Congress may take up bill to withdraw US advisers from Iraq - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Julian Pecquet

Julian Pecquet

Jul 18, 2014

(L-R) The committee's ranking member David Dreier (R-CA), chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) attend the House Committee on Rules meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington March 20, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2BUT8 — (L-R) Ranking member David Dreier, R-Calif., chairwoman Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., and Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., attend the House Committee on Rules meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20, 2010. — REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) walks next to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) before pre-bipartisan meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington March 3, 2014. Netanyahu bluntly told Barack Obama on Monday that Israelis expected their leader not to compromise on their security even as the U.S. president sought to reassure him on Iran diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East peace talks. In White House talks overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis, the two leaders tried to avoid any direct clash

Iran back in Capitol Hill’s cross hairs

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U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael Rogers (L) and Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) (R) appear at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington March 11, 2014. The hearing is for Rogers' nomination to be director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command. Rogers and Kirk were high school classmates in Chicago. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) - RTR3GLRD

Week ahead: Iran back in the congressional spotlight

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Militant Islamist fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria's northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory in neighbouring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot previously known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), posted pictures online on Sunday of people waving black flags from cars and

Congress tries to tackle Islamic State before midterm elections

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U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) speaks to the media before attending a closed meeting for members of Congress on the situation in Syria at the U.S. Capitol in Washington September 1, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTX133XB

US to Iran: No sanctions relief without nuclear transparency

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