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Back when military conflicts had names, U.S. Army troops in Afghanistan in December 2009 carry out Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force)

Inside the Beltway: War with ISIS has no name

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on the reality that not all the world's peoples share our "values" by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MAY: The truth about diversity

By Clifford D. May

President Barack Obama listens as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Nov. 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

LAMBRO: Fearing the ‘Obama factor’ in midterms

By Donald Lambro

Moderator Hoppy Kercheval, center, watches Democratic hopeful Natalie Tennant, right, and U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., during a debate for the U.S. Senate seat at the Clay Center in Charleston W.Va. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)

Tennant, Capito trade blows in W.Va. Senate debate

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky Democrat, who is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, on Monday unveiled a social-media campaign dubbed "#AlisonCares." It plays off Mrs. Grimes' stump speech, in which she declares, "Mitch McConnell doesn't care. I do!" (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama on the ballot, to Democrats’ chagrin

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the Global Health Security Agenda Summit, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president said that in an interconnected world, outbreaks of deadly viruses like Ebola have the potential to affect every nation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

CASHILL: Ebola crisis puts Obama’s credibility to the test

By Jack Cashill

In this June 27, 2014 photo, cosmetologist Cindi Root finishes up styling resident Edith Lee's hair at Golden Good Shepherd Home in Golden, Ill. The nursing and rehabilitation home is getting a four-room addition, plus a beauty shop and a spa. The 42-bed home generally stays full and has a waiting list, making it difficult to serve people who counted on making Good Shepherd their home. (AP Photo/The Quincy Herald-Whig, Steve Bohnstedt)

Medicare to improve nursing home ratings

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on the dangers of president Obama's ideological filter distorting world events by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BOLTON: Viewing the world through the wrong end of the telescope

By John R. Bolton

President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Obama dedicates memorial honoring wounded veterans

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

Karl Rove was deputy chief of staff in George W. Bush's White House. (Associated Press/File)

PHILLIPS: How the Republicans crush the Democrats

By Judson Phillips

A hazardous material cleaner arrives at the apartment complex in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas stayed last week. The crew is expected to remove items including towels and bed sheets used by Duncan, who is being treated at an isolation unit at a Dallas hospital. The family living there has been confined under armed guard while being monitored by health officials. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Obama administration attempts to quell fears about Ebola

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Feb. 13, 2013, file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during his last news conference as defense secretary at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Panetta: Obama vacillated on Syria

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Hong Kong becomes a fresh foreign policy puzzle for Obama

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

David H. Petraeus, former Army general and head of the Central Intelligence Agency, speaks at the annual dinner for veterans and ROTC students at the University of Southern California, in downtown Los Angeles on March 26, 2013. It marked Petraeus' first public remarks since he retired as head of the CIA after an extramarital affair scandal (Associated Press) **FILE**

Petraeus: Decision on troops in Iraq likely a matter of numbers

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama administration violation of Fina Oil and Gas Co.'s property rights by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PENDLEY: Making a federal case over property rights

By William Perry Pendley

Illustration on a new attorney general as defender of the Constitution by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RUBIO: Wanted: An attorney general committed to the Constitution

By Marco Rubio

Reps. Elijah Cummings (left), Maryland Democrat, and Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, talk Sept. 30 before Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, former Secret Service Director W. Ralph Basham and former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Todd Keil testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill about a recent White House perimeter breach. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Two senior lawmakers want Secret Service chief out

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press