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Sep 16

Hagel, Dempsey defend Obama’s plan to target Islamic State extremists

By Donna Cassata, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military leader told Congress on Tuesday that if President Barack Obama’s expanded military campaign to destroy Islamic extremists fails, he would recommend that the United States consider deploying American ground forces to Iraq.

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Sep 12

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Clinton: Islamic state can be destroyed, but only with help from Iraqis

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Sep 12

Kerry in Turkey to seek support for coalition against Islamic State

By Lara Jakes, Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — The United States on Friday pressed Turkey to harden its borders against fighters and funding flowing to the Islamic State militant group, and sought clarity on how far Ankara is willing to go to help a worldwide…

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Sep 12

Can Obama wage war on the Islamic State group without congressional approval?

By Stephen Braun, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As a U.S. senator from Illinois running for the White House in 2007, Barack Obama sponsored a resolution to prohibit President George W. Bush’s administration from taking military action against Iran unless it was explicitly authorized by Congress.

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Sep 10

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Obama’s four-point plan for action against Islamic State militants

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Sep 10

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Obama: ISIL is not ‘Islamic’ or a state

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Sep 10

No immediate threat of Islamic State attack on U.S. homeland, officials say

By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Islamic State group doesn’t pose an immediate threat of an attack in the United States, senior U.S. officials testified Wednesday, but warned that the danger from the militants is spreading beyond the Middle East to Europe and…

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Sep 05

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Obama: U.S. skeptical of Ukraine cease-fire, forms coalition against the Islamic State

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Sep 04

Obama, Cameron: We will ‘not be cowed’ by Islamic State militants

By Julie Pace, Associated Press

NEWPORT, Wales — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, as heads of state converged in Wales for a high-stakes summit also focused on the crisis…

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Sep 03

U.S. analysts conclude that Islamic State militants killed Sotloff after Foley

By Lara Jakes, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence analysis has concluded that American journalist Steven Sotloff was beheaded by Islamic State militants at some point after a similar killing of another U.S. reporter.

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