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A US Army window gunner holds his weapon on a helicopter carrying U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during his visit to American troops in eastern Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

U.S. off war footing at year’s end, but wars go on

By ROBERT BURNS and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Friends and relatives of Mu'ath Safi al-Kaseasbeh, a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group, gather in the town of Aey near Al Karak in southern Jordan, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Islamic State militants captured the Jordanian pilot after his warplane crashed in Syria while conducting airstrikes Wednesday, the first foreign military member to fall into the extremists' hands since an international coalition launched its bombing campaign against the group months ago. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Father of pilot captured by Islamic State pleads for release

By Omar Akour and Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq on July 5, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Islamic State group turning Christian churches into torture chambers: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 photo, Kurdish Peshmerga forces inspect a site marked in Kurdish with a sign reading, "Kurdish mass grave," in Hardan village in northern Iraq. A handful of Yazidis who fled this tiny northern Iraqi hamlet when Islamic State militants overran it in August have returned after Kurdish fighters drove out the extremists in recent days. They want to learn the fate of hundreds of missing relatives and neighbors and they fear they know where they are: Four mounds of freshly dug dirt in nearby fields they believe are graves. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett)

Iraq: Suicide attack kills 24 people near Baghdad

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, speaks with Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, at a military base in Ismailia, Egypt. Having secured victory in a referendum on a relatively liberal constitution that he championed, insiders say Egypt's military chief is turning his attention to the country’s overwhelming array of problems _ from health and education to government subsidies and investment. The revelations offer the latest indication that Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is planning a run for president, capping a stunning transformation for the 59-year-old who started in the infantry. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency, File) **FILE**

BRUCE FEIN: Stop U.S. democracy promotion abroad

By Bruce Fein

In this Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 photo, an identification card lies in the dirt in Hardan village in northern Iraq. A handful of Yazidis who fled this tiny northern Iraqi hamlet when Islamic State militants overran it in August have returned after Kurdish fighters drove out the extremists in recent days. They want to learn the fate of hundreds of missing relatives and neighbors and they fear they know where they are: Four mounds of freshly dug dirt in nearby fields they believe are graves. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett)

Grisly finds in Iraqi Yazidi village wrested from Islamic State militants

By Dalton Bennett - Associated Press

Islamic State abusing women, removing them from public life

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

An Iraqi soldier stand guard after a military operation to regain control of villages around the town of Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The commander of U.S. forces fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Army Lt. Gen. James Terry says the extremist group has been thrown on the defensive, because coalition airstrikes and other measures are taking a toll on IS ability to communicate. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Gen. James Terry: Training Iraqis for Islamic State fight will take ‘three years minimum’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group, slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. ISIS placed eighth on Google's list of 2014's fastest-rising global search requests, the company said Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo, File)

3 Islamic State leaders killed in airstrikes, say U.S. officials

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

While more Iraq and Afghanistan vets are surviving their injuries, more are losing their limbs in attacks. (Associated Press)

More than 1,000 troops have lost limbs in Iraq, Afghanistan: report

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) is unloaded from a C-5 Galaxy on Sept. 25, 2008 at an air base in Southwest Asia. (Image: U.S. Air Force)

Pentagon sending 250 MRAPs to Iraq at no charge for Islamic State fight

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, an oil pump works at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. The price of oil has fallen by nearly half in just six months, a surprising and steep plunge that has consumers cheering, producers howling and economists wringing their hands over whether this is a good or bad thing. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Why oil is down by half, what it means for you

By Jonathan Fahey - Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 6, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House intel chief: Threats rising, Obama failing in terror war

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Retired Marine Gen. John Allen during a November 2012 press conference (File/Associated Press).

U.S. ‘very closely’ monitoring worldwide spread of Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Udall, New Mexico Democrat. (Associated Press/Susan Montoya Bryan) **FILE**

Senate committee passes Islamic State military authorization

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House criticizes White House on Islamic State progress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times