Tag: Iraq

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second from right, along with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, addresses the start of the Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) talks at Admiralty House in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Kerry and Hagel are meeting with their Australian counterparts at the annual AUSMIN, which will focus on regional security and enhanced military co-operation. (AP Photo/Dan Himbrechts, Pool)

National Security

US urges speedy formation of new Iraq government

Matthew Lee · August 12, 2014 11:39 pm

US sends 130 more troops to Iraq

National Security

US sends 130 more troops to Iraq

ROBERT BURNSLOLITA C. BALDOR · August 12, 2014 11:35 pm

President Obama, shown here at an August 1 press briefing, told the New York Times that politicians "... are rewarded for taking the most extreme, maximalist positions." (Getty Images/ Chip Somodevilla)

Fact-challenged and extreme? Do you really want to go there, Mr. President?

David Limbaugh · August 12, 2014 9:29 pm

Everything Obama says about Iraq is wrong

Everything Obama says about Iraq is wrong

Charles Hoskinson · August 12, 2014 8:19 pm

Former White House adviser David Axelrod tweeted what appears to be a passive aggressive response to Hillary Clinton's criticism of the White House's handling of the situation in Iraq. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)

Beltway Confidential

David Axelrod takes out John Kerry with friendly fire, Team Hillary ‘clarifies’ White House criticism

Becket Adams · August 12, 2014 8:04 pm

President Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, Thursday, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. Obama said American military planes already had carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities surrounded by militants and desperately in need of food and water. The Pentagon said the airdrops were performed by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft that together delivered a total of 72 bundles of food and water. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

National Security

Why get involved in Iraq, but not Syria? It’s complicated, Obama says

Brian Hughes · August 12, 2014 7:40 pm

In this Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 file photo, displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community settle at a camp at Derike, Syria.

Europe pledges aid, equipment to help Iraq

DANICA KIRKAFRANK JORDANS · August 12, 2014 7:27 pm

President Obama speaks about developments in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, from his vacation residence in Chilmark, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

How President Obama’s Iraq intervention will affect the midterms

Susan Crabtree · August 12, 2014 7:21 pm

UN chief warns Iraqi forces: Stay out of politics

UN chief warns Iraqi forces: Stay out of politics

Edith Lederer · August 12, 2014 7:20 pm

Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis

DIAA HADIDBASSEM MROUE · August 12, 2014 6:11 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 15, 2014 file photo, Shiite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker Haider al-Ibadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. On Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, Iraq's largest coalition of Shiite political parties chose al-Ibadi to be its candidate to lead the government in a major defeat for incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki just hours after he declared himself the rightful candidate and put troops on the street. Critics say the Shiite al-Maliki contributed to the crisis by monopolizing power and pursuing a sectarian agenda that alienated the country's Sunni and Kurdish minorities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq’s PM-designate faces challenges ahead

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · August 12, 2014 6:08 pm

Iraqi military helicopter crashes delivering aid

Iraqi military helicopter crashes delivering aid

SAMEER N. YACOUBVIVIAN SALAMA · August 12, 2014 4:32 pm