Warren · May 28, 2015 6:04 pm

High Stakes Offensive

High Stakes Offensive

Geoffrey Norman · May 28, 2015 2:44 pm

Islamic State group militants stand with a captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 155 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

Beiji city: Islamic State’s next big conquest?

Tara Copp · May 28, 2015 4:01 am

Rand Paul’s tough day with the press

Rand Paul’s tough day with the press

Becket Adams · May 27, 2015 9:00 pm

A volunteer from the Badr Brigade militia fires on ISIS fighters from the frontline on April 11, 2015 in Ebrahim Ben Ali, in Anbar Province, Iraq. (Getty Image)

National Security

ISIS placing bombs, digging in for Ramadi fight

Tara Copp · May 27, 2015 7:02 pm

Jindal may become one of Paul's rivals for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo)

Jindal: Rand Paul ‘unsuited to be commander in chief’

Ariel Cohen · May 27, 2015 6:01 pm

Tough Going in Anbar

Tough Going in Anbar

Geoffrey Norman · May 27, 2015 11:59 am

Rand Says Republicans ‘Created’ ISIS

Michael Warren · May 27, 2015 10:52 am