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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee to deliver the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Egypt gearing up for major attack on militants in Libya

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

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KIM HOLMES: Military index shows U.S. weakness

By Kim R. Holmes

A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. forces punched into the center of the insurgent stronghold, overwhelming bands of guerrillas in the street with heavy barrages of fire and searching house to house in a powerful advance on the second day of a major offensive. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) ** FILE **

U.S. military decimated under Obama, only ‘marginally able’ to defend nation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

"I was ... mind-boggled and didn't understand at all how this could be part of a strategic plan in what they're talking about," Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a captain in the Hawaii Army National Guard and Iraq War veteran, said on CNN. "That you're not only outlining the timeline — which is troubling, but you're also talking about specifically how many troops, how many brigades, where they're coming from, and what they're going to be doing." (Associated Press)

Jordan training camp for Islamic State fight leaked by Pentagon in latest gaffe

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, walks with U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell upon arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Carter made his international debut Saturday with a visit to Afghanistan to see American troops and commanders, meet with Afghan leaders and assess whether U.S. withdrawal plans are too risky to Afghan security. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

Ash Carter: U.S. considering slowing exit from Afghanistan

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. plans large-scale operation to take Mosul from Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Iraqi Christian lawmaker, Younadem Kana, center left, Iraq's top Catholic prelate, Chaldean Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, center, and Bishop Shlimone Wardoni, center right, are seen outside Our Lady of Deliverance church the morning after its congregation was taken hostage in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving dozens of people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi Christians form militia: ‘I want to defend our own lands’ from Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Soldiers rush a trauma victim to a U.S. Army medical helicopter in Tarmiyah, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2007. (U.S. Army) ** FILE **

U.S. moves rescue helicopters closer to battlefield

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 22, 2015, photo, Greenwood Mayor Welborn Adams stands beside the Greenwood County memorial in Greenwood, S.C., that honors its citizens who died in recent wars. The World War I and World War II soldiers are separated into colored and white. Adams raised $15,000 to put new plaques on the statue, but a state law won't allow him to put them up. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

War memorial separates dead by race, divides small South Carolina city

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, left, Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey applaud outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during a celebration in honor of Mr. Hagel's service, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Fort Myer, Va. Mr. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and top military brass praised Mr. Hagel at a farewell ceremony at Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall. Mr. Obama said the country is grateful for military progress on Hagel's watch.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Gen. Dempsey’s Saudiphilic essay contest

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

As part of his #itsAaron campaign, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers surprised a group of children who have lost a parent serving in the U.S. military. (YouTube/itsAaron)

Aaron Rodgers, Packers quarterback, surprises kids who lost parents in military

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Yemeni soldiers guard convicted al Qaeda militants in San'a, Yemen, on July 11, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Saddiq Al-Abbadi, Ali Alvi interrogations ignite Republican ire

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

NUMBER 1. BOEING AH-64 APACHE is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability. An air weapons team of two AH-64D Apaches from the 1st "Attack" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, come in for a landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Baghdad Nov. 6. Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div.

Armed Services chair pledges to work through sequester cuts, preserve military might

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

In this March 18, 2013, file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File)

U.S. is sending 400 troops to train Syrian fighters against Islamic State

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. A Somali intelligence official says Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a $3 million bounty on his head, has surrendered to police in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

U.S. military bombs senior leader of al-Shabab terrorist group in Somalia

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 2014 file photo provided by Eugene R. Fidell, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prepares to be interviewed by Army investigators. U.S. officials have finished an investigation into how and why Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl) disappeared from his base in Afghanistan. Bergdahl was held captive for five years by the Taliban. (AP Photo/Eugene R. Fidell, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Bowe Bergdahl investigation ends; Chuck Hagel and top leaders briefed

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

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

A Marine with Company F, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sprints to his next position during a live-fire exercise at the Army National Training Center Fort Irwin, California, July 13, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps)

Islamic State less a threat to world peace than U.S. military, Ariz. professor says

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Mission Manager Brian Stites with Ratheon, flies a hobbyist's AR Drone 2.0 to demonstrate the company's electronic armor, or anti-tamper system software they have developed to protect against hacking into military systems, during the 2014 Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition held at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 14, 2014. The software prevents tampering, and injection of malware into man and unmanned avionics and maritime, weapon and defense systems. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Pentagon deploys Electronic Armor to prevent enemies from hacking and crashing

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times