Asking Quote by Peter Baker

At the center of President Obama's strategy for dealing with the Islamic State is an empty space. It's supposed be filled by a 'Sunni…

— David Ignatius

Obama has committed the U.S. to war on the Islamic State. To then allow within a month an allied enclave to be overrun -…

— Charles Krauthammer

We'll review President Obama's plan [on closing Guantanamo], but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he should know that…

— Audie Cornish

I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some…

— Sarah Palin

I think that President Obama is beginning to realize that a lot of his plans have backfired.

— Jonathan Krohn

Like I say, if [Barack] Obama really, really wanted to use the law to stop acts of militant terrorism, he would get hold of…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Obama doesn’t like this terror war. He particularly dislikes its unfortunate religious coloration, which is why “Islamist” is banished from his lexicon. But soothing…

— Charles Krauthammer

We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To…

— John Boehner

President Obama is determined that our foreign and national security policies not play into al-Qa'ida's strategy or its warped ideology. Al-Qa'ida seeks to terrorize…

— John O. Brennan

Obama tried to make deals with Republicans, and I don't think he realized he'd have such an insanely opposing Congress.

— Saikat Chakrabarti

Obama's claim is that he wants to give. The GOP is saying it wants to take.

— John Podhoretz

Specifically, the part where in the early 19th century America reconstituted the U.S. Marine Corps to battle the Islamic Barbary Pirates, though I don't…

— Barack Obama