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Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Assad has broken chemical weapons agreement: Kerry

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts as he listens to his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Turkey. Kerry is in Ankara to press Turkey to join an international coalition against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Kerry to Senate: No ground troops against Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama salutes as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, in Washington. Obama traveled to the Fort McHenry historic site that is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore, and also attended a private Democratic fundraiser. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress demands Obama act to keep Islamic terrorists out of U.S.

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers a question on the administration strategy to combat the Islamic State group during the daily press briefing, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Despite Obama’s caution, spokesman says it’s war

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's fecklessness in war by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

ALLARD: Playing a president on TV

By Ken Allard

New Iraqi prime minister meets with Kerry, pledges to stop militants

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this image made from undated video obtained by The Associated Press, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man believed to be Peter Theo Curtis, a U.S. citizen held hostage by an al-Qaida linked group in Syria, delivers a statement. The U.S. government said on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 that Curtis, who had been held hostage for about two years, had been released. (AP Photo)

American hostage Peter Theo Curtis freed in Syria

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify about the Iran Nuclear Deal at a hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 10, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Kerry’s credibility questioned as fighting in Gaza rages

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Rabbi David Saperstein (left), nominated to become ambassador at large for international religious freedom at the State Department, and Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, during a news conference to announce the 2013 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. says millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

John Kerry: Millions displaced by religious fighting in 2013

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

A Palestinian man carries his father as he and others run to take cover during an Israeli air strike in Rafah on Wednesday. (Associated Press photographs)

Hamas rejects Kerry’s call for cease-fire; Fears grow others could join fight against Israel

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli during his funeral in Haifa, Israel. Sgt. Carmeli, of Texas, was killed in fighting on Sunday. (Associated Press)

U.S. scrambles as violence escalates in Israel-Hamas conflict

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smoke and fire of an explosion after an Israeli missile hits the Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza City.

Israel intensifies Gaza ground assault on conflict’s deadliest day yet

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sorrow: Ukrainian emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, located near the village of Hrabove. (Associated Press)

John Kerry: Growing evidence Russia-armed rebels that shot down plane

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, right, shakes hands for photographers with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Irbil on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The president of Iraq&#8217;s ethnic Kurdish region declared Tuesday that &#8220;we are facing a new reality and a new Iraq&#8221; as the country&#8217;s Shiite-led government considers new leadership as an immediate step to curb a Sunni insurgent rampage. The comments by Barzani came as he met with Kerry, who is pushing the central government in Baghdad to at least adopt new policies that would give more authorities to Iraq&#8217;s minority Sunnis and Kurds.(AP Photo/ Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Kerry pushes back against independent Kurdish state

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Members of an Iraqi volunteer force put on their newly issued boots in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has put on hold plans for a counteroffensive to retake Iraqi cities captured by Sunni insurgents in the north and west of the country, instead deploying elite forces in Baghdad to bolster its defenses. (Associated Press photographs)

Kurdish leader cites ‘new reality’ in Iraq, meets with Kerry

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

emissary: U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, left, met with U.S. Marines during his visit to the Baghdad Monday. Mr. Kerry told Iraqi leaders that any potential U.S. airstrikes in the country must specifically target ISIL to avoid Sunni civilian casualties. (associated press)

Pollster says Obama’s solution for Iraq must be all-inclusive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul unload their car at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (associated press)

Obama administration hints at alliance with Iran on Iraqi militants in policy reversal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Shiite tribal fighters carry a poster of Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as they raise their weapons chanting against the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/ Nabil Al-Jurani)

Pentagon, State Dept. at odds over coordinating with Iran on Iraq crisis

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Shiite Muslims venerate Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a man of influence in Iraq who is revered as well as by Shiites around the world. He is now 81 years old and has lived in seclusion for years. (Associated Press)

Top Shiite cleric calls on Iraqis to take up arms against Sunni militants

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian army Iskander missile launcher it's way down a road during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade. U.S. officials said the main INF violation has been multiple tests since 2008 of a new cruise missile identified as the R-500, which has a range of about 1,243 miles. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russia accused of major treaty breach

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times