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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, looks on as Defense Secretary Ashton Carter testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, during a hearing on the U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

‘Iraq is no more’: Congress, Pentagon coming to terms with 3-way split

Tara Copp -

June 17, 2015 9:25 pm

National Security

The liberation of Mosul, and other illusions

Andrew Doran -

June 17, 2015 5:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., along with members of the Senate Majority leadership, speaks at a press conference after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, June 16. 2015 (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

Politics

Senate shock: Defense policy bill could actually be passed early

Charles Hoskinson -

June 16, 2015 9:08 pm

Soldiers with the Kurdish peshmerga walk at an outpost on the edges of Kirkuk on July 3, 2014 in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Politics

Arming the Kurds, sex assault top Tuesday’s defense debate

Charles Hoskinson -

June 16, 2015 4:01 am

In this Friday, June 12, 2015 photo, fighters from the Shiite Badr Brigades militia patrol at the front line, in Kessarrat, (70 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Kurds attack Islamic State’s capital province

Barbara Boland -

June 13, 2015 6:51 pm

In this Jan. 30, 2015, file photo, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani. According to NBC News, U.S. citizenÂ Keith Broomfield, whoÂ joined the Kurdish fighters voluntarily,Â died in a battle in a rural area outside of KobaniÂ (AP Photo, File)

National Security

State Dept. confirms death of U.S. citizen fighting ISIS in Syria

Pete Kasperowicz -

June 10, 2015 6:20 pm

People observe ancient artifacts at the Iraqi National Museum after its reopening in the wake of the recent destruction of Assyrian archaeological sites by the Islamic State group in Mosul, as they visit the museum in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Magazine

Islamic State’s ‘brutal’ assault on other faiths

Charles Hoskinson -

May 18, 2015 9:00 am

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter stands next to a firearm in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, where fighters took control of it from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Bill seeks direct arms shipments to Kurds

Charles Hoskinson -

March 27, 2015 1:24 pm

Since the beginning of February when they seized three bridgeheads across the Tigris River north of Mosul, Iraqi Kurdish forces have advanced into territory once held by the Islamic State. (Getty Images)

Magazine

Kurds’ success against Islamic State is diplomatic problem for the U.S.

Charles Hoskinson -

March 23, 2015 9:00 am

Prospective 2016 presidential candidate and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hosts a roundtable in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Campaigns

Foster Friess hits Rand Paul on national security

David M. Drucker -

February 19, 2015 12:25 pm

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Tag: Kurds

‘Iraq is no more’: Congress, Pentagon coming to terms with 3-way split

The liberation of Mosul, and other illusions

Senate shock: Defense policy bill could actually be passed early

Arming the Kurds, sex assault top Tuesday’s defense debate

Kurds attack Islamic State’s capital province

State Dept. confirms death of U.S. citizen fighting ISIS in Syria

Islamic State’s ‘brutal’ assault on other faiths

Bill seeks direct arms shipments to Kurds

Kurds’ success against Islamic State is diplomatic problem for the U.S.

Foster Friess hits Rand Paul on national security

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