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Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby arrives for a briefing at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The Pentagon says the leader of the Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group was the target of U.S. military airstrikes that struck an encampment and a vehicle Monday night. Kirby said the results of the strike are being assessed and he can't confirm if Somali Ahmed Abdi Godane, the rebel leader, was hit. He says the strike against Godane was conducted by special operations forces with manned and unmanned aircraft firing hellfire missiles and precision-guided munitions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. to train 5,000 Syrian rebels to fight militants

By Maggie Ybarra - 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

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, as they observe a moment of silence to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama, first lady, Biden observe 9/11 anniversary

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean, April 24, 2013. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released) ** FILE **

U.S. airstrikes in Iraq destroyed 162 Islamic State vehicles: Pentagon

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

A U.S. soldier takes part in an exercise called "Saber Junction" at the military area in Hohenfels near Regensburg, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Saber Junction 14 is a U.S. Army Europe led, U.S. European Command directed, multinational, multiservice exercise that involves more than 5,800 personnel from 17 European countries. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ** FILE **

First of additional 475 U.S. troops to depart for Iraq on Saturday

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

This image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)

Islamic State militants organized, trained, financed, growing in numbers: U.S. intelligence

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Syrians inspect the rubble of a damaged house following a Syrian government airstrike in the city of Raqqa. In order to assist with uprooting the Islamic State, President Obama may need to up U.S. airstrikes and target specifically the terror group's leaders. (associated press)

Islamic State leaders to be targeted in new U.S. strategy against terrorists

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Pentagon confirms death of Somalia terror leader

Associated Press

An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. (Associated Press)

Additional U.S. troops begin arriving in Iraq

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Ukrainian troops evacuated from the rebel-held town of Starobesheve, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Ukrainian government forces have succumbed to a sequence of military failures and seen their holdings in the conflict-ridden east shrink in recent days as Russian-backed rebels continue their fast-paced offensive. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

US ground troops to train in Ukraine next week

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Rockets propelled by RD-180 engines transport U.S. national security satellites to space. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. military dependence on Russian rocket engines raises security concerns

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 1, 2009, file photo, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grayson is denying he battered his estranged wife and says a video confirms his account. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

EDITORIAL: Militarizing law enforcement

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE- In this Feb.17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 kilometers (12 miles) south of Mogadishu, Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Pentagon working to confirm intended target among 6 militants killed in Somalia

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014 and provided by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, African Union (AU) soldiers from Uganda rest in the town of Kurtunwarey in Somalia. Somali government and AU troops have been engaging al-Shabab militants as part of their military offensive dubbed "Indian Ocean" aiming to oust al-Shabab from its last major hideouts in the southern parts of the Horn of Africa nation. (AP Photo/AMISOM, Tobin Jones)

US military targets extremists in Somalia

Associated Press

An F/A-18C Hornet coming from Iraq lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 in the Persian Gulf. Aircrafts aboard the George H.W. Bush are flying missions over Iraq after U.S. President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against Islamic militants and food drops for Iraqis trapped by the fighters. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Pentagon: Iraq operations cost $560 million so far

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

A SWAT team unloads from armored vehicles as they go door to door while searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Police saddled with unwanted equipment amid militarization scrutiny

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Three B-2 bombers completed a tour of duty in Guam this week, as tensions remained high between the U.S. and China. (Department of Defense via Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: B-2 bombers’ ‘messages’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the Army shows Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr. Harrison, a two-star Army general faulted for failing to properly investigate sexual assault and other accusations against a colonel on his staff will be retired at one-star rank, the Army announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Chip Steitz)

Army demotes 2-star for failing to properly investigate sexual assault charges

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 12, 2013, file photo, a U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet jet flies low pass during Philippines-U.S. joint military exercise in northern Philippines. President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. Obama said American military planes already had carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities surrounded by militants and desperately in need of food and water. The Pentagon said the airdrops were performed by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft that together delivered a total of 72 bundles of food and water. They were escorted by two F/A-18 fighters. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

A war by any other name? U.S. military action in Iraq still lacks a moniker

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon taxies along the runway before it takes off from Perth Airport on route to rejoin the on-going search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Planes and ships hunting for the missing Malaysian jetliner zeroed in on a targeted patch of the Indian Ocean on Thursday, after a navy ship picked up underwater signals that are consistent with a plane's black box. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Pentagon accuses Chinese jet of ‘dangerous’ intercept in international airspace

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times