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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, AUG. 30, AND THEREAFTER - FILE - This July 17, 2014, file photo shows Hillary Rodham Clinton as she arrives to a signing of her book &quot;Hard Choices&quot; in Ridgewood, N.J. One set of elections ends in early November as another begins when presidential hopefuls cross the unofficial starting line in the 2016 race for the White House. With control of the Senate at stake, the months leading up to the mid-term elections offer a clearer window on a crowd of potential presidential candidates already jockeying for position from Nevada to New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Glenn Beck predicts Hillary Clinton ‘is going to win’ in 2016

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Obama traveled last year to Estonia, where he tried to reassure NATO members of the alliance's promise to defend against Russian aggression under President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

Obama travels to Estonia to reassure nervous Baltic leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sacrificed: An image taken from a video released by the SITE Intelligence Group shows American journalist Steven Joel Sotloff, 31, just before his execution. (SITE Intelligence Group via Associated Press)

Islamic State beheading of second U.S. journalist accelerates calls for war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This image made from a video posted on a militant website purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. His group has allegedly beheaded a second American journalist on camera. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

State Dept. asked if U.S. at war with Islamic State: ‘I’m not going to, again, put new labels on it’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file still image from an undated video released by Islamic State militants on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, purports to show journalist Steven Sotloff being held by the militant group. Islamic State militants called American journalist James Foley&#8217;s gruesome videotaped beheading revenge for U.S. airstrikes against the group, and they still hold at least three other Americans hostage, including Sotloff. (AP Photo, File)

Steven Sotloff purportedly beheaded by Islamic State group in video

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This Jan. 23, 2013 shows then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifying on Capitol Hill on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Inside the Beltway: Here comes Benghazi, The Investigation

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Obama will leave Washington on Tuesday for Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia that left the Soviet Union and joined the 28-nation military bloc in 2004. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to reassure jittery NATO members after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, said President Obama is perhaps "too cautious" in his approach to combatting the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

House, Senate intel chiefs flag Islamic State risk

Associated Press

Bonnie McAdams joins others calling for the release of Marine Andrew Tahmooressi who was detained by the Mexican government for crossing the border with weapons, during a rally outside the Stanford Mansion where Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will appear with Gov. Jerry Brown, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

White House responds to Tahmooressi petition: ‘We respect the rule of law’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - This Aug. 28, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. President Barack Obama&#8217;s acknowledgement the U.S. still lacks a strategy for defeating the growing extremist threat emanating from Syria reflects a still unformed international coalition. The president will meet with his top advisers and consult members of Congress to prepare U.S. military options. At the same time, he is looking for allies around the world to help the U.S. root out the Islamic State group that has seized large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

PHILLIPS: It takes two to tango, only one to make war

By Judson Phillips

** FILE ** President Obama as he speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House in Washington, Aug. 18, 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama uses Labor Day holiday to push for higher minimum wage

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama returns a Marine's salute as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, as he travels to Westchester County, N.Y., and Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

As Obama leaves Washington, White House tries to explain his ‘no strategy’ remark

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama leaves the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, after speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama’s tan suit stays, White House says

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama’s tan suit shocks: Looks as if he’s about to be ‘bar mitzvahed in Miami’: social media

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama says immigration action still to come

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A SWAT team unloads from armored vehicles as they go door to door while searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Police saddled with unwanted equipment amid militarization scrutiny

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Demonstrators are lined up outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, as they are being arrested during a protest on immigration reform. With impeachment threats and potential lawsuits looming, President Barack Obama knows whatever executive actions he takes on immigration will face intense opposition. So as a self-imposed, end-of-summer deadline to act approaches, Obama's lawyers are carefully crafting a legal rationale they believe will withstand scrutiny and survive any court challenges, administration officials say. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

D.C. immigration protest: 145 arrests, 0 documentation checks

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that President Obama — who has called the Islamic State a 'cancer' — is not focusing on politics, but is instead focusing on putting a plan in place to defend the United States. (Associated Press)

Congress pushes Obama on Islamic State strategy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest briefs reporters during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Earnest started his briefing with a question on Syria. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House open to working on international climate deal without Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about veterans issues at the American Legion&#8217;s 96th National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Three months after a veterans' health care scandal rocked his administration, President Barack Obama is taking executive action to improve the mental well-being of veterans. The president was to announce his initiatives during an appearance before the American Legion National Convention that is fraught with midterm politics. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama vows ‘direct action’ against Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times