Tag: ISIS

President Obama started off his week with a trip to the CDC in Atlanta to figure out a plan to deal with the growing Ebola virus crisis in West Africa. (AP Photo)

VIDEO — Weekly Examiner: Obama’s plan to fight the Islamic State

Lisa Ruhl · September 19, 2014 7:46 pm

Department of Homeland Security officials can't say if their program to keep foreign terrorists and criminals from getting U.S. visas is working, according to a government watchdog. (iStock Photo)

UPDATED: IG says visa security can’t be verified

Mark Tapscott · September 19, 2014 7:17 pm

House GOP leader says U.S. may need to send special forces to fight the Islamic State

House GOP leader says U.S. may need to send special forces to fight the Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · September 19, 2014 3:35 pm

Kristol Podcast: Feckless Obama, Losing Democrats…

TWS Podcast · September 19, 2014 1:35 pm

Expert Opinion?

Expert Opinion?

Geoffrey Norman · September 19, 2014 11:47 am

National Security

NSA ‘taking more risk’ handling Islamic State threat post-Snowden

Charles Hoskinson · September 19, 2014 5:03 am

President Barack Obama gestures during a statement in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama spoke after Congress voted to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in the fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Strong Senate vote for Obama on Syria rebel aid

DAVID ESPODONNA CASSATA · September 19, 2014 12:56 am

Senate passes Syria resolution, clearing it for Obama’s signature

National Security

Senate passes Syria resolution, clearing it for Obama’s signature

Susan Ferrechio · September 18, 2014 11:15 pm

Obama: ‘France Will Join in Strikes Against ISIL Targets in Iraq’

Obama: ‘France Will Join in Strikes Against ISIL Targets in Iraq’

Daniel Halper · September 18, 2014 10:54 pm

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 photo, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking to a small group of reporters after meeting with his French counterpart on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 in Paris, Dempsey said it will take three or four months to begin the $500 million training program, which the House approved on Wednesday and sent to the Senate, where members of both parties predicted easy passage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

US: Syrian rebel training may take 12 months

Robert Burns · September 18, 2014 10:50 pm

In this still image taken from an undated video published on the Internet by Al-Furqan, the media arm of the Islamic State group militants, captive British journalist John Cantlie speaks into the camera on the first of what he says will be a series of lecture-like "programs" in which he says he will reveal "the truth" about the Islamic State group. The Arabic subtitle reads "I am a prisoner and that is something I will not deny." (AP Photo)

National Security

British hostage appears in new video

Zeina Karam · September 18, 2014 10:04 pm

French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech during a press conference at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Sept.18, 2014. Hollande gives wide-ranging news conference, as he comes under criticism from all sides over his handling of the economy, his government and his private life. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

France to carry out airstrikes in Iraq

Greg Keller · September 18, 2014 7:34 pm