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In this Nov. 7, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the White House Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama: I’ll send U.S. troops if Islamic State gets nuclear weapons

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This still image taken from an undated video published on the Internet by the Islamic State group militants and made available, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, purports to show extremists marching Syrian soldiers before beheading them. The high-definition video later shows the beheadings of about a dozen men identified as Syrian military officers and pilots, all dressed in blue jumpsuits. The Associated Press could not independently verify the footage, though it appeared on websites used in the past by the Islamic State group, which now controls a third of Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo)

‘Jihadi John,’ Islamic State executioner, injured in U.S.-led attack: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad presents a snag in U.S.-Iran nuclear arms talks. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

U.S.-Iran nuke talks hinge on Assad ouster

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This undated file photo provided by the Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig standing in front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. A new graphic video purportedly produced by Islamic State militants in Syria released Sunday Nov. 16, 2014 claims U.S. aid worker Kassig was beheaded. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kassig Family, File) — FILE

Peter Kassig beheaded in Islamic State video; American aid worker latest murder of Westerner

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

BRUCE FEIN: Delimiting presidential war powers

By Bruce Fein

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, while testifying before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Gen. Martin Dempsey arrives in Iraq for first since U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State began

Associated Press

In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, al Qaeda-inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside an oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The government forces on Friday, Nov. 14, drove Islamic State militants out from their remaining strongholds inside the oil refinery town of Beiji, two security official said, in a key victory over the terror group that has captured much of northern and western Iraq in a stunning summer offensive. (AP Photo, File)

United Nations: Islamic State denies food aid to hundreds of thousands

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, a column of smoke rises from an oil refinery in Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The government forces on Friday, Nov. 14, drove Islamic State militants out from their remaining strongholds inside the oil refinery town of Beiji, two security official said, in a key victory over the terror group that has captured much of northern and western Iraq in a stunning summer offensive. (AP Photo, File)

Iraqi forces drive IS from refinery town

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

War Loot: Islamic State militants rummage through a cache of weapons airdropped by U.S.-led coalition forces. The weapons were meant to supply Kurdish forces battling the extremist group in Kobani, Syria, but "now they are spoils for the mujahedeen," one militant said. (Associated Press)

U.S. cutting into Islamic State’s revenue stream

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rebels from al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the Nusra Front, wave their brigade flag, as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter at Taftanaz air base that was captured by the rebels in Idlib province, northern Syria. In the early dawn of Nov. 2, militant leaders with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria and sealed a deal to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a prominent Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander said. Such an alliance could be a significant blow to struggling U.S-backed Syrian rebels. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Islamic State, al Qaeda agree to join forces in Syria

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Bruce Fein: "Who in Congress will stand up with the courage of Hans Christian Andersen's little child and shout that the Emperor has no clothes?" (AP Photo/FILE)

BRUCE FEIN: Obama v. Obama on Islamic State

By Bruce Fein

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (right) listens Thursday as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Islamic State, al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front align as Pentagon reconsiders combat troops

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hagel: Obama administration plans to widen air campaign against Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, while testifying before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Martin Dempsey raises specter of more U.S. troops to help Iraq fight Islamic State

By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during his meeting with the representatives of Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Iraq in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama’s Syria reset: Officials tell CNN White House wants new strategy

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama, center, talk on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in Beijing. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service)

Obama, Putin talk Ukraine, Syria and Iran at Beijing summit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama speaks at the APEC CEO Summit at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. (AP Photo/Wang Zhao, Pool)

Obama asks for $5.6 billion to fight Islamic State

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times