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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. The U.S. and its allies are trying to hammer out a coalition to push back the Islamic State group in Iraq. But any serious attempt to destroy the militants or even seriously degrade their capabilities means targeting their infrastructure in Syria. That, however, is far more complicated. If it launches airstrikes against the group in Syria, the U.S. runs the risk of unintentionally strengthening the hand of President Bashar Assad, whose removal the West has actively sought the past three years. Uprooting the Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in both Syria and Iraq, would potentially open the way for the Syrian army to fill the vacuum. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama to reveal Islamic State strategy in prime-time address

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the Angelus prayer, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope walks back Vatican’s endorsement of Iraq strikes

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

$Breitling Energy CEO Chris Faulkner downplays the dangers of fracking brought forth by environmentalists. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)$

U.S. oil surplus eases prices in global crises

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks about the militant group al-Shabab in Somalia, during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Earnest also spoke about reports that a video on the internet that purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama invites Congress in for Islamic State talks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Adam Schiff, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Rep. Adam Schiff: Obama needs Congress authorization for attacks on Islamic State

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Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, is hammering out a legislative proposal to authorize U.S. military strikes on Islamic State targets within Syria. (associated press)

Pressure on Obama to select, implement Islamic State plan

By Jacqueline Klimas and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Syrians inspect the rubble of a damaged house following a Syrian government airstrike in the city of Raqqa. In order to assist with uprooting the Islamic State, President Obama may need to up U.S. airstrikes and target specifically the terror group's leaders. (associated press)

Islamic State leaders to be targeted in new U.S. strategy against terrorists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Friday, June 27, 2014, file photo, Saudi King Abdullah speaks before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at his private residence in the Red Sea city of in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)

Saudi Arabia launches northern border fence project

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Iraqi Christian families, of those who fled from Mosul, Iraq, and other nearby towns, gather at a building of a social club in Ainkawa, a suburb of Irbil with a majority Christian population, Iraq, Thursday, June 26, 2014. Hundreds of Iraqi villagers fleeing advances by Sunni militants crowded at a checkpoint on the edge of the country's Kurdish-controlled territory Thursday seeking shelter in the relative safety of the self-rule region, as Britain's top diplomat arrived in Baghdad to urge the country's leaders to unite against the insurgent threat. (AP Photo)

Iraqi Christians in U.S. lament ‘slow-motion genocide’ engineered by Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

"I think you make the changes that you can, and you lay the groundwork and hopefully win the presidential election next time. Then I think we'll be in much better shape," said Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican, looking ahead to the 2016 presidential contest. (Associated Press)

Rep. Tom Cole: ISIS galvanizing anti-terror coalition

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron as NATO leaders meet regarding Afghanistan at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. From left are, Secretary of State John Kerry, the president, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kerry, Hagel urge coalition against Islamic State

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Both President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) have stepped up their rhetoric on the Islamic State group this week, and are hoping to rally international support for defeating the terrorist organization while attending the NATO summit. (Associated Press)

At NATO summit, U.S. and Britain eye international backing in Islamic State fight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Kilroy was here (not) Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

FEIN: Necons’ U.S. foreign-policy delusions

By Bruce Fein

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 30, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - This Aug. 5, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as he is introduced to speak during a meeting with local Republicans in Hiawatha, Iowa. One set of elections ends in early November as another begins when presidential hopefuls cross the unofficial starting line in the 2016 race for the White House. With control of the Senate at stake, the months leading up to the mid-term elections offer a clearer window on a crowd of potential presidential candidates already jockeying for position from Nevada to New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Rand Paul: ‘I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This image made from a video posted on a militant website purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. His group has allegedly beheaded a second American journalist on camera. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

Islamic State’s top aide to al-Baghdadi killed in Mosul airstrike, Iraqi military reports

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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James Gilmore calls on Republicans to reject isolationist foreign policy

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the Bank of Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Obama is in Estonia for a one day visit where he will meet with Baltic State leaders before heading to the NATO Summit in Wales. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama vows to ‘degrade and destroy’ Islamic State after Sotloff beheading

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times