Our approach has been... to try to find a political exit for Bashar Assad rather than a United States-led military exit.
The Department does not have a clear picture of Shia militia recruiting and the impact of Shia militia recruiting on the...
Vladimir Putin's conduct there has had the opposite of whatever effect he thought it might have in terms of attracting U...
We have serious concerns with Iranian malign activities outside of the nuclear issue.
Ramadi needs to be retaken, and the way to do it is to have a force under the competent command and control of Iraqi Sec...
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of that because that is mostly a matter for the European Union (EU) rather than...
I believe that a stable, multi-sectarian Iraq is the only way to ensure the long-term defeat of the Islamic State in Ira...
we are trying to stick up for the principle that Iraq is a single, unitary, multi-sectarian state.
The United States and Coalition already use the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as a base of operations to support Operation Inhe...
Allowing sequestration to return would deprive U.S. forces of what they need to accomplish their missions around the wor...
We will continue our efforts to degrade and defeat ISIL, which poses a threat to the United States and the international...