Tag: Iraq

Expert: Administration tips Syrian ‘refugees’ to scrub Facebook to get into U.S.

Paul Bedard · February 13, 2016 8:08 pm

Five changes to immigration policy must be made to better protect the public, a new report says. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Both sides press Obama over visa waivers

Nicole Duran · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

General rejects Cruz’s carpet-bombing strategy

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General rejects Cruz’s carpet-bombing strategy

Jacqueline Klimas · February 1, 2016 4:37 pm

Clinton spin on Iraq War vote: That was a long time ago

Clinton spin on Iraq War vote: That was a long time ago

Becket Adams · January 30, 2016 12:56 am

Some members of Congress have been critical of a perceived lack of strategy on the administration's part to take other strongholds of the terrorist group, including Mosul and the group's self-declared caliphate in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo)

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Pentagon says more U.S. trainers could head to Iraq

Jacqueline Klimas · January 29, 2016 7:34 pm

Congress has since requested a report from the Obama administration on who is receiving those visa waivers. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut )

DHS: Iran travel could be exempt from tighter visa rules

Curt Mills · January 21, 2016 7:56 pm

Bernie Links Hillary With Cheney, George W. Bush in Iraq Ad

Daniel Halper · January 20, 2016 10:01 pm

"With respect to trainers, I expect the number of trainers to increase, and also the variety of training they are giving," said Defense Secretary Ash Carter. (AP Photo)

Pentagon sending more U.S. troops to Iraq

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2016 11:22 pm

"We are aware of reports that American citizens are missing in Iraq," a State Department official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters Sunday. "We are working with the full cooperation of the Iraqi authorities to locate and recover the individuals." (AP file photo/Karim Kadim)

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Three Americans missing, feared kidnapped in Iraq

Curt Mills · January 17, 2016 10:08 pm

Two of the strikes were in Iraq and the other three were in Syria. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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U.S. airstrikes killed 8 civilians in Iraq, Syria

Jacqueline Klimas · January 15, 2016 3:44 pm

Carter says the multi-national coalition must go after the "parent tumor" in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Carter expands on strategy to defeat Islamic State

David Brown · January 13, 2016 7:35 pm

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What does ‘ISIL’ want?

Fuad Suleiman · January 9, 2016 5:19 pm