Tag: Iraq

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2013 in New York City. (Getty images)

National Security

Janus-faced ally meets Obama

Susan Crabtree · February 24, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second right, arrives to deliver a speech to troops at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

National Security

Defense chief open to more US forces in Iraq

Tara Copp · February 23, 2015 8:19 pm

Surprise in Iraq?

Geoffrey Norman · February 23, 2015 6:10 pm

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Capitol Hill, June 14, 2012 in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

The media’s dangerous diversions

Hugh Hewitt · February 22, 2015 10:00 pm

"Those responsible have jeopardized our national security interests and must be held accountable," they wrote. (Getty File Photo)

National Security

Obama administration denies link to ISIS attack plan briefing

Susan Crabtree · February 20, 2015 11:44 pm

In this June 23, 2014, file photo, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/File)

National Security

U.S. to train 25,000 Iraqis for Islamic State offensive in Mosul

Tara Copp · February 19, 2015 9:59 pm

Jon Stewart performs onstage at the New York Comedy Festival and the Bob Woodruff Foundation present the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes Event at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty images for New York Comedy Festival)

Au revoir, Jon Stewart

R. Emmett Tyrrell · February 19, 2015 6:29 pm

Jeb Bush: ‘There were mistakes made in Iraq’

Jeb Bush: ‘There were mistakes made in Iraq’

Rebecca Berg · February 18, 2015 8:22 pm

"The Warthog" is slow and ugly compared with other fighter jets, but it is also heavily armed and armored.Â (iStock)

National Security

A-10’s success fighting Islamic State challenges plans to scrap it

Tara Copp · February 18, 2015 10:00 am

‘Don’t Authorize Obama’s War’

Lee Smith · February 15, 2015 4:14 pm

The last American hostage being held by the Islamic State is dead. (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon pushes back on reports of ISIS advancing in Iraq: ‘It’s one town’

Tara Copp · February 14, 2015 4:20 pm

After the fact, Biden said that a more accurate comment would have been: "I was near where a shot landed." (AP)

Biden has his own Brian Williams moment

Susan Crabtree · February 14, 2015 10:00 am