Tag: Iraq

When the Egyptian military toppled the government of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, there was no ambassador in Cairo. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Obama lacks eyes and ears in hot spots around the world

Richard Pollock · September 8, 2014 9:00 am

On the Origin of ISIS

Lee Smith, Hussain Abdul-Hussain · September 8, 2014 4:00 am

‘We Don’t Have a Strategy Yet’

William Kristol · September 8, 2014 4:00 am

"I think the strikes that the United States took are very much in line with what the president Ã¢â¬" with what President Obama said were the guiding principles of military action in Iraq," Hagel said, according to a transcript of the press conference made available by the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Haditha Dam airstrikes not new to Iraq strategy: Hagel

Jennifer Peebles · September 7, 2014 6:03 pm

In this Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 file photo, smoke rises during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants at the Mosul Dam outside Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS near Haditha, Mosul dams

Jennifer Peebles · September 7, 2014 4:33 pm

A fighter with ISIS stands guard in front of the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party on Aug. 7, 2014, in the Christian village of Bartella, northern Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

Obama won’t ask Congress to authorize military action against ISIS

David M. Drucker · September 7, 2014 4:06 pm

Kerry’s Red Line

William Kristol · September 7, 2014 2:40 pm

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter uses binoculars to check on ISIS positions on the outskirts of Makhmour, 186 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

National Security

Obama to outline ISIS plans Wednesday

Susan Crabtree · September 7, 2014 2:31 pm

In a joint op-ed with British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama promised that "we will not be cowed" by ISIS. "Those who want to adopt an isolationist approach misunderstand the nature of security in the 21st century. Developments in other parts of the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria, threaten our security at home," Obama and Cameron wrote. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Can Obama win the fight against ISIS?

Linda Chavez · September 6, 2014 8:58 pm

GOP senator seeks new authority against militants

GOP senator seeks new authority against militants

Donna Cassata · September 5, 2014 8:15 pm

Hayes: Don’t Bet on a Muscular Obama Foreign Policy

TWS Podcast · September 5, 2014 7:14 pm

France's President Francois Hollande, left, shakes hands with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at a bilateral meeting on the second day of the NATO 2014 Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. NATO leaders are expected to announce a raft of fresh sanctions against Russia on Friday over its actions in Ukraine, although hopes remain that a ceasefire can be forged at peace talks in Minsk on the same day. (AP Photo/Alain Jocard, Pool)

Canada to send military advisers to Iraq

Rob Gillies · September 5, 2014 6:06 pm