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In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemen's army soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

Yemen army says kills top al-Qaida militant

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

A Yemeni soldier, left, wears a placard with Arabic writing that reads,&quot;together against the violence and terrorism,&quot; as he stands with others during a rally to mark the anniversary of a bomb attack at a parade square that killed Yemeni troops, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

15 militants, 10 soldiers killed in Yemen attack

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Illustration on scandals piling up against the Obama administration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama’s coming midterm rebuke

By Donald Lambro

President Obama has not made any overtures or even laid out details about how the 2001 use of force authorization should change, say members of Congress who are confounded about the reason. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers find little guidance from Obama on war resolutions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 30, 2004 file photo, Muslim cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa arrives with a masked bodyguard to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London. The 55-year-old Egyptian cleric, who also goes by the alias Abu Hamza al-Masri, was found guilty on Monday, May 19, 2014 in federal court in New York of providing material support to terrorist organizations. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)

NY jurors follow facts to London imam’s conviction

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, May 19, 2014. Martha Mark, the mother of kidnapped school girl Monica Mark cries as she display her photo, in the family house, in Chibok, Nigeria. More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno on April 14. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the act. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Hill to hear from survivor of Boko Haram terror

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Conviction is upheld in NYC subway bombing plot

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Afghan security personnel gets the area under control after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing two police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed several policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Al Qaeda terrorists lurk in shadows in Afghanistan, waiting for U.S. withdraw

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Libya's army chief ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital Tripoli on Monday, May 19, 2014 in response to the storming of parliament by forces loyal to a renegade general, paving the way for a possible showdown between rival militia fighters. The revolt by Gen. Khalifa Hifter threatens to detonate the long volatile divisions among the multiple militias that dominate Libya amid the weakness of the central government and military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

General’s revolt threatens to new fight in Libya

By ESAM MOHAMED and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2004 file photo, Muslim cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa arrives with a masked bodyguard to conduct Friday prayers in the street outside the closed Finsbury Park Mosque in London. The 55-year-old Egyptian cleric, who also goes by the alias Abu Hamza al-Masri, was found guilty on Monday, May 19, 2014 in federal court in New York of providing material support to terrorist organizations. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)

London cleric convicted in New York terror trial

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Illustration on battling Islamist terrorism by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LIVINGSTON & SMITH: A more realistic vision for combating Islamic terror

By James E. Livingston and Michael S. Smith II

** FILE ** In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, defendant Suliman Abu Ghayth, right, is seated with al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, center, and Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York)

Mastermind behind al Qaeda’s first attack on U.S. now a security official in Yemen

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A Yemeni soldier checks a vehicle at a checkpoint in a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 12, 2014. A suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed seveal al-Qaida militants on Monday, military and security officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Fighting between Yemen army and al-Qaida kills 42

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Muslim advocates amplify 9/11 museum film concerns

Associated Press

Botched Trade Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

LYONS: Unanswered questions for Benghazi special committee

By James A. Lyons

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Ahmad, center left, inspects the troops at areas seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

Yemen: U.S. drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Yemeni soldiers stand guard on the rooftop of a state security court during a trial of suspected al Qaeda militants in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. A Yemen security official said an explosion Sunday in the province of Bayda had killed at least 13 suspected al Qaeda militants. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.S. drone strike kills 6 al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Rep. Duncan Hunter (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Republicans at odds over authorizing strike on Benghazi attackers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. To congressional Republicans, “Benghazi” is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it is as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Issues involving deaths of 4 US people at Benghazi

Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. To congressional Republicans, “Benghazi” is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it is as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

A look at all that ‘Benghazi’ stands for

By CONNIE CASS - Associated Press