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In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Joe Walsh, Trump primary challenger, on Iran: ‘We’re less safe’ now

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 19, 2019 file photo, a U.S. Navy patrol boat carrying journalists to see damaged oil tankers leaves a U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base, near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The United States’ Gulf allies have pushed for hawkish policies by Washington to pressure, isolate and cripple Iran, but this high-stakes strategy is now being put to the test by the surprise U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful military commander. As the region braces for what comes next, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are calling for de-escalation. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Iran still threatening retaliation despite Trump de-escalation push

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 19, 2019 file photo, a U.S. Navy patrol boat carrying journalists to see damaged oil tankers leaves a U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base, near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The United States’ Gulf allies have pushed for hawkish policies by Washington to pressure, isolate and cripple Iran, but this high-stakes strategy is now being put to the test by the surprise U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful military commander. As the region braces for what comes next, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are calling for de-escalation. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Risky Gulf Arab strategy tested by killing of Iran general

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Thousands of people gathered in Basra on Tuesday to bid farewell to Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander who was killed in a US airstrike on Friday. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Iran says it doesn’t want war, but will respond

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In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

Pentagon: Technology, defense prevented deaths in Iran missile attack in Iraq

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Washington, as Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Vice President Mike Pence, and others look on. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump says Iran ‘standing down’ from further strikes, U.S. will impose more sanctions

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, talk after they symbolically open a valve during a ceremony in Istanbul for the inauguration of the TurkStream pipeline, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Man in the centre is an interpreter.The dual natural gas line connecting the countries will open up a new export path for Russian gas into Turkey and Europe, through new and existing lines. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

US allies see Mideast strategy vacuum that Putin can fill

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2018, file photo, members of the military wait outside facilities where President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are visiting at Ain al-Asad air base, Iraq. Iran said Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, it has launched &quot;tens&quot; of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian general. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Iran retaliates with missiles in ‘slap’ at US bases in Iraq

By NASSER KARIMI and AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this file photo released on Monday, Nov. 9, 2019, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Italy's Rai News 24, in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian general transformed Syria’s war in Assad’s favor

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Mourners surround a truck carrying the flag draped coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades in the holy city of Qom south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. The men were killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday, Jan. 3 in Iraq. The funeral drew a crowd said by police to be in the millions in the Iranian capital, filling thoroughfares and side streets as far as the eye could see. (Amir Hesaminejad/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Stampede kills 40 at funeral for Iran general killed by U.S.

By Nasser Karimi, Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, CDU Federal Chairman and Defence Minister, stands next to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) at the beginning of the meeting of the CDU Federal Executive Committee in the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in Berlin, German, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Germany moves 35 soldiers from Iraq to Jordan, Kuwait

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In this image made from a video, mourners gather to pay their respects to the slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a U.S. airstrike, in Kerman, Iran Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Iran Press via AP)

The Latest: Japan calls for easing of Middle East tensions

Associated Press

In this frame grab from video posted online, people try to resuscitate victims of a deadly stampede at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, in Kerman, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019. Two Iranian semi-official news agencies reported that the stampede in Kerman that killed dozens of people and injured over 200 others took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got underway. (AP Photo)

Soleimani funeral stampede shows savagery of U.S. enemies

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Mourners step over a U.S. flags before burning it during the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Thousands of mourners chanting "America is the Great Satan" marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Mitch McConnell says Iran is at war with the U.S. regardless of what Congress decides

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about Iran, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mike Pompeo: Soleimani strike ‘entirely legal’; Trump made the ‘right decision’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders discusses U.S. foreign policy on CNN, Jan. 6, 2020. (Image: CNN video screenshot)

Bernie Sanders likens Trump’s strike on Soleimani to Putin’s KGB-style killing of dissidents

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump warns Iran that U.S. is ‘totally prepared’ for retaliation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 3, 2010, photo, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sean Willis, 35, from Denver, N.C. stands with fellow soldiers from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq as the unit gathers before beginning their 18-hour journey home after a year in Iraq. The first time Sgt. 1st Class Willis returned from Iraq in 2003, he was whisked away to attend the birth of his son. Four deployments later, his seven-year-old son, Aidan, was on hand to meet him at Fort Stewart, Ga. More than seven years after 1st Brigade entered Baghdad as the first conventional U.S. forces in Iraq, its soldiers are coming home from a yearlong deployment that saw the end of combat operations. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq hit with rocket attack: Reports

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, as Congress returns to Washington to face the challenge of fallout from President Donald Trump's military strike in Iraq that killed Iranian official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats, Republicans sharply divided on Iran strike

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times