Tag: Terrorism

President Obama doesn't plan to ask Congress for additional authority to expand his military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria but he does want more money to fight the extremist group. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House: Obama wants more money to fight Islamic State

Susan Crabtree · September 8, 2014 7:37 pm

Rumors of ISIS leader’s death debunked

National Security

Rumors of ISIS leader’s death debunked

Charles Hoskinson · September 8, 2014 12:53 pm

President Obama sought to close a chapter in post-Sept. 11 history when he addressed the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in May. (AP Photo/ Michael Schmelling)

‘Though we’re better prepared, enemy far stronger than on 9/11’

Charles Hoskinson · September 8, 2014 9:00 am

In a joint op-ed with British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama promised that "we will not be cowed" by ISIS. "Those who want to adopt an isolationist approach misunderstand the nature of security in the 21st century. Developments in other parts of the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria, threaten our security at home," Obama and Cameron wrote. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Can Obama win the fight against ISIS?

Linda Chavez · September 6, 2014 8:58 pm

Somalia extremist group names new leader

National Security

Somalia extremist group names new leader

Abdi Guled · September 6, 2014 8:48 pm

People are up in arms about President Obama acknowledging and then later retracting his admission that he doesn't have an overall strategy to deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama doesn’t fully grasp the threat of ISIS

David Limbaugh · September 6, 2014 7:16 pm

US confirms death of Somalia terror group leader

National Security

US confirms death of Somalia terror group leader

ROBERT BURNSLOLITA C. BALDOR · September 5, 2014 7:55 pm

President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales, Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Goal is to ‘dismantle,’ not ‘contain’ ISIS

Brian Hughes · September 5, 2014 4:29 pm

Armed al-shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

National Security

U.S. confirms death of al-Shabab leader in Somalia airstrike

Charles Hoskinson · September 5, 2014 3:56 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry called together a group of countries at the NATO summit Friday morning in a previously unscheduled meeting to rally them to become a "coalition of the willing" to confront the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in a systematic way. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Kerry makes pitch for anti-ISIS coalition

Susan Crabtree · September 5, 2014 12:58 pm

Report: U.S. taking precautions to defend Baghdad’s ‘green zone’ from ISIS attacks

Beltway Confidential

Report: U.S. taking precautions to defend Baghdad’s ‘green zone’ from ISIS attacks

Becket Adams · September 4, 2014 9:37 pm

US: Terrorist could get Syria chemical weapons

US: Terrorist could get Syria chemical weapons

Alexandra Olson · September 4, 2014 8:37 pm