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Lieberman: Obama lacks coherent anti-terror plan

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Iraqis examine the aftermath of a bombing in Baghdad. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq accuses Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of fomenting sectarian violence to limit the electoral voices of Sunnis in upcoming elections and criticized the Obama administration for failing to do more for a country "destroyed" by the U.S. (Associated Press)

Iraqi deputy prime minister blames U.S., al-Maliki for rising violence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 28. 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama stands in the East Room of the White House in Washington with, from left: Vice President Joe Biden and outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GAFFNEY: Why didn’t Gates sound the alarm sooner?

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

**FILE** White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, where he discussed topics including former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' book and press access at the White House. (Associated Press)

White House pushes back against Gates allegations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces stand guard at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Two separate car bomb explosions targeted Sunday morning commuters in Baghdad, killing more than a dozen civilians, officials said, amid an ongoing standoff between Iraqi forces and al-Qaida-linked militants west of the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Car bomb kills 6 civilians in Iraq during U.N. chief visit

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. The U.N. chief expressed deep concerns Monday over the deteriorating security situation in Iraq as an unprecedented standoff is underway between Iraqi troops and al-Qaida-linked militants in western Anbar province.(AP Photo/Ahmed Saadi, Pool)

Attacks kill 26 in Iraq during UN chief’s visit

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMEER N. YACOUB - Associated Press

Afghan police officers watch the site of a Taliban attack last year against NATO supply trucks near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. After more than 13 years of American bloodshed and treasure, the U.S. military will leave national security in the hands of Afghans. (Associated Press)

Chaos in Iraq could be omen for Afghanistan without U.S. troops

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens pray over the coffins wrapped by Syrian flags for the victims who were killed Thursday by a car bomb, during their funeral processions, at al-Kaffat village in the central Hama province, Syria, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. Rebel-on-rebel fighting between an al-Qaida-linked group and an array of more moderate and ultraconservative Islamists has killed nearly 500 people over the past week in northern Syria, an activist group said Friday, in the most serious bout of violence among opponents of President Bashar Assad since the civil war began. (AP Photo/SANA)

Nearly 500 dead in Syria rebel clashes: Activists

By Ryan Lucas - Associated Press

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain: ISIS threatens our homefront. (Associated Press)

McCain, Graham call for more U.S. leadership in Iraq

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaking out: Lukman Faily, Iraqi ambassador to the United States, says the Obama administration is not as engaged in his country's future as was the Bush administration, but adds that sectarian divisions are not about to erupt into civil war. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Iraqi diplomat wants Obama engagement in al Qaeda crisis

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 15, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies regarding the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gates asserts in a new memoir that President Barack Obama grew frustrated with U.S. policy in Afghanistan and that Vice President Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every foreign policy and national security issue. He also accuses members of Congress of inquisition-like treatment of administration officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Gates says Obama, Clinton played politics with Iraq war

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 18, 2013 file photo shows Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Odierno, who led U.S. forces in Iraq through some of the most deadly years of the war says he opposes sending U.S. combat troops back to Iraq in response to the recent gains there by Islamic militants. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Army chief opposes sending US troops back to Iraq

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian rebel groups battled one another Monday for control of a provincial capital, part of a vicious round of score settling targeting an al-Qaida affiliate that gained stature fighting President Bashar Assad but alienated many by imposing strict Islamic law. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

First batch of chemical weapons taken out of Syria

By Diaa Hadid and Mike Corder - Associated Press