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In this photo taken on June 15, 2015, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stands on the stage before announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, at Miami Dade College in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jeb Bush links Hillary Clinton to rise of Islamic State

By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, whose home base of New York has a large Jewish population, is the most prominent Democratic opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, and polls show many of his constituents agree with him. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Chuck Schumer braves Obama loyalists to reject Iran nuclear deal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama speaks Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

ABRAHAM H. MILLER: Obama rewrites history to sell Iran deal to American Jews

By Abraham H. Miller

An Iraqi woman grieves at the site of a deadly Friday night suicide car bombing at a busy market in Khan Beni Saad, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Islamic State executes 19 women for refusing to have sex with fighters

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/File)

U.S. should embed military advisers to fight Islamic State, think tank says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran on Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without firing any shots. (Associated Press)

Obama: Deal will ‘permanently’ prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

USS Theodore Roosevelt in Operation Inherent Resolve

USS Theodore Roosevelt in Operation Inherent Resolve

President Obama said the U.S. and its allies have made significant progress in halting the advance of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, through Iraq and Syria. Now, he wants the blessing of Congress to finish the job. (Associated Press)

BRUCE FEIN: Obama-neocons are useful idiots to al Qaeda, ISIS

By Bruce Fein

Illustration on post-Obama deal Iran's opportunity to splurge on more conventional weapons by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

THOMAS DEL BECCARO: Iran’s other victory

By Thomas G. Del Beccaro

Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

More U.S.-based jihadi terror cases in 2015 than in any year since 9/11: report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Jamal Abdel-Majeed Abdulkareem, acting director of Baghdad libraries and archives, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Baghdad National Library in Iraq in this Tuesday, July 28, 2015, file photo. The Islamic State militants "want history to reflect their own views instead of the way it actually happened," Abdulkareem said. "So when an area is liberated, we send them books to replenish whatever was stolen or destroyed, but also, so that Iraqis in this area have access to these materials so they can always feel proud of their rich history." (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Facing Islamic State threat, Iraq digitizes its national library

By Vivian Salama - Associated Press

A deadly attack on a Tunisian beach was just one of three from Europe to the Middle East on June 26 after an Islamic State call to violence. Some attacks by far-flung affiliates have targeted Westerners, while others are aimed at Shiite Muslims living in Sunni-majority nations. (Associated Press)

Islamic State attacks beyond Syria, Iraq prompt U.S. concern

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

Report: U.S.-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed 459 civilians

By VIVIAN SALAMA and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

A police officer patrols as Turkish police raid homes in the Haci Bayram neighborhood of the capital Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

U.S., Turkey aim for Islamic State-free zone in northern Syria

By Bassem Mroue and Julie Pace - Associated Press

Photo courtesy of Carmen Fowler LaBerge

W. SCOTT LAMB: Frank Wolf is right; Obama must recognize #ISIS=genocide

By W. Scott Lamb

Tim Constantine Late Edition July 27, 2015

Late Edition with Tim Constantine (July 27, 2015)

By Tim Constantine

About 1,000 Kurdish activists from Istanbul who arrived in response to a call for mass mobilization by the imprisoned leader of the PKK rebel group, Abdullah Ocalan, gather at the border near Suruc, Turkey, on Sept. 25, 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama denies gaining Turkey’s help in Islamic State fight means sacrificing Kurds

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said that had the U.S. military stayed in Iraq longer, the Islamic State situation might be under more control. (Associated Press)

U.S. troop withdrawal let Islamic State enter Iraq, military leaders say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter pauses as he speaks with media on a military aircraft after departing Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, en route Amman, Jordan. While in Jiddah Carter met with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and other Saudi officials. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Ashton Carter arrives in Iraqi capital on unannounced visit

By Robert Burns - Associated Press