Tag: Iraq

A second U.S. service member died in Iraq this week. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

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U.S. service member dies in Iraq

Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2016 2:51 pm

"The men and women of our military put their lives on the line to protect our country, our freedoms, and our way of life, and I strongly believe we must fulfill our promise to take care of them when they return," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

Families lobby for IVF benefit for wounded troops

Jacqueline Klimas · May 7, 2016 4:01 am

The visible faces of the U.S. military members have been blurred out, per a Pentagon request. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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Video shows Iraq firefight that resulted in Navy SEAL’s death

Kelly Cohen · May 5, 2016 3:08 pm

As recently as this past weekend, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd referred to the GOP nominee as "Donald the Dove." (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

BuzzFeed annoyed media won’t call Trump on Iraq lie

Becket Adams · May 5, 2016 4:29 am

"The president and White House spokesman Josh Earnest need to level with the American people and tell the truth about what our brave troops are doing in the Middle East ," Sullivan said. (AP File Photo/Rashah McChesney)

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Senator: White House ‘diminishing the service’ of fallen Navy SEAL

Joel Gehrke · May 5, 2016 1:04 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday defended the U.S. mission of enabling local forces in their fight against the Islamic State. (Jammie McIntyre/Examiner)

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Carter defends front-line combat role of troops in Iraq

Jamie McIntyre · May 4, 2016 12:23 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter presided over the meeting of the 12 largest troop-contributing nations in the fight against the Islamic State, which was held at the headquarters of the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. (Jamie McIntyre/Washington Examiner)

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Anti-ISIS meeting warns Iraq to get its act together

Jamie McIntyre · May 4, 2016 10:52 am

A B-52 bomber, shown here as it flies over South Korea, bombed an area where a Navy SEAL was killed by Islamic State fighters, and killed about 40 of those fighters, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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U.S. airstrikes kill 58 ISIS fighters at Iraqi village where SEAL died

Jamie McIntyre · May 4, 2016 10:04 am

The grandfather of Charlie Keating IV, Charles H. Keating Jr., who died in 2014 at age 90, was the notorious financier who served prison time for his role in the costliest savings and loan failure of the 1980s. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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Navy SEAL killed in Iraq identified as grandson of Keating 5 financier

Anna Giaritelli · May 3, 2016 11:44 pm

There are 4,000-5,000 U.S. forces in Iraq and approximately 500 in Syria, but neither group is there to directly engage the enemy, Josh Earnest explained. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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WH insists: No ‘enduring combat operations’ yet

Nicole Duran · May 3, 2016 6:40 pm

"Iraqi forces must fight for their own country. U.S. forces cannot be a substitute for those Iraqi forces," Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

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White House: U.S. forces won’t be a ‘substitute’ for Iraqis

Susan Crabtree · May 3, 2016 5:53 pm

U.S. service member killed in Iraq was a Navy SEAL

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U.S. service member killed in Iraq was a Navy SEAL

Jacqueline Klimas · May 3, 2016 2:57 pm