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Displaced Iraqis from Ramadi rest gather at the Bzebiz bridge after spending the night walking towards Baghdad, as they flee their hometown, 65 km west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 16, 2015. Islamic State militants seized the center of Ramadi in western Iraq and raised their black flag over the government compound, local officials said. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Joe Biden promises Iraq heavy weapons after Islamic State takes most of Ramadi

Associated Press

Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)

Islamic State supporter in Texas arrested

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2006 file photo, then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a benefit gala for the Clinton Foundation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Millions of dollars in foreign money sloshing around a presidential candidate, even in the name of helping the world&#8217;s poor, is bound to spill over into controversy. Doubly so when it comes to the Clintons, America&#8217;s two-for-the-price-of-one political family. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

HILLARY: I voted for the Iraq war before I opposed it

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. The deaths of an Italian and an American in a covert CIA drone strike in Pakistan have breathed new urgency into a long-stalled plan to give the Pentagon primacy over targeted killing of terrorists overseas. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

China to sell Jordan missile-firing drones after Obama says no to helping ally

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The legacies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush loom large over the campaigns of HIllary Clinton and Jeb Bush. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush take opposite tacks on family legacies, and neither is working

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 29,2015 file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Houston. He spoke in a language most Republican presidential primary voters do not understand. &#8220;You are part of the new wave of hope for this country,&#8221; Jeb Bush said in fluent Spanish to the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference this week. Switching to English, he said the U.S. needs immigrants for the country &#8220;to become young and dynamic again.&#8221; (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Republicans bash Bush (Jeb) on Iraq War

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush listens to his introduction before giving the commencement address at Liberty University in Williams Stadium at the school in Lynchburg, Va., Saturday, May 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Jeb Bush tries to clarify Iraq comments

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Nineveh provincial governor Atheel al-Nujaifi said the U.S. will need to share military weaponry with Iraq's Sunni and Kurdish forces to help rout the Islamic State terror group. (Associated Press)

U.S. must alter arms flow to retake Mosul from Islamic State, Sunni lawmaker warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A woman lights a candle among pictures of slain Iraqi Christians at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Muslim militants took 120 hostages at the church on Oct. 31 in a siege that left 68 dead. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi Christians have lost everything — except their faith, nun tells Congress

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Freedom Summit, Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Ted Cruz: ‘Of course’ invading Iraq was a mistake

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this image released by the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Kurdish peshmerga forces prepare for battle against the Islamic State group, south of the Mosul Dam, in Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Kurdish Regional Security Council said Wednesday that Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched a new offensive to secure areas southeast and southwest of the dam. (AP Photo/Kurdistan Region Security Council)

Divisions among Kurdish factions fighting militants seen as increasing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People observe ancient artifacts at the Iraqi National Museum after its reopening in the wake of the recent destruction of Assyrian archaeological sites by the Islamic State group in Mosul, as they visit the museum in Baghdad in this Sunday, March 15, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Iraq says Islamic State demolishes ruins to cover up looting operations

By Paul Schemm - Associated Press

In this photo taken April 28, 2015, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in San Juan, Puerto Rico. When Hillary Rodham Clinton takes the stage at fundraisers thrown by a group that wants to elect her president, she&#8217;s not a White House candidate. She&#8217;s a &#8220;special guest.&#8221; When Jeb Bush fundraises for a group preparing to run major parts of his all-but-certain presidential campaign, he doesn&#8217;t personally ask for money. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

EDITORIAL: Jeb Bush holds ground on Common Core, immigration

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

One challenge that Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford will face this fall as the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman will be the social changes sweeping the armed forces. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Joseph Dunford, new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, to make call on women in combat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Civilians and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Karrada neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Iraq prison break: 40 inmates escape, 36 killed in Diyala province

Associated Press

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani, left, is escorted into West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, where he is scheduled to meet with Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Iraqi Kurdish chief hopes to sidestep region’s clash with Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani (Associated Press) **FILE**

Masoud Barzani: Kurds will one day declare independence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr. listens as President Barack Obama announces that he will nominate Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama chose the widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014 to succeed Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Joseph F. Dunford nominated as Joint Chiefs chairman

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this April 24, 2014 photo, Matthew Zedwick stands at Tapiola Park in Astoria, Ore. Tapiola Park received a nearly $4,000 grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1972 for park improvements. Zedwick and five other veterans with the Vet Voice Foundation took a trip to Washington D.C. in April to meet with Oregon senators to discuss reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund. (Joshua Bessex/Daily Astorian via AP)

Oregon veteran on a mission to save outdoor spaces

By Kyle Spurr - Associated Press