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President Obama speaks at a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama’s ‘soft power’ policy in a world of hurt

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Embassy closures a win-win for Al Qaeda

The Washington Times

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: The rebirth of al Qaeda

By Armstrong Williams

** FILE ** Samantha Power. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Embassy Row: Open for business

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington on Aug. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama challenged on terror, al Qaeda claims

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6?

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Travelers make their way to the departure lounge at Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Saudi police arrest 2 on ties to al Qaeda suicide plot

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Security was tight Wednesday at the entrance of Sanaa International Airport in Yemen, where authorities said they foiled an al Qaeda plot to take over key cities and attack strategic ports and gas facilities. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda ‘periphery’ still a terror threat throughout Yemen, Islamic world

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

HANSON: Giving new meaning to ‘let’s roll’

By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times

Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena displays a temporary document Thursday that allows Edward Snowden to cross the border into Russia. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The president’s reset button

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.S. drone strike kills another 6 al Qaeda militants in Yemen

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A commercial area of Baghdad is littered with debris Tuesday from a car bombing, one of several in the past week alone. The wave of violence bears the mark of al Qaeda in Iraq. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda drives Iraq toward chaos; U.S. withdrawal left door open to sectarian battle for power

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks to with U.S. troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 7, 2013. The visit to the Marine Corps base is Obama's final stop on a two-day West Coast trip that included the roll-out of his principles for overhauling the nation's mortgage finance industry. (Associated Press)

Obama: Al Qaeda ‘on the way to defeat’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Al Qaeda on the runback

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Accountability still lacking for Benghazi

The Washington Times

Travelers make their way to the departure lounge at Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen foils al Qaeda bomb plot, as U.S. drones strike again

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** A Yemeni police officer (front), loyal to Yemen's ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, takes part along with fellow Republican Guard troops during a demonstration demanding their reward, while armored vehicles patrol around the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 2, 2013. A military official said clashes erupted in the Yemeni capital when a group of soldiers who had joined a mutiny tried to storm the presidential palace. (Associated Press)

Air Force flies embassy staffers from Yemen amid terror threats

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

A Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Sunday. (Associated Press)

U.S. State Department tells embassy workers in Yemen: Go home

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Suspected U.S. drone kills four in Yemen with ties to al Qaeda

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda on rise despite U.S. support to Yemen

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times