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WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama’s Iraq legacy of promises unfulfilled

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

In its latest efforts, the terror group Islamic State is using social media to recruit jihadis to its self-styled paradise on earth, hoping to lure trained professionals like doctors and builders to improve the stateless group's infrastructure in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press)

Islamic State recruits Westerners with promise of Muslim utopia

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. bombers hold fire on Islamic State targets amid ground intelligence blackout

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, July 4, 2009. file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with his son, U.S. Army Capt. Beau Biden, at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Vice President Biden announced the death of son, Beau, from brain cancer. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool)

Beau Biden dies after brain cancer battle, vice president’s son was 46

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo released on May 20, 2015, provided by the Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Kurdish fighters of the YPG, flash victory signs as they sit on their pickup on their way to battle against the Islamic State, near Kezwan mountain, northeast Syria. In contrast to the failures of the Iraqi army, in Syria Kurdish fighters are on the march against the Islamic State group, capturing towns and villages in an oil-rich swath of the country's northeast in recent days, under the cover of U.S.-led airstrikes. (The Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units via AP)

Kurdish fighters in Syria on the march against IS militants

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama passes then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before delivering a policy address on events in the Middle East at the State Department in Washington on May 19, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Hillary Clinton-tied think tank bashes Obama’s ISIS war strategy

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 16, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rand Paul: Islamic State exists ‘because of the hawks in our party’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

ILAN BERMAN: No substitute for seriousness in Iraq

By Ilan Berman

President Obama introduces (from left) Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Adm. James A. Winnefeld, the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and Gen. Ray Odierno, the next Army chief of staff, during a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House in Washington on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

INTEL IMPOTENCE: Obama admin ‘surprised’ by fall of Mosul, had no contingency plans

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2015, file photo, Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters regain control of the northern neighborhoods, after overnight heavy clashes with Islamic State group militants, in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Iraqi forces fighting to retake Ramadi

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Local residents and Sunni tribal fighters welcome newly arriving Iraqi Shiite Hezbollah Brigade militiamen, brandishing their flag, who are joining the fight against Islamic State group militants in Khalidiya, 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

Iraq announces launch of operation to drive Islamic State from Anbar

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

President Barack Obama talks with the Joint Chiefs of Staff following a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama’s Islamic State strategy sparks doubt, resentment among Pentagon officials

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A woman who fled Ramadi holds a child in a camp in the town of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, Iraq, on Friday. (Associated Press)

Islamic State seizure of Ramadi has ex-troops frustrated with Iraqi forces, U.S. strategy

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Qassem Soleimani (AP, File)

Iraq, Iran push back on U.S. defense chief over Ramadi loss

By Sameer N. Yacoub and Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Vice President Joe Biden talks with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi during a session of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee, Thursday, April 16, 2015, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Joe Biden tries to smooth over tensions with Baghdad

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefi

By Gary Anderson

Looking ahead: Marine Tim Chamber and Army veteran Eric Cantu saluted during the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom on Sunday. Although the event has grown, the number of riders who fought in Vietnam is dwindling. (Associated Press)

Rolling Thunder: Vietnam veterans ride alongside those who served in Iraq, Afghanistan

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

"Airstrikes are effective, but neither they, nor really anything we do, can substitute for the Iraqi forces' will to fight. They're the ones who [need] that to beat ISIL and then keep them beaten," Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter: Iraqi forces showed ‘no will to fight’ in Ramadi

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This file photo released on Sunday, May 17, 2015, by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows the general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria. Members of the Islamic State group have captured the ancient town raising fears that the extremists will destroy its archaeological sites that have stood for two millennia. Palmyra, home to one of the Middle East's most famous UNESCO world heritage sites, was under full control of militants on Thursday after troops withdrew to nearby bases. (SANA via AP, File)

Syrian official: Islamic State militants in Palmyra’s museum

By ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Special forces operators told The Daily Beast that they are frustrated with a U.S. strategy for fighting the Islamic State group that keeps them largely on the sidelines. (Image: U.S. Navy, SWCC)

Special operators lament Islamic State strategy: ‘We are doing everything through cellphones’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times