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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:40
The Obama administration's planned operations in Iraq will not be paid for from the Pentagon's wartime funding account, according to a defense spokesman on Monday.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:09
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said the administration is taking a more "forward-leaning" position in Syria, where it has been wary of arming opposition rebels.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:28
The Obama administration must rekindle ties to the Arab League for a more coordinated response to extremists overrunning Iraq, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Sunday.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:00
The Obama administration isn’t ruling out airstrikes in Syria against a Sunni militant group that is on the march in Iraq.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:55
The House late Thursday defeated an amendment from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) that would prohibit the use of federal dollars toward combat operations in Iraq amid the country's growing unrest.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 06:53
The Arizona senator has blamed the current militant Sunni uprising in Iraq on the failure of the United States to secure a status of forces agreement in 2011. He said some Democrats are trying to explain that away by inaccurately claiming the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki did not want troops to remain.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 13:56
The billions of dollars we invested in reconstituting, arming and training Iraqi security forces over the last decade is now money down a rat hole — or worse, since some of the weapons, uniforms and supplies are now in the hands of the most dangerous and anti-American factions.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:02
raq’s ambassador to the United States warned that a Sunni militant group advancing on Baghdad would commit “ethnic cleansing” if President Obama doesn’t quickly intervene to stop them.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/209776-iraqi-envoy-to-us-warns-of-ethnic-cleansing-if-obama-doesnt-act#ixzz355ryTyLE
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Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:02
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told members of Congress on Wednesday that the total for President Obama’s wartime budget for 2015, which is now being finalized, would be “substantially smaller” than the amount allocated for 2014.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:00
Vice President Biden stressed the importance of national unity in calls to top leaders of all three of Iraq's warring divisions on Wednesday.