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FRANK GAFFNEY: Bergdahl charges again raise questions over Gitmo transfers

By Kyle Shideler

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl left his unit in Afghanistan without permission in 2009 and was captured by the Taliban and held prisoner by the group for five years. Following the much-criticized exchange, the Army conducted an investigation into his actions, which concluded three months ago. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FRANK GAFFNEY: Bergdahl charges again raise questions over Gitmo transfers

By Kyle Shideler

Illustration on the fall of Yemen by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

TED CRUZ: Yemen’s collapse demonstrates Obama’s foreign policy failures

By Ted Cruz

A Houthi Shiite fighter shows support for his comrades after seizing the capital in Sanaa, Yemen. President Obama has yet to reveal a response. (Associated Press)

Yemen coup shows Obama lacks Middle East terror strategy, critics say

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah leaves after special prayers for late King Fahd at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Turk bin Abdullah mosque. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. (AP Photo)

Saudi state TV reports: King Abdullah has died at 90

By AYA BATRAWY and ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI - Associated Press

Yemen government resigns amid rebel standoff

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

A Wall Street sign is mounted near the flag-draped facade of the New York Stock Exchange in this May 11, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Wesam El-Hanafi, convicted of helping al Qaeda, gets 15-year sentence in New York

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemeni gather Tuesday while guarding a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen. (Associated Press)

Yemen unrest undermines U.S. operations against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Yemeni soldiers guard convicted al Qaeda militants in San'a, Yemen, on July 11, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Saddiq Al-Abbadi and Ali Alvi, al Qaeda-linked Yemeni nationals, to stand trial in U.S. court

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemenis raise their fists during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen's presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen truce after Shiite rebels battle troops, seize media

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Houthi Shiite Yemeni raise their weapons during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen's presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Heavy clashes as Shiite rebels seize Yemen state media

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

From Afghanistan and borderlands of Pakistan to Iraq and North Africa, radical Islamists eager to spread their strict interpretation of the Muslim faith and topple Western values have bombed, beheaded and slaughtered — undermining the White House narrative and raising questions about its strategy. (Associated Press)

Obama’s ‘lone wolf’ focus misguided as terrorist threat expands, critics say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jean Paul Bierlein reads the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo outside a newsstand in Nice, southeastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Hassen Chalghoumi, the Imam of Drancy mosque, center left with white cap, and an unidentified Rabbi, center right, pay their respects after placing flowers at a makeshift memorial outside a kosher grocery store where four hostages were killed on Friday, in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Yemen’s al Qaeda claims responsibility for Paris attack

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

In this March 1, 2002, file photo, a detainee is escorted to interrogation by U.S. military guards at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

GOP lawmakers try to tighten Gitmo transfer rules

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Paris residents captured chilling video images after an attack at a French satirical newspaper. French officials are dealing with challenges of an evolving terrorist group. (Associated Press)

Charlie Hebdo attack: France fears more terrorists at large

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

"We need to revolutionize our religion," Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a startling speech. (Associated Press)

Islamic ideology driving terrorists to kill, Egypt’s president tells Muslim clerics

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspect Cherif Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called &quot;an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)

Said Kouachi, Charlie Hebdo terror suspect, trained with al Qaeda: officials

By Jennifer Pompi and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

People light candles as they pay tribute to victims of the attack against the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, in front of the French embassy in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, a day after 12 people were slain by two armed men who stormed the Paris offices of the magazine. Inscriptions read "I am Charlie". (Associated Press)

Paris newspaper attack underscores terrorist shift to ‘soft targets’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Yemeni policemen stand next to wreckage at the scene of a car bombing outside a police academy in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. A suicide bomber driving a minibus full of explosives killed tens of people Wednesday morning as cadets gathered near the police academy in the heart of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, security officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen: Suicide bomber kills at least 33 at police enrollment

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press