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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about the suspicious packages found on U.S. bound planes in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. While the Islamic State group is getting the most attention these days, another band of extremists in Syria, a mix of hardened Jihadists from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Europe, poses a more direct and imminent threat to the U.S. homeland, working with Yemeni bomb-makers to target U.S. aviation, American officials say. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

AP Enterprise: al-Qaida’s Syrian cell alarms US

KEN DILANIANEILEEN SULLIVAN · September 13, 2014 5:57 pm

President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, in Washington. Obama traveled to the Fort McHenry historic site that is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore, and also attended a private Democratic fundraiser. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: Combating Islamic State not US fight alone

Washington Examiner · September 13, 2014 11:39 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Strikes in Iraq, Syria expected under new war plan

Robert Burns · September 13, 2014 8:48 am

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, workmen erect metal scaffolding pipe around the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Seven weeks before the elections, Republicans and Democrats are both playing it safe, willing to make short-term sacrifices of long-held positions in hopes of maximizing their chances for victory at the polls. That means that House Republicans who recently voted to sue Obama for allegedly failing to obey the Constitution seem likely to hand him new war powers to combat militants seeking an Islamic state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Analysis: Both parties in Congress play it safe

David Espo · September 13, 2014 7:34 am

Racial-profiling plaintiff becomes federal judge

Racial-profiling plaintiff becomes federal judge

Ben Nuckols · September 13, 2014 12:27 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

National Security

Boehner promises support to new Iraqi leader

Donna Cassata · September 12, 2014 11:03 pm

Lawyers for migrants? Administration says yes, no

Erica Werner · September 12, 2014 10:17 pm

Obama’s war plan rattles Dem, GOP Senate nominees

Obama’s war plan rattles Dem, GOP Senate nominees

CHARLES BABINGTONNICHOLAS RICCARDI · September 12, 2014 9:42 pm

Solar storm arrives at Earth, but not a problem

Seth Borenstein · September 12, 2014 9:17 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

National Security

US will be ramping up airstrikes soon _ in Iraq

Robert Burns · September 12, 2014 8:41 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2014 file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent looks for signs along trail while on patrol near the Texas-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. President Barack Obama, who has postponed until after Election Day his plan for executive actions that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation, is already on pace this year to deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007, according to a new analysis of Homeland Security Department figures by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Deportations down 20 percent, fewest since 2007

Alicia Caldwell · September 12, 2014 8:17 pm

National Security

Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress?

Stephen Braun · September 12, 2014 7:53 pm