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President Barack Obama talks about his administration's response to a growing insurgency foothold in Iraq, Friday, June 13, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, prior to boarding the Marine One Helicopter for Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto North Dakota and California. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: No combat troops in Iraq; ‘We can’t do it for them’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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**

EDITORIAL: Iraq crumbles on Obama’s watch

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this May 30, 2014, file photo, President Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington following his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Obama, amid terrorist storm of Iraq: ‘The world is less violent’ than ever

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Shiite Muslims venerate Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a man of influence in Iraq who is revered as well as by Shiites around the world. He is now 81 years old and has lived in seclusion for years. (Associated Press)

Top Shiite cleric calls on Iraqis to take up arms against Sunni militants

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama answers questions on violence in Iraq during his meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Thursday, June 12, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama considers more aid to Iraq in fight against jihadis

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2008, file photo shows Iranian basij paramilitary volunteers, affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guard, attending a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard deploys to Iraq to stop Sunni terror group

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Illustration on Hillary Clinton's wrong position on terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BRUCE: Iraq, the Taliban 5 and Hillary Clinton

By Tammy Bruce

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**

Senior official on briefing on terror group in Iraq, Syria: ‘It makes you want to kill yourself’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Iraqi federal policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Desperate Iraq asks for U.S. airstrikes, as U.S. prepares to empty embassy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s neglect emboldens enemy in Iraq

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is pursued by reporters as he walks from his office through the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, the morning after the stunning political defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., by a tea party challenger in the Virginia primary. In a statement, Speaker John Boehner praised Cantor as "a good friend and a great leader, and someone I've come to rely upon on a daily basis." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama ‘naps’ amid Iraq crisis, says John Boehner

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Al-Baghdadi, a brutal contender for bin Laden’s mantle, emerges in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 10, 2014 file photo, refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida breakaway group, on Monday and Tuesday took over much of Mosul in Iraq and then swept into the city of Tikrit further south. An estimated half a million residents fled the economically important city. (AP Photo, File)

Tikrit falls to al-Qaeda-inspired militants: Iraqi city’s security forces abandon posts

Associated Press

REFUGEES: Iraqis fleeing Mosul arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad following an al Qaeda breakaway group's takeover of their home city. An estimated half a million fled Iraq's second-largest city. (associated press)

Gains by al Qaeda group in Iraq spark fears of a decade’s progress lost

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, has raised concerns about the U.S.' ability to conduct large-scale reconstruction efforts. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers fear a re-run of Iraq in Afghan aid effort

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Sunni military leader of The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria inspects a stolen U.S. military Humvee. (Image: Twitter, Jenan Moussa of Al Aan TV)

American-made military Humvees stolen by al Qaeda offshoot, headed for Syria

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This Sunday June 1, 2014 US Navy photo shows sailors, Coast Guardsmen and coaches in the 2014 Wounded Warrior Team Navy Trials hone their court-skills during a practice session in the Q-80 Sports Complex on board Naval Station Norfolk. Wounded Warrior athletes began arriving in Norfolk on Friday and have until Tuesday evening to work on their individual events before the games begin on June 4. The Navy Trials are a precursor to the Warrior Games, an annual event athletic competition hosted by the U.S. Olympic Committee that brings together more than 200 wounded warriors from all branches of military service. Forty Sailors will compete on Team Navy in Colorado Springs later this year. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Capt. Jane Campbell)

Wounded Warriors try out to represent Navy

By BROCK VERGAKIS - Associated Press

FILE - This January 19, 2014, file photo provided by Aleppo Media Center (AMC), an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens inspecting an unexploded barrel bomb filled with explosives, which was dropped from a Syrian forces helicopter on a street in Aleppo, Syria. The use of barrel bombs has spread this year from Syria to Iraq, raising concerns that desperate governments in a number of unstable nations from Europe to Africa to the Middle East will turn to weapons that the international community has condemned as a violation of human rights laws. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC, File)

Increased use of barrel bombs in Mideast, Africa

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press