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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough spent over 30 years at The Washington Times covering national security, including the Democrats' "Russia Hoax." He wrote two books, "Rumsfeld's War" and "Sabotage." A Navy veteran, Mr. Scarborough graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. He reported for The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal and Defense Week.

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Obama releases Guantanamo detainees determined to keep trying to kill Americans

Among the 10 Yemeni terrorists released by the Obama administration this week, one is Muhammad Salih Husayn al-Shaykh, a man who has pledged to kill as many Americans as possible.

January 14, 2016

Terror attacks likely to increase as ISIS desperately tries to show ‘an image invincibility’

The top commander in the war against the Islamic State said on Thursday that its ability to strike targets in capitals in Europe, Asia and the Middle East this week does not mean the terror army is growing stronger.

January 14, 2016

American commandos are on the ground in Syria in fight against ISIS

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday that American commandos are on the ground in Syria embedded with anti-Islamic State rebels and are finding new targets for coalition aircraft to strike.

January 13, 2016

Ray Mabus destroying Marine Corps by forcing integration of women, Duncan Hunter says

Former Marines in Congress, including a liberal Democrat, are on the offensive against Navy Secretary's Ray Mabus' sweeping edicts to the Corps on women in combat.

January 12, 2016

Ukraine desperate for U.S. surveillance equipment in standoff with Russia

When Ukraine's border defense forces look east and south, they see nothing but Russian trouble.

January 10, 2016

Marine Corps scolded for dragging its feet integrating women into the infantry

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has sent scolding memorandum to the Marine Corps, warning commanders that problems with integrating women into the infantry should not be used as an excuse to "halt the policy."

January 8, 2016

Islamic State loses 40 percent of its Iraqi territory

Basking in Iraq's pre-Christmas takeover of Ramadi, the U.S. military on Wednesday made bold claims about the war against the Islamic State, saying the terror army is on the defensive, is losing territory and faces rejuvenated government forces.

January 6, 2016

Pentagon admits Afghan forces are unable to ‘entirely operate on their own’

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Afghanistan forces still can't "operate entirely on their own" as it explained why U.S. special operations troops were involved in a firefight that killed one of them.

January 5, 2016

Obama military strategy blasted by Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel

President Obama's past three defense secretaries have emerged as some of his toughest critics on military strategy and foreign policy.

January 3, 2016

Ibrahim al-Qosi, released from Guantanamo, emerges as face of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

When President Obama assured the nation in December that only "low-level" terrorists operatives are released from Guantanamo, he could not have been speaking of Ibrahim al-Qosi.

December 31, 2015

Muslim Brotherhood report by Britain contradicts U.S. views

The British government has issued a blistering report on the secretive Muslim Brotherhood, with findings that contradict some favorable U.S. views -- including the Obama administration's -- of the Islamic fundamentalist fraternity.

December 28, 2015

Marine Corps study finds few women in combat in other nations’ militaries

As the Obama administration pressed the military to end all sex segregation, the Marine Corps decided to see for itself how other countries employ women in direct combat -- and it has amassed some surprising results over the past two years.

December 24, 2015

ISIS peddles instructions online for downing jet fighters with homemade weapons

The U.S.-led coalition rules the skies over Islamic State-held territory in Iraq and Syria as jets and drones unleash a daily dose of bombs and missiles on high-value terrorists and their trappings.

December 24, 2015

Taliban outlast 14 years of U.S. combat in Afghanistan

The sudden killings of six American service members on a foot patrol by a suicide bomber this week is a graphic message back home that the Taliban are durable, able to launch a number of coordinated attacks in recent months across Afghanistan 14 years after the U.S. invasion.

December 23, 2015

U.S.-backed Iraqis aim to free Ramadi from ISIS

After being prodded and cajoled by American officials for months, Iraqi government forces on Tuesday finally invaded the city of Ramadi in a bid to wrest control of the provincial capital from the Islamic State group, which is planning a doomsday exit from Anbar province if defeated there.

December 22, 2015

ISIS urges fighters to dress as Iraqi security forces while committing atrocities

The Islamic State is preparing to leave Fallujah with instructions to fighters to dress as Iraqi security forces and commit atrocities as their calling card.

December 22, 2015

Obama administration blocks Washington Times FOIA request on Syria chemical weapons

The Obama administration is blocking The Washington Times from obtaining detailed information about Syria's extensive chemical weapons arsenal, which was used to kill thousands of innocents and changed the course of the country's savage 4-year-old civil war.

December 20, 2015

Army women hurt more often in combat training, experience more mental health issues

Army women not only suffer more injuries than men during combat training, but the active-duty female soldiers also are stricken with significantly higher rates of mental health disorders.

December 17, 2015

House Armed Services Committee to review Ashton Carter email

The House Armed Services Committee chairman on Thursday called on Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to seek an inspector general's investigation of his use of a private email account to conduct Pentagon business.