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President Barack Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, Obama met with top advisers at the White House to review developments in Iraq and in racially charged Ferguson, Mo., two trouble spots where Obama has ordered his administration to intervene. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to go it alone vs. ISIL in Syria; won’t seek congressional approval

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Khalil Harma, File)

Islamic authority: Extremists no ‘Islamic State’

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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Associated Press)

Islamic State employs brutality, threats in effort to entrench caliphate without interference

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Dr. Ben Carson has signed a petition calling for the destruction of the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Ben Carson signs petition calling for Islamic State destruction

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this image made from undated video obtained by The Associated Press, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a man believed to be Peter Theo Curtis, a U.S. citizen held hostage by an al-Qaida linked group in Syria, delivers a statement. The U.S. government said on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 that Curtis, who had been held hostage for about two years, had been released. (AP Photo)

American hostage Peter Theo Curtis freed in Syria

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

National Security Adviser Susan Rice is expected Friday to announce another strategy to defeat global jihadists. (Associated Press)

Kidnapped US journalist freed in Syria

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham says the Chris Christie scandal is a reflection on the New Jersey governor even though some of his aides were at the center of it. "It seems to me that this whole bridge thing reinforces a narrative that's troublesome about the guy. He's kind of a bully," the South Carolina Republican says. (Associated Press)

Graham: Islamic State has capability to hit homeland

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A woman holds a candle during a vigil for James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire Saturday. Several hundred people attended and paid tribute to the freelance American journalist who was killed earlier in the week by Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Mass to be held for slain US journalist Foley

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Women from the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant's al-Khansaa' Brigade. (Image: SyriaDeeply.org)

2 French girls apprehended as would-be Islamic State recruits

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FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Obama faces tough options in Iraq and Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

The Islamic State, which controls large portions of Iraq and Syria, "seems to be absolutely certain they will be trying to kill as many Americans as possible in the United States as well as elsewhere," said Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch. (Raqqa Media Center Via Associated Press)

Obama considering airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An FBI agent waits to receive his assigned weapon. (Image: FBI.gov) **FILE **

Islamic State backers under scrutiny by counterterrorism officials in U.S.

By Tom Hayes - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, posted on April 16, 2014, an anti-Bashar Assad activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, children are seen receiving oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province some 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Damascus, Syria. An international human rights group says on the anniversary of the deadly chemical attack outside Damascus that “justice remains elusive” for the victims and their families. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, File)

U.N.: death toll from Syrian civil war tops 191,000

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder, center, joined by Associate Attorney General Tony West, right, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Paul Fishman, left, and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, second from right, announces a settlement with Bank of America, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ** FILE **

Justice Department investigating terrorist killing of James Foley

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Face-to-face with an evil enemy

By Donald Lambro

James Foley of Rochester, N.H., a freelance contributor for GlobalPost, in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/GlobalPost, File)

PHILLIPS: A view to a beheading

By Judson Phillips

FBI Director James Comey takes a question during a news conference at the FBI field office in Denver, Wednesday Aug. 20, 2014. FBI Director James Comey says Islamic State extremists who executed journalist James Foley are "savages" and that the agency is helping investigate the killing. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

FBI chief calls Islamic terror group ‘savages’

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

The Islamic State, which controls large portions of Iraq and Syria, "seems to be absolutely certain they will be trying to kill as many Americans as possible in the United States as well as elsewhere," said Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch. (Raqqa Media Center Via Associated Press)

Islamic State targets Americans at home and abroad

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Image: YouTube, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Islamic State video shows beheading of American photojournalist

By Douglas Ernst and Victor Morton - The Washington Times