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Retired commander of the U.S. Central Command, Gen. James Mattis, speaks before Congress. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Inside the Ring: Gen. James Mattis criticizes Obama defense, security policies

By Bill Gertz

$FILE- This file photo taken April 12, 2005 shows the oil platform Gilda is seen in federal waters in the Santa Barbara Channel off Ventura, Calif. The California Coastal Commission met on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 to get an update on offshore hydraulic fracturing, which has occurred at least a dozen times in federal waters since the 1990s. The contested practice involves injecting large amounts of water, sand and chemicals into rock formations to release oil. (AP Photo/The Santa Barbara News-Press, Steve Malone, file)$

Obama sets new offshore drilling limits

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant. (Associated Press/File)

Ed Royce: Nukes talk with Iran at dead end

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

The HealthCare.gov website (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Obamacare signups hit 9.5 million with month still left to go

By Tom Howell Jr. - 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)

Senate Democrats bow to Obama on Iran, pull support for immediate new sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington on July 28, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

HHS outlines shift away from Medicare fee-for-service model

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Ali Khamenei, the mullah who is the supreme leader of Iran, tells his Twitter followers that "This barbaric, wolflike & infanticidal regime of #Israel which spares no crime has no cure but to be annihilated." (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

EDITORIAL: In Iran, Obama gambles on good faith of mullahs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Libyan military soldier walks past damage inside a building that was used by Islamic militias for fighting in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Libya latest Arab Spring disappointment as unrest creates terrorist safe haven

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

President Barack Obama is proposing to designate the vast majority of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness area, including its potentially oil-rich coastal plain, drawing an angry response from top state elected officials who see it as a land grab by the federal government. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks bigger wilderness designation in Alaska refuge

By Becky Bohrer and Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press

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

Obama, General of the Free Army Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Obama’s Free Stuff Army

By Robert Knight

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

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Obama’s state of delusion

By Armstrong Williams

FILE - In this 1970 file photo, Chicago Cubs' Ernie Banks poses. The Cubs announced Friday night, Jan. 23, 2015, that Banks had died. The team did not provide any further details. Banks was 83. (AP Photo/File)

Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer, dies at 83

By Mike Fitzpatrick - Associated Press

A Houthi Shiite fighter wearing an army uniform chants slogans during a demonstration to show support for his comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the nation's president and Cabinet resigned. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen’s Shiite rebels growing in power amid Obama uncertainty on Iran, experts fear

By Guy Taylor - 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

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

TOM DELAY: In Obama’s speech, a conservative call to arms

By Tom DeLay

President Barack Obama eats shave ice with daughter Malia at Island Snow, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in Kailua, in Hawaii during the Obama family vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama lives in ignorance of Islamic threat

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican. (Screen grab from http://mikerogers.house.gov/) ** FILE **

Congress urges Obama administration to update Russia defense policy

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times