December 21, 2015 New questions over Obama and his messaging about ISIS Blames media for stoking terror fears
December 21, 2015 ISIS and President Obama's absolute dereliction of duty It is an absolute dereliction of duty for a president to make a “cost-benefit analysis” that regards any attacks on Americans by foreign enemies as minor.
December 20, 2015 Critics try, but fail to kill $1 billion weapons deal for Saudi Arabia WASHINGTON -- Barring last minute opposition from Congress, Saudi Arabia is poised to receive a hefty $1.3 billion weapons package that includes 13,000 “smart bombs” from the United States by the end of the year.
December 20, 2015 Obama's 'ISIL czar' tasked with getting US response in sync President Barack Obama's new "ISIL czar," Robert Malley, has a long and sometimes controversial history at the center of U.S. policymaking in the Middle East.
December 20, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Voters want stronger measures against ISIS Two-thirds of American voters favor doing “whatever it takes” to defeat ISIS. They also think the White House doesn’t have a clear plan to get the job done.
December 20, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: 73 percent say Obama doesn’t have a clear strategy to defeat ISIS American voters think their government is doing a bad job reducing the threat from Islamic extremists -- and want President Obama to be tougher on them. A ӣƵ poll released Wednesday also finds voters doubt the White House has a clear strategy for dealing with ISIS, and a majority calls its emphasis on diplomacy a “halfhearted” attempt to deal with the problem.
December 20, 2015 ӣƵ Poll: Voters feel US is less safe, Islamic extremists making gains For the first time, a majority of voters thinks the U.S. is less safe today than before 9/11. That’s just one finding in the latest ӣƵ national poll on terrorism that may concern President Obama.
December 18, 2015 President Obama and Hillary Clinton: One and the same Unfortunately for this president, rhetoric cannot defeat ISIS; leadership and action are needed from our commander-in-chief, and right now, those are two concepts that continue to elude him in his seventh year in office.
December 18, 2015 Islamic State routed in Iraq battle, US officials say Islamic State mounted a major offensive Wednesday, striking multiple sites in northern Iraq, but Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by U.S. and coalition air support were able to rout the group in a counterattack that left more than 200 Islamic State militants dead, U.S. defense officials said.