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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has not said whether she supports the decision of her former boss, President Obama, to send more U.S. military troops to train and advise Iraqi soldiers. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton silent on Iraq troops; Obama ties conflict with Islamic State fight

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Daily Briefing June 11, 2015

Exclusive Washington Times Daily Briefing (June 11, 2015)

Daily Briefing June 10, 2015

Exclusive Washington Times Daily Briefing (June 10, 2015)

Hillary Rodham Clinton's comparing Russian's Vladimir Putin to Hitler worries both GOP and Democrat critics. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s hawkish position on Russia troubling to right and left

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

BRUCE FEIN: Rand Paul is right: Neocons created ISIS

By Bruce Fein

In this picture taken Monday, June 8, 2015, mourners carry the flag-draped coffins at the Shaheed or Martyrs monument, during a symbolic funeral for Iraqi soldiers killed by Islamic State group militants when they overran Camp Speicher military base in June 2014, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

ISIS threat: A look into the religious minorities of Iraq

By Massarah Mikati - Deseret News

President Barack Obama speaks at the Catholic Hospital Association Conference about healthcare reform, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama plan could send 1,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Islamic State fighters left a path of death and destruction as they blazed their way through northern Iraq last year and captured two key Sunni-dominated cities. Some analysts predict they will try to make further incursions during Ramadan, including in Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Islamic State keeps firm grip one year after Mosul’s fall

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama pauses as he participates in a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during the G-7 summit in Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama admits: We don’t have a complete strategy to fight Islamic State

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iraqi parliament speaker, Salim al-Jabouri, a Sunni, speaks about the Friday attack on the Musab bin Omair Mosque, which killed more than 60 people and escalated sectarian tensions, during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Al-Jabouri said an investigation is underway into the attack on the Sunni mosque in Imam Wais village, northeast of Baghdad. If the attack proves to have been carried out by Shiite militiamen it would deal a major blow to prime minister-designate Haider al-Abadi efforts to reach out to the country's Sunni minority, whose grievances are seen as fueling the Islamic State insurgency. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq eyes formation of National Guard to fight Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ashton Carter’s candor on national security matters creates headaches for Obama

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

This Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter conducts an approach on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, 40 miles off San Diego, Calif. The Navy has completed the first two landings of F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, a milestone for the new plane. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Andy Wolfe)

Air Force, Navy restocked with planes, missiles as Congress counters U.S. air power decline

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Rand Paul, GOP back arming Kurds against Islamic State

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

While U.S. forces have conducted over 7,000 sorties over Iraq and Syria in 2015, only 25 percent had at least one "weapons release" upon Islamic State ground positions. (Associated Press)

U.S. general says air war against IS forces has been effective

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Dec. 2, 1998, file photo, former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz stands to attention as the Iraqi national anthem is played at a conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Officials say Aziz has died in a hospital in southern Iraq on Friday, June 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Tariq Aziz, top aide to Saddam Hussein, dies at age 79

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Islamic State group members hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Petraeus: U.S. ‘probably losing’ right now in fight against Islamic State

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

John Boehner: U.S. ‘losing ground’ to terrorists

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Bombing Run Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ANGELO CODEVILLA: Islamic State is America’s business; Middle East rulers are not

By Angelo M. Codevilla