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Obama Mulling Broader Strikes Against ISIS?

Published by Jim Lobe 4 Comments

by Jim Lobe This week’s video-taped beheading of a U.S. journalist by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has spurred renewed calls for President Barack Obama to broaden Washington’s military efforts to strike the terrorist group, including in… Continue Reading →

The U.S. and the Gulf: A Failure to Communicate

Published by Thomas Lippman 2 Comments

by Thomas W. Lippman It was like a movie in which different characters see the same events in completely different ways. At one of those Washington think-tank panel discussions the other day, senior U.S. national security and military officials insisted… Continue Reading →