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National Edition News cover for February 9, 2015 - Obama downplays Islamic State threat, changes objective from 'destroy' to 'defeat': The latest video released by French-speaking Islamic state (ISIS), fighters may be Hayat Boumeddiene, who is believed to have knowledge about the deadly January 9, 2015 attack on a Paris kosher grocery,The video, titled "Blow Up France 2," was released Tuesday and shows an ISIS fighter praising previous attackers in France and calling for new attacks. The video shows a woman standing next to the speaker, wearing camouflage clothing and holding a weapon. French authorities are investigating the possibility this woman could be Hayat Boumeddiene. Her husband, Amedy Coulibaly, killed four hostages January 9 at a kosher grocery in Paris, authorities said. He was killed by police in a rescue and the remaining hostages fled to safety. Syria 04/02/2015/AY-COLLECTION_1735.01/Credit:AY-COLLECTION/SIPA/1502061738 (Sipa via AP Images)

REP. TOM ROONEY: Mr. President, stop making excuses for ISIS

By Rep. Tom Rooney

National Security Adviser Susan Rice speaks at the Brookings Institution to outline President Barack Obama&#8217;s foreign policy priorities, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Washington. President Barack Obama says the US must resist the urge to "overreach" abroad, as he outlined a new national security strategy Friday that is meant to serve as a blueprint for his final two years in office. The 29-page document hews closely to Obama's long-held views of America's role in the world and forecasts no major shifts in the military campaign against Islamic State militants or in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Beyond those immediate concerns, he also calls for an increased focus on boosting cybersecurity, combating climate change and promoting gay rights around the world. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Coherent U.S. strategy needed to defeat global jihad movement

By Fred Fleitz

In this image made from Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, video provided by Jordanian military via Roya TV, an air force pilot raises his arm as he taxis his jet at Mowafak Al-Salti airbase in Azraq, Jordan. The military carried out airstrikes on Islamic State weapons depots and training sites on Thursday and Friday. King Abdullah II has thrust Jordan to the center of the war against the Islamic State group with his pledge of relentless retaliation for the killing of one of his pilots. (AP Photo/Jordanian military via Roya TV)

Jordan to scale back Islamic State airstrike blitz within days

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

MQ-9 Reaper drone fires a missile. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama denied request from Jordan for Predator drones in Islamic State fight

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

King Abdullah II of Jordan is seen waiting before his meeting with Senate Appropriations members in the Capitol Building in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. King Abdullah had no comment to a video released online today purportedly showing a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State extremist group in Syria being burned to death by his captors following a weeklong drama over possible prisoner exchange. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jordan’s King Abdullah quotes Clint Eastwood to U.S. lawmakers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Jordanians chant slogans to show their support for the government against terror as they were waiting for Jordan's King Abdullah II, returning from the U.S., at Queen Alia Airport in Amman, Wednesday. King Abdullah II rushed home Wednesday, cutting short a U.S. trip, to rally public support for even tougher strikes against the Islamic State group after the militants released a video showing the captured Jordanian pilot being burned to death in a cage. (Associated Press)

Jordan pilot Islamic State execution video triggers Sunni outrage throughout Middle East

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

"The air campaign that's being waged over the skies of Syria remains incredibly — and, in some cases, even devastatingly — effective," said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House: Islamic State air coalition strong even without United Arab Emirates

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This Nov. 13, 2005, file photo made from television shows Iraqi Sajida al-Rishawi opening her jacket and showing an explosive belt as she confesses on Jordanian state-run television to her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al Qaeda. (AP Photo/Jordanian TV, File) ** FILE **

Jordan executes Sajida al-Rishawi and other al Qaeda prisoner after Islamic State kills pilot

By Karin Laub and Omar Akour - Associated Press

After death of Muath Al-Kaseasbeh, U.S. announces $1B plan for aid increase to Jordan

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Jordan responded to the Islamic State's burning execution of pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh by hanging at least two convicted terrorists at dawn Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Jordan executes two in retaliation for Islamic State burning of pilot Mutah al-Kaseasbeh

By Staff

This still image made from video released by Islamic State group militants and posted on the website of the SITE Intelligence Group on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, purportedly shows Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh standing in a cage just before being burned to death by his captors. The death of the 26-year-old pilot, who fell into the hands of the militants in December when his Jordanian F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, followed a weeklong drama over a possible prisoner exchange. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)

EDITORIAL: ISIS burns Muath al-Kaseasbeh, Obama continues to deny terror threat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Jordan responded to the Islamic State's burning execution of pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh by hanging at least two convicted terrorists at dawn Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Muath al-Kaseasbeh, Jordanian pilot, burned alive in ISIS video

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Vatican commission to oversee Catholic university in Jordan

Catholic News Agency

This image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, which monitors events in territory controlled by Islamic State militants with the permission of the extremist group, shows militants with a captured pilot, center right, wearing a white shirt in Raqqa, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. Islamic State group militants captured a Jordanian pilot, Mu'ath Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, after his warplane went down in Syria, Jordan said Wednesday, the first such capture since the international coalition's air campaign against the group began. The pilot's family confirmed that it is al-Kaseasbeh shown in the image. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

Jordan to Islamic State: Kill our pilot, Muath al-Kase, and we’ll execute all terror group prisoners

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Protesters chant "Free Goto" during a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's Official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Freelance journalist Kenji Goto was seized in late October in Syria, apparently while trying to rescue another hostage, Haruna Yukawa, who was captured by the militants last summer. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Islamic State group silent as deadline passes with no swap

By Elaine Kurtenbach and Karin Laub - Associated Press

A man comforts the wife of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, during a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Jordan on Wednesday offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group in a desperate attempt to save a Jordanian air force pilot the militants purportedly threatened to kill, along with a Japanese hostage. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Jordan to Islamic State: Need proof captive pilot is alive before any trade

By Karin Laub and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Jordan OKs prisoner swap with Islamic State: Convicted terrorist for air force pilot

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times