Tag: Iraq

Palestinian supporters of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement chant slogans against the Israeli military action in Gaza, during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday. (AP/Mohammed Ballas)

How the United Nations prevents peace in the Middle East

Mona Charen · August 8, 2014 2:46 pm

Jonathan Alter at The Daily Beast has an idea that will infuse the president's "economic patriotism" rhetoric with some bite: Compel companies to take "loyalty oaths" to prove their patriotism. (iStock Photo)

Have you taken your Obama oath?

David Harsanyi · August 8, 2014 2:39 pm

Kristol Podcast: Action on ISIS Good, But It’s No Substitute for an Actual Foreign Policy

TWS Podcast · August 8, 2014 2:13 pm

Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on the outskirts of Kirkuk, an oil-rich Iraqi city on June 25 in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

National Security

U.S. military aircraft conducts first airstrike in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · August 8, 2014 2:10 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Obama says he's authorized the U.S. military to carry out airstrikes in Iraq against Islamic militants if they advance toward the city of Erbil. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

AP Analysis: Iraq upheaval threatens Obama legacy

Julie Pace · August 8, 2014 1:55 pm

Hagel: US can effectively target Iraq airstrikes

National Security

Hagel: US can effectively target Iraq airstrikes

Lolita Baldor · August 8, 2014 1:29 pm

National Security

VIDEO: Obama announces Iraq airstrikes, humanitarian aid

Ed Sykes · August 8, 2014 1:07 pm

President Obama has announced his authorization for two targeted air strikes in Iraq. (AP Photo)

Morning Examiner with Steve Doty for Aug. 8

Steve Doty · August 8, 2014 12:01 pm

Kristol on Morning Joe: ISIS a ‘Strategic Threat’ in Iraq

National Security

Kristol on Morning Joe: ISIS a ‘Strategic Threat’ in Iraq

Michael Warren · August 8, 2014 11:46 am

Obama: ‘America Is Coming to Help’

Obama: ‘America Is Coming to Help’

Daniel Halper · August 8, 2014 8:14 am

President Obama pauses while speaking about H.R. 3230, the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, Thursday at Fort Belvoir, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Obama authorizes limited airstrikes in Iraq: ‘We cannot turn a blind eye’

Susan Crabtree · August 8, 2014 3:47 am

Displaced Iraqi Christians settle at St. Joseph Church in Irbil, northern Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Late Wednesday, militants overran a cluster of predominantly Christian villages alongside the country's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, sending tens of thousands of civilians and Kurdish fighters fleeing from the area, several priests in northern Iraq said Thursday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

U.S. military air-drops relief supplies in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · August 8, 2014 3:39 am