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Illustration on Obama's renewed military posturing by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: The president’s belated about-face on fighting terrorism

By Donald Lambro

In this undated file image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center, File)

2016 hopefuls weigh in on Obama’s strategy against Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement after a meeting with Gulf states and other Middle East countries in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Kerry's visit, on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, was aimed at pinning down Middle Eastern allies on what support they are willing to give to U.S. plans to beat back the Islamic State group, which has seized large chunks of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kerry: U.S. not at war with Islamic State group it plans to destroy

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama: Offensive against Islamic State ‘will be different’ from Iraq, Afghanistan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)

Islamic State militants organized, trained, financed, growing in numbers: U.S. intelligence

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this image made through a window of the Oval Office, President Barack Obama speaks on the phone to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah from his desk at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, ahead of his address to the nation tonight regarding Iraq and Islamic State group militants. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Ahead of prime-time address, Obama convenes national security team

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this image made through a window of the Oval Office, President Obama speaks on the phone to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah from his desk at the White House ahead of his address to the nation tonight regarding Iraq and Islamic State group militants. (Associated Press)

FEIN: Obama’s stupid war

By Bruce Fein

** FILE ** This undated file image posted on a militant website on Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Christians fleeing Islamic State need long-term aid, human rights experts says

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. arrives to speak with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, before joining other congressional leaders at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama. In advance of the crucial midterm elections, Reid has been criticizing special interest campaign spending as being undemocratic, with a special focus on the billionaire Koch brothers who have contributed large sums to conservative groups that are spending millions against Democratic senators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid tells GOP to tune out Dick Cheney

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former CIA director. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

HAYDEN: Obama moves to put boots on the ground in Iraq

By Mike Hayden

President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. In a major reversal, Obama ordered the United States into a broad military campaign to &#8220;degrade and ultimately destroy&#8221; militants in two volatile Middle East nations, authorizing airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, as well as an expansion of strikes in Iraq. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

A chastened Obama sounds an awful lot like an earlier Bush

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A French Air Force Rafale jet fighter. (Associated Press)

France willing to take part in Iraq airstrikes against Islamic State

Associated Press

New Iraqi prime minister meets with Kerry, pledges to stop militants

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, about the current state and future of American foreign policy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Dick Cheney’s re-emergence complicates Obama’s response to Islamic State threat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Text of Obama’s speech

By White House - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's war record is likely to give independents and even some Democrats pause at the thought of supporting her in 2016.

DEACE: On Islamic State: Why I’m not a non-interventionist and neither is Rand Paul

By Steve Deace

Over 6,000 school children assembled into a "living" American flag at Fort McHenry, all to celebrate the 200th anniversary of "The Star Spangled Banner" on Tuesday. (National Park Service)

Inside the Beltway: The president takes it to prime time

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In urging action to counter the Islamic State persecution of Middle Eastern Christians, Bechara Boutros Rai of Lebanon emphasizes that religious freedom is a universal right. (associated press)

World religious leaders urge unity in stopping Islamic State

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

An MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a mission over southern Afghanistan. Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday. (USAF via Associated Press)

Other nations back U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, oppose taking part themselves

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

PIPES: Welcome, Kurdistan

By Daniel Pipes