Tag: Terrorism

Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo)

National Security

Snowden’s leaks hurt efforts to fight Islamic State

Charles Hoskinson · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

They Have a Strategy

Thomas Joscelyn · September 15, 2014 4:00 am

‘The Blood-Dimmed Tide’

William Kristol · September 15, 2014 4:00 am

Armed al Shabab fighters just outside Mogadishu, Somalia, prepare to travel into the city in pickup trucks after vowing there would be new waves of attacks against Ethiopian troops in December 2008. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

National Security

Al-Shabab terrorist cell discovered in Uganda

Luke Rosiak · September 13, 2014 11:43 pm

It is now President Obama's stated intention to pursue the Islamic State's forces wherever they are, rather than his previous policy of using moderate force only in Iraq and only to protect American facilities and personnel.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Support Obama’s new Islamic State plan

Lawrence Kudlow · September 13, 2014 7:09 pm

US gov’t warns citizens of terror plot in Uganda

National Security

US gov’t warns citizens of terror plot in Uganda

Tom Odula · September 13, 2014 4:57 pm

President Obama, plagued by his worst approval ratings yet, is now losing support from his liberal base as the country appears to have given up on his administration and Washington, according new polling data. (AP Photo)

Washington Secrets

Poll: Blacks, Democrats abandoning Obama, ‘angst and malaise’ take over

Paul Bedard · September 13, 2014 3:13 pm

Secretary of State Kerry called the conflict with the Islamic State "a very significant counterterrorism operation." (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

National Security

Differences over ‘war’ with Islamic State spark frustration

Charles Hoskinson · September 13, 2014 9:00 am

Kerry, left, shakes hand with Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kerry: ‘Premature’ to outline countries’ anti-ISIS roles

Susan Crabtree · September 12, 2014 11:01 pm

"I believe that we will be united in an overwhelming majority to meet the threat as the president suggests," Hoyer said. (Getty images/Larry French)

Hoyer: ‘Overwhelming’ support for arming Syrian rebels

Sean Lengell · September 12, 2014 8:44 pm

Boehner pledges to help new Iraqi Prime Minister defeat Islamic State

National Security

Boehner pledges to help new Iraqi Prime Minister defeat Islamic State

Susan Ferrechio · September 12, 2014 8:07 pm

Diane Foley told various news outlets that she felt the administration saw her family's efforts to free her son as "an annoyance". (courtesy CNN)

National Security

White House partly responds to Diane Foley’s complaints

Susan Crabtree · September 12, 2014 7:52 pm