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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

Afghan special forces hold their weapons after a gunbattle with insurgents near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Report: 40% of weapons sent to Afghanistan are unaccounted for

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: End targeting of Ahmadis in Pakistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Relatives and mourners of Shiite pilgrims who were killed on Tuesday by a bomb blast, protest sitting next to their bodies, in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Shiite Muslims in Baluchistan protested Wednesday in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan, demanding action to stop the continued violence against their sect; they brought the coffins of many of the dead into the streets as part of their protest. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

HUSAIN: Counting violent Muslim deaths by country in 2014

By Rahat Husain

A New York City taxi driver was found guilty of arranging for two "honor killings" in Pakistan after several people helped his daughter escape an arranged marriage against his will. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Brooklyn cabbie found guilty of arranging Pakistan ‘honor killings’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich on Oct. 10, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Sentencing due for man who tried to aid al Qaeda

By Matt Hamilton - Associated Press

Illustration on the importance of radar missile defense systems by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GEDRICH: Countering the growing ballistic-missile threat

By Fred Gedrich

BOOK REVIEW: ‘I Am Malala’

By Michael Taube - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pakistan military chief quietly meets with Pentagon brass to smooth relations

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A U.S. Navy BQM-74E drone launches from the flight deck of the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) during a live fire exercise Sept. 21, 2012, in the Caribbean Sea as part of Unitas Atlantic phase 53-12. Unitas, Latin for "unity," is an annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, multinational naval exercise designed to enhance security cooperation and improve coalition operations between South American and U.S. maritime forces. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Phillips, U.S. Navy/Released)

U.S. drones take out 4 in terrorist hot zone of Pakistan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 28, 2014, file photo, Gen. Joseph Dunford, points during a news conference at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said the U.S. has increased its surveillance over the Afghan-Pakistani border, as Pakistan pounds a militant stronghold with airstrikes. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

General: U.S. hikes surveillance on Pakistan border

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Illustration on Hillary Clinton's wrong position on terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BRUCE: Iraq, the Taliban 5 and Hillary Clinton

By Tammy Bruce

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People comfort a family member of a security officer killed in late Sunday's attack at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 9, 2014. The Pakistani Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for a brazen five-hour assault on the country's busiest airport that saw gunmen disguised as police guards storm the international terminal in Karachi, set off explosions and killing over a dozen of people. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Karachi attackers aimed to hijack planes; passengers felt ‘like sitting ducks’

The Washington Times

Pakistani commandos get ready to enter Karachi airport terminal following attacks by unknown gunmen on Sunday night, June 8, 2014, in Pakistan. Gunmen stormed an airport terminal used for VIPs and cargo in Pakistan's largest city on Sunday night, killing and wounding scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Gunmen kill 13 people at airport in Karachi, Pakistan

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A Pakistani Taliban militant holds a rocket-propelled grenade in the tribal region of Waziristan, Pakistan, a stronghold of the Haqqani network. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Top intelligence official claims: Obama admin. just funded terror network ‘for the next ten years’

By Lachlan Markay — The Washington Free Beacon

Leader: Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son control 10,000 fighters, training bases and religious schools for children in Pakistan. Haqqani militants who cross into Afghanistan are responsible for many of the brutal killings of Americans. (Associated Press)

Haqqani Network, Pakistan terror group, grows into worst enemy for U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times