President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a series of private phone calls to top congressional Republicans–and some Democrats–on Monday and Tuesday to rally support for the president’s decision
(AFP) Police have shot dead a “known terror suspect” who stabbed two officers a day after the Islamic State group called for Muslims to indiscriminately kill Australians, officials said Wednesday. The 18-year-old was killed on Tuesday evening, having arrived at
With the prospect of more beheading videos out of the Middle-east and the Obama administration now taking action against ISIS in Syria, foreign policy is likely to take an increasingly significant role in this year’s Mid-term elections. In fact, recent
Tuesday on NBC’s “Nightly News With Brian Williams,” network justice correspondent Pete Williams reported on the al Qaeda splinter group, the Khorasan Group’s imminent threat of an attack, which the Obama administration had used as legal justification to bypass Congress
As he disembarked from his U.S. Marine Corps helicopter in New York, today, the president returned a formal military salute with a sloppy and careless salute while wielding a coffee cup, prompting some to dub it the “latte salute.” The Daily Caller
In a short speech to reporters on Tuesday, President Obama asserted that the airstrikes conducted on targets in Syria were the product of a broad coalition of nations against Islamic State terrorists. Obama also reminded Americans that he had spoken
In response to U.S. Airstrikes Against ISIS Already Comparatively Less Than Daily Strikes During Gulf War: I am going to assume that everyone realizes that there were far more Iraqi targets to hit during the Gulf War than were, and
Just to add to the fun over in Syria – where the stated goal of taking down ISIS has already expanded into airstrikes against their al-Qaeda rivals, who might very well have been the more urgent target – a Syrian
On Tuesday, shortly after announcing to the American public that the United States was now bombing ISIS in Syria, the President of the United States flew to New York to address the United Nations – on climate change. His speech
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Reid Report,” White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco said the White House is using the “imminent threat” posed by an al Qaeda terror cell called the Khorasan Group in Syria to assert its legal authority to bomb
(Washington, D.C.) — The Pentagon said today that most of the 40-plus Tomahawk cruise missiles that the United States launched in its airstrikes in Syria last night were aimed at members of a fairly unknown al Qaeda affiliate, the Khorasan
Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum,” Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) said he would need a intelligence briefing to believe reports that Monday’s U.S. air strikes in Syria didn’t need congressional approvals because of a “imminent threat” to the homeland posed
Russian leaders are sending mixed messages about their take on the United States’ airstrikes in Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted to Secretary of State John Kerry that the United States must respect Syria’s sovereignty after President Barack Obama
On Monday night, the United States and five Arab countries–Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Jordan–conducted airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) and other radical Islamist terrorist groups in Syria. Social media immediately lit up with alleged photos and
The United States counted with a number of Arab nations in their coordinated airstrikes in Syria overnight against the terrorist group the Islamic State. Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates all participated in the attack, according to
Former Sen. Scott Brown, who is running against incumbent Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), is up with a new television advertisement blasting Shaheen and President Barack Obama for weakness on ISIS. Brown hammers “radical Islamic terrorists” and the insecure border
A recently recorded speech distributed by the Islamic State called on Muslims living in Western countries to commit lone wolf attacks and wage jihad against innocent civilians. “Do not ask for anyone’s advice and do not seek anyone’s verdict. Kill
President Barack Obama dismissed the F-22 fighter jets used during Monday’s airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria as “outdated and unnecessary” in a speech on July 21, 2009. “I reject the notion that we have to waste billions of taxpayer
A report from the Associated Press claims Washington officials–and particularly Secretary of State John Kerry–alerted Syria of pending strikes before they began last night. Syrian officials had warned that any surprise strikes on its soil had to “be coordinated with
Islamic State jihadists, also known as ISIS, have destroyed an Armenian church in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, a memorial to the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The sixth-largest city in Syria, Deir ez-Zor has a Kurdish majority and was
President Barack Obama vowed the United States will “do what’s necessary to take the fight” to ISIS in a speech from the White House on Tuesday after the U.S. commenced airstrikes on terrorist targets in Syria last night. The president
The story originally appeared in New York Magazine: While ISIS has captured international attention with its very public, bloodthirsty tactics, a terrorist group some American officials say is more intent on actually striking the United States is operating in the
The Israeli Defense Forces shot down a Syrian fighter plane over the Israeli Golan Heights Tuesday morning using a Patriot missile, the Israeli army said. The Jerusalem Post reports that the Israel Air Force detected a Sukhoi-24 Syrian fighter jet
President Obama will speak at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday after authorizing the bombing of several ISIS targets in Syria, according to the White House. The attacks were coordinated by the United States and five Arab countries and utilized a mix
President Barack Obama ordered air strikes against ISIS targets inside Syria overnight. He received the full backing of Republican leaders in Congress. The attacks raise a number of military–and political–questions: 1. When did Congress authorize U.S. attacks in Syria? It
