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Retired Marine Gen. John Allen during a November 2012 press conference (File/Associated Press).

U.S. ‘very closely’ monitoring worldwide spread of Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Udall, New Mexico Democrat. (Associated Press/Susan Montoya Bryan) **FILE**

Senate committee passes Islamic State military authorization

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Retiring Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin said he's been disappointed by constant personal attacks on President Obama's foreign policy. (Associated Press)

Carl Levin fears foreign policy to be clouded

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House criticizes White House on Islamic State progress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), now called the Islamic State group, left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

Qatar allows money to flow to Islamic State, other terrorists: report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Letter exchange brings hope to students near, far

By Dianne Frances D. Powell - Associated Press

In this Oct. 23, 1983, file photo, British soldiers give a hand in rescue operations at the site of the bomb-wrecked U.S. Marine command center near the Beirut airport, Lebanon. A bomb-laden truck drove into the center collapsing the entire four story building. The blast _ the single deadliest attack on U.S. forces abroad since World War II _ claimed the lives of 241 American service members. (AP Photo/Bill Foley, File)

BRUCE FEIN: War is the problem, not the solution

By Bruce Fein

U.N.: $16.4 billion needed to aid most vulnerable

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and a former Marine combatant in Iraq, said more MQ-1 Predators and the newer, higher-flying MQ-9 Reaper make sense. He said commanders need constant air surveillance to find on-the-move Islamic State fighters. (Associated Press)

Drones in demand: Congress eyes more surveillance aircraft for Islamic State fight

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This file 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 Islamic State group in Iraq's Anbar Province. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

Islamic State group storms air base in east Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

President Barack Obama listens as Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during their meeting, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The leaders discussed topics including ISIL, Syria, and refugees. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, King Abdullah plot strategy against Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2014, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard &quot;Buck&quot; McKeon, R-Calif. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. House passes defense bill backing Obama's expansion of military operations against extremists (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House OKs military campaign against extremists

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry led a meeting of the global coalition to counter the Islamic State militant group at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. When Iraq pleaded for help in its fight against the Sunni extremists, France agreed to provide more military assistance. (Associated Press)

Iran airstrikes target Islamic State; John Kerry sees participation as ‘net positive’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lebanon currently hosts over 1.1 million refugees of the Syrian civil war, which equates to about a quarter of all people living within the country. Cutbacks in aid by the U.N., partly due to donor nations not coming through with promised funds, threatens to starve many such refugees. (associated press)

Syria refugees go hungry as wealthy nations fail to deliver millions in promised aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Military honour guard stand outside the main building of the new Presidential Palace complex after a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Putin arrived in Turkey for a one-day visit and met with Erdogan at his huge new palace on once-protected farm land and forest in Ankara, becoming the second foreign dignitary after the Pope Francis to be hosted at the lavish, 1000-room complex.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Putin says Russia will scrap South Stream pipeline

By Suzan Fraser and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

The Islamic State group, which has employed a broad range of strategies to subdue Sunni Muslim tribes in Syria and Iraq, is pushing its war for a caliphate into North Africa. Younger jihadis in particular appear to be mimicking the militants' rhetoric and brutality. (Associated Press)

SEAN PARNELL: Obama’s Middle East strategy is failing fast

By Sean Parnell