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CAL THOMAS: Paris burning for failing to modernize radical Muslims

By Cal Thomas

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. Earnest said President Barack Obama would veto the Keystone pipeline legislation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House admits: We screwed up not sending higher-ranking officials to Paris

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel march in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Thousands of people began filling France&#8217;s iconic Republique plaza, and world leaders converged on Paris in a rally of defiance and sorrow on Sunday to honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed that left France on alert for more violence. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PETER MORICI: France must abandon pell-mell accommodation of Islamism

By Peter Morici

French President Francois Hollande, second from left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, join other dignitaries, heads of government and heads of state as they march during a rally in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. More than 40 world leaders, their arms linked, marched through Paris Sunday to rally for unity and freedom of expression and to honor 17 victims of three days of terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Obama stays home from Paris memorials

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Senate committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein's release of the 499-page 'torture report' seemed to have two prime motives. One was to reveal CIA interrogation methods that included waterboarding three al Qaeda chieftains, sleep deprivation, nudity and forced standing in shackles. The other was to dispel the argument from former CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, a fellow Democrat, and George W. Bush administration officials who said enhanced interrogations were critical to the hunt for Osama bin Laden. (Associated Press)

Dianne Feinstein: Terrorist sleeper cells are in the U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CHARLES ORTEL: President Obama is not prepared or inclined to avert the looming global meltdown

By Charles Ortel

President Barack Obama speaks about the France newspaper attack, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama says U.S. ‘grieves’ with France

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Security officers escort released hostages after they stormed a kosher market to end a hostage situation, Paris, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Explosions and gunshots were heard as police forces stormed a kosher grocery in Paris where a gunman was holding at least five people hostage. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

U.S. issues global travel warning after terror attacks

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

French Jews fleeing the country amid anti-Semitism fears

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

CLAUDE SALHANI: France weighs cost of terrorist appeasement following Charlie Hebdo attack

By Claude Salhani

People are evacuated outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a French satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing at least 11 people before escaping, police and a witness said. The weekly has previously drawn condemnation from Muslims. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Paris terror attack kills 12: ‘Prophet has been avenged’ heard at scene

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

An injured person is whisked from the scene of deadly shootings at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a Paris weekly. (Associated Press)

France on manhunt to find 2 missing gunmen responsible for Charlie Hebdo shooting

By Karine G. Barzegar and Jennifer Collins — Special to The Washington Times

A French flag flutters after being erected with flowers outside the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, Thursday, Jan.8, 2015, a day after masked gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper and killed 12 people. Protesters in some U.S. cities &#226;&#8364;&#8221; repeating the viral online slogan "Je Suis Charlie" or "I Am Charlie"; demonstrated against the deadly terror attack on a Paris newspaper office, joining thousands around the world who took to the streets to rally against the killings. (Inset) the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi in the newspaper attack. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French Islamist mini-states grow into problem out of government control

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A still from a home video shows gunmen firing their weapons outside the newspaper Charlie Hebdo's Paris office. (Associated Press)

Paris newspaper shooting exposes rift in Muslim-Europe relationships

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark Epiphany, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. The Epiphany day, is a joyous day for Catholics in which they recall the journey of the Three Kings, or Magi, to pay homage to Baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis: Charlie Hebdo Paris terror an ‘abominable’ attack on ‘peaceful coexistence’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Sadness swept a source of satiric laughter Wednesday after masked gunmen killed some nationally known cartoonists and writers at Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris. (Associated Press)

No religion safe from satire of Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, writers

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders in Milan, northern Italy. EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways and pinching some big European companies. But economic relief isn't likely any time soon, diplomats and analysts say: EU rules make the sanctions tough to overturn. France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are trying to set up talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, toward easing the tensions behind sanctions that have hit Russia's economy, sent the ruble sinking and affected corporate Europe _ including banks, oil companies, machinery makers and food giants. (AP Photo/Daniel Dal Zennaro, Pool, File)

Despite pressure, EU’s sanctions against Russia could last

By Jamey Keaten and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande, poses after addressing his New Year's wishes to the nation during a pre-recorded broadcast speech at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ian Langsdon, Pool)

EDITORIAL: Francois Hollande’s failing economic plan in France

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES