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Rep. Edward R. Royce, California Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Guantanamo detainees released in Uruguay without restraints despite U.S. law

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Islamic Sharia roots of the Garland Texas terrorists by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CLARE LOPEZ: Connecting the dots to the Texas gunmen

By Clare M. Lopez

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. government patents could be affected by Innovation Act legislation

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

BRET SWANSON: Secure chip-and-PIN technology could thwart credit card theft

By Bret Swanson

President Obama's warming relations with Cuban President Raul Castro have drawn fire from political opponents, namely Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and a Cuban-American, who says Mr. Obama's embracing Mr. Castro sends "the wrong kind of message." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

CHRISTY STUTZMAN: Cuban pro-freedom resistance needs U.S. support

By Christy Stutzman

Rescue workers and security officers guard the makeshift morgue prepared for the 150 victims who died in a Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, in Seyne-les-Alpes, France Wednesday, March 25, 2015. A cockpit voice recorder badly damaged when the German jetliner smashed into an Alpine mountainside and a crucial two-minute span when the pilot lost contact are vital clues into what caused the plane to go down, killing all 150 people on board, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Virginia woman, daughter among passengers in Germanwings plane crash

By Ted Bridis - Associated Press

Gen. Michael V. Hayden, former CIA director. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Michael Hayden, ex-CIA director: U.S. looks like a nation ‘in retreat’ combating Islamic terrorists

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The FBI headquarters in Washington is seen here on Feb. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

Former Army finance officers sentenced for embezzlement

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Chadian troops participate in the closing ceremony of operation Flintlock in an army base in N'djamena, Chad, Monday March 9, 2015. The U.S. military and its Western partners conduct this training annually and set up plans long before Boko Haram began attacking its neighbors Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Chadian Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue said Monday that his soldiers alongside troops from Niger had entered Nigeria but he declined to give further details about the ongoing operation. Ngobongue described Boko Haram fighters as &#8220;bandits and criminals who have nothing to do with religion.&#8221; (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nigeria seeks better intel on Boko Haram from West

By Hannah Crites - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, Gen. Philip M. Breedlove attends a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The Obama administration is still struggling with whether to provide lethal, defensive weapons to Ukraine amid concerns that such a move might only escalate Russia's military campaign there, U.S. defense leaders told Congress Wednesday. Breedlove, the top NATO commander, told the House Armed Services Committee that he has laid out military options the administration could consider for Ukraine, ranging from sending small arms to more sophisticated weapons that would take longer to arrive and require extensive training. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Gen. Philip Breedlove says training of Ukrainians not ‘on automatic’

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this frame grab taken from Barricada TV, former Guantanamo detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab, one of the Syrian refugees recently released from Guantanamo and now living in Uruguay speaks during an interview, in Buenos Aires Argentina, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2015. Dhiab said he was there to ask the the Argentine government to grant asylum to his former fellow inmates still being held at the U.S. prison facility in Cuba. (AP Photo/Barricada TV)

Former Guantanamo detainee in Argentina, calls for asylum

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference before a roundtable meeting in Cleveland in this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ** FILE **

Twitter: U.S. government demand for data has skyrocketed

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks past Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the International Convention Center in Yanqi Lake, Beijing, China Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

China threatens to arm Hawaii separatists who want kingdom

By Bill Gertz and The Washington Free Beacon

Yemeni demonstrators climb the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, during a protest against a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. Embassy in Yemen closing amid violence

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. John McCain blasted the president's "more of the same" strategy for Ukraine and described it as "doomed to fail." (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Pentagon prepping forces to assist Ukraine’s national guard

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this file photo, just-cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the production line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

US loans fueled insider deal, failed power plan in Liberia

By Ronnie Greene and Jonathan Paye-Layleh - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 3, 2010, file photo, a bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast. Lawyers representing the federal government were in a New Orleans courtroom Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, outlining their case for adding some $13.7 billion in penalties to costs already incurred by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill. BP points to $42 billion in costs it already has incurred in arguing for a lower penalty. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Billions in federal penalties at issue in BP spill trial

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press