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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama Iran strategy clear failure

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, to make a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington. American politicians like to pick and choose when they&#8217;ll abide by the storied notion that politics should stop at the water's edge, and when to give that idea a kick in the pants. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: Jews consider Republican Party

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

MORTON KLEIN AND DANIEL MANDEL: Obama’s inconsistent treatment of Netanyahu and Abbas

By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech in a public gathering in the city of Mashhad, northeastern Iran, Saturday, March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

PETER MORICI: Economics makes Iranian nuclear deal unenforceable

By Peter Morici

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a meeting on Internet startups in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on March 27, 2015. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Obama should worry about Vladimir Putin’s legacy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama walks to leave the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 2, 2015, after speak about the breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear talks. The president heralded a framework nuclear understanding with Iran as an "historic" agreement that could pave the way for a final deal that would leave the U.S., its allies and the world safer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DANIEL PIPES: Decoding the Obama doctrine

By Daniel Pipes

Children participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of White House in Washington, Monday, April 6, 2015. Thousands of children gathered at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll. This year's event features live music, cooking stations, storytelling, and of course, some Easter egg roll. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Crowds gather for annual White House Easter egg roll

By Connie Cass - Associated Press

Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant children surge across border at highest rate since last summer’s peak

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after an explosion during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Afghanistan's security forces took over full responsibility for the country's security on Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

SEAN PARNELL: Obama’s slow motion retreat from Afghanistan will have consequences

By Sean Parnell

In December, 2008, President-elect Obama and Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan, left, mingle at Chicago's Dodge Renaissance Academy. Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, center, looks on. (AP Photo)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Obama’s failing grade on education: Contrived crisis, cronyism

By Armstrong Williams

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an event hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the America Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Monday, March 23, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

GOP 2016ers question Iran nuclear deal; Hillary Clinton calls it step in right direction

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Megyn Kelly, Fox News primetime host, with Sen. Ted Cruz (Fox News)

ISVARI MOHAN: The good, the bad, the Congress

By Isvari Mohan

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 2, 2015, about the breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear talks. The president heralded a framework nuclear understanding with Iran as an &quot;historic&quot; agreement that could pave the way for a final deal that would leave the U.S., its allies and the world safer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DONALD LAMBRO: Defining the economic recovery down

By Donald Lambro

WESLEY PRUDEN: A deal with Iran built on lies

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner testifies March 5, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Investigators said Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, they have recovered 32,000 emails related to the former IRS official at the heart of the agency’s tea party scandal. But they don’t know how many of them are new. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Lois Lerner, former IRS official, won’t be charged with contempt

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office during the President's Daily Economic Briefing on July 30, 2009. (White House)

Efforts to head off China development bank called a failure

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks outside the hotel during a break after a bilateral meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a new round of Nuclear Talks with Iran, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

Iran says U.S. and allies lack ‘political will’ for final nuclear deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, had previously co-authored legislation to tighten sanctions on Iran if there is no deal by the end of June, but he said Tuesday that he and other party leaders want to give the Obama administration until at least March 24 before throwing their weight behind the legislation — and they'll only support it if there's no agreement in place with Tehran by then. (Associated Press)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Is Obama administration taking sides in nuclear talks?

By Fred Fleitz

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attends a meeting of Arab heads of state, in Sharm el Sheik, South Sinai, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2015. El-Sissi endorsed a resolution adopted by Arab foreign ministers on Thursday for the creation of an Arab military force, saying the Arab world was currently facing unprecedented threats. He also described as &#8220;inevitable&#8221; the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. (AP Photo/MENA, Mohammed Samaha)

U.S. restores military aid to Egypt, cites national security

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry (second from left) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (left) take a walk during a break in talks on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland. The U.S. and five allies have been meeting with Iranian negotiators for days in a last-ditch try to hammer out the blueprint for a final deal by the end of June. (Associated Press)

Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times