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Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the second day of the State Department's 'Our Ocean' conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. President Barack Obama is looking to create the largest marine preserve in the world by protecting a massive stretch of the Pacific Ocean from drilling, fishing and other actions that could threaten wildlife, the White House said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John Kerry speaks of ‘vital security’ of climate change use rules for ocean

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This file image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leading away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. Iraq&#8217;s military has been deeply shaken by their humiliating collapse in the face of an onslaught by Islamic militants the past two weeks. Officers talk of hardly being able to live with the shame. Commanders are under investigation for abandoning their posts. The impact is hurting efforts to rally the armed forces to fight back, with Shiite militiamen filling the void. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

ISIL moving seized U.S. military vehicles to Syria: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (associated press)

5,000 Iranians volunteer to defend Iraq holy sites from ISIL militants

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Illustration on Islamist plans for world domination by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

MAY: Years of living dangerously

By Clifford D. May

As he walks to a closed-door security briefing, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., comments on the creation of a secret “Cuban Twitter&quot; — a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, Thursday, April 3, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration project, which lasted more than two years and drew tens of thousands of subscribers, sought to evade Cuba's stranglehold on the Internet with a primitive social media platform. First, the network would build a Cuban audience, mostly young people; then, the plan was to push them toward dissent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Say no to Iran helping in Iraq, Sen. Menendez pleads with White House

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican Congressman John Shimkus said that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) weren't part of a terrorist cell but an army. (Associated Press)

Congressman: ISIS isn’t just a small terrorist cell — ‘it’s the al Qaeda army’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry "should be on a plane right now for Baghdad" as Iraq's government struggles to defend the capital from ISIS militants. (CBS News)

Former U.S. ambassador to Iraq: Kerry ‘should be on a plane right now for Baghdad’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Volunteers train at a military base in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, on Tuesday after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. Signs emerged of a reprisal of a sectarian slaughter in Iraq. Police said pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen detainees after insurgents tried to storm a prison northeast of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites take a stand against Sunni extremists heading for Baghdad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) fundraiser gala in Gotham Hall, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in New York. The fundraiser comes a day after the White House announced plans for Obama to sign an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Inside the Beltway: ‘Time for Obama to be president’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat (AP Photo)

Rep. Steny Hoyer: Congress ‘certainly’ should consider airstrikes in Iraq

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Associated Press) **FILE**

Former Rep. Ron Paul warns about getting more involved in Iraq

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration on shale oil resources by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

TRIPLETT: Fighting oil uncertainty with shale

By William C. Triplett II

** FILE ** Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. (Associated Press)

DEACE: Our war in Iraq will be won by Iran

By Steve Deace

Fighters from the jihadist rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham march in Raqqa, Syria, from an undated photo released on a jihadist website Jan. 14, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

HUSAIN: United States, Iran and Iraq may team up to strike critical blow to ISIS

By Rahat Husain

** FILE ** This June 13, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation, a White House official said Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

HOLMES: When war-weariness leads to more war

By Kim R. Holmes

** FILE ** This June 13, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation, a White House official said Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama sending 275 U.S. troops to Iraq to protect embassy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Shiite tribal fighters carry a poster of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as they raise their weapons chanting against the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/ Nabil Al-Jurani)

Pentagon, State Dept. at odds over coordinating with Iran on Iraq crisis

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. With Baghdad threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, the State Department is reinforcing security at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's capital _ and sending some personnel out of town. Kerry made calls to foreign ministers in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss the threat and the need for Iraqi leaders to work together. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

U.S. open to working with Iran to stop Iraqi militants: John Kerry

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times