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Rowan Scarborough

rscarborough@washingtontimes.com

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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"I want to make clear that any transfer from Guantanamo will be undertaken after consultation with Congress and pursuant to all legal requirements for transfers, including those spelled out in the FY2012 [National] Defense Authorization Act," then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote to Congress in November 2011. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton misled Congress on Bowe Bergdahl swap with Taliban

When Republican members of Congress learned in November 2011 that the Obama administration was contemplating a swap -- Taliban terrorists for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl -- they wrote to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of their fears.

December 13, 2015
President Obama mostly watched as the Islamic State, defeated by U.S. forces in 2009, reassembled the old al Qaeda in Iraq leadership apparatus across the border amid the turmoil of the Syrian civil war. (Associated Press)

ISIS expanded as Obama stayed on the sidelines

Under President Obama's watch, the Islamic State has risen rapidly from the ruins of its Iraq insurgency in 2010 into a full-service global terrorist group with an army able to direct and inspire attacks from a buzzing Syria headquarters.

December 7, 2015
While ordering the U.S. military to open all combat jobs to women, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said there would be no lowering of standards between the genders in active service roles. (Associated Press)

Ashton Carter promises same standards for women in combat roles

The Pentagon's revolutionary move to open all direct land combat jobs to women sends a stressed and shrinking armed forces on a politically hazardous mission, as Obama administration appointees expect a significant number of females to qualify next year.

December 3, 2015
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. (right) listens at right as Defense Secretary Ashton Carter testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Pentagon, State Department began ISIS strategy meetings only two months ago

It was not until two months ago -- as the war against the Islamic State was over a year old -- that the Pentagon and the State Department began regular high-level planning meetings to make big decisions on how to defeat the terror army in Iraq and Syria, the nation's top military officer told Congress on Tuesday.

December 1, 2015
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford said that two Iraqi brigades molded by American troops are ready to enter the crucial city of Ramadi at a "much higher level" than other such mobilized units. (Associated Press)

Pentagon says Ramadi operation imminent to retake city from Islamic State

A month ago the two top U.S. military officials told senators that retaking the western Iraqi city of Ramadi had been elevated to one of three critical objectives leading to the ultimate defeat of the Islamic State's terrorist army. Now that major objective is days away.

November 19, 2015
Raised stakes: After last week's deadly terror acts in Paris — and the ongoing hunt for the perpetrators — Islamic State operatives have made videos decreeing the U.S. will be the next site of the jihadis' bloodthirsty activities. (Associated Press)

ISIS shows nimble ability to strike multiple Western targets

Stark evidence that the Islamic State now has the organizational power to conceive plots in a wide range of locations is seen in a stream of videos featuring armed jihadi leaders vowing more attacks outside Iraq and Syria.

November 18, 2015
A New York City police officer adjusts parts of a make shift memorial left as a sign of support to France near the door of the French consulate in New York, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. French officials say several dozen people were killed in shootings and explosions at a theater, restaurant and elsewhere in Paris on Friday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Attack on U.S. just a matter of time, security experts say

It is only a matter of time before a Paris-style coordinated terror attack comes to the streets of America, experts say, citing the fact the Islamic State is far more gruesomely efficient than even al Qaeda and is attracting hundreds of committed U.S. followers.

November 14, 2015