Tag: Syria

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Matthew Bruch)

Cost of war against Islamic State nears $1 billion

Charles Hoskinson · September 29, 2014 6:27 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks about the street protests in Hong Kong during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: US ‘underestimated’ Islamic State threat

Ken Dilanian · September 29, 2014 5:12 pm

If Intel Wrong About ISIS, Is it Also Wrong About Iran?

Lee Smith · September 29, 2014 4:42 pm

GOP rejects Obama’s claim that intelligence advisers underestimated Islamic State

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GOP rejects Obama’s claim that intelligence advisers underestimated Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · September 29, 2014 4:30 pm

White House’s Blinken: U.S. airstrikes not helping Assad

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White House’s Blinken: U.S. airstrikes not helping Assad

Mark Flatten · September 28, 2014 3:10 pm

Upon returning from the Middle East, we were almost immediately asked by President Obama to include congressional authorization in the Continuing Resolution for the training and equipping of âÅmoderate Syrian rebelsâï¿½ to fight the terrorist group known as the Islamic State. (AP Photo)

Obama should seek congressional authorization on campaign against the Islamic State

Rep. Bradley Byrne · September 28, 2014 9:00 am

he total cost of Bush's Iraq and Afghanistan wars will come to at least $4 trillion, according to a study by Harvard scholar Linda Bilmes. Had we known that -- and had we been forced to make a noticeable sacrifice with every paycheck -- we might have insisted he do things differently, Chapman writes. (iStock Photo)

The latest war will not be free

Steve Chapman · September 27, 2014 8:06 pm

In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 photo provided by the U.S Air Force, an F-22A Raptor taxis in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility prior to strike operations in Syria. U.S. coalition-led warplanes struck Islamic State group militants near the northern Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, near the Turkish border for the first time Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, activists and a Kurdish official said. The coalition, which began its aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria early Tuesday, aims to roll back and ultimately crush the extremist group, which has created a proto-state spanning the Syria-Iraq border. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Russ Scalf)

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US-led planes strike fighters attacking Syria town

Bassem Mroue · September 27, 2014 5:54 pm

U.S.-led coalition launches strikes at Islamic State forces besieging Syrian town

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U.S.-led coalition launches strikes at Islamic State forces besieging Syrian town

Justin Green · September 27, 2014 4:51 pm

This Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 photo, provided by Edlib News Network (ENN), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows an anti-Syrian government protester holding a placard during a demonstration against the U.S.-led coalition airtstrikes, at the village of Kfar Derian, Idlib province, northern Syria. The U.S. is struggling to counter anger among the Syrian opposition, where many believe that the air campaign against extremists in the country is only helping President Bashar Assad and that Washington is coordinating with Damascus, despite American insistence it backs the rebel cause. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

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US struggles to blunt Syria rebel anger at strikes

Bassem Mroue · September 27, 2014 3:28 pm

Obama: U.S. welcomes ‘responsibility’ to help defeat world’s worst enemies

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Obama: U.S. welcomes ‘responsibility’ to help defeat world’s worst enemies

Mark Flatten · September 27, 2014 2:41 pm

Zogby Report Card: Obama’s ‘community organizing’ worked at UN

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Zogby Report Card: Obama’s ‘community organizing’ worked at UN

Paul Bedard · September 27, 2014 10:00 am