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  Sep 19, 2014

  Wycliffe Bible Translators President on Inspiring New Generation to End 'Bible Poverty' by Translating Last 1,870 Languages

  The president of the world's largest Scripture translation organization, Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, hopes that his new book, released earlier this month, will inspire more people to help finish the remaining translations of the Gospel, which he thinks will need the help of the next generation to complete the original goal of starting every translation by 2025.

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  Sep 18, 2014

  Air Force to Allow Airmen to Omit 'So Help Me God' in Oath After Atheist Threatens Lawsuit

  The Air Force announced that it will no longer require airmen to include the phrase "so help me God" as a part of an enlistment or officer appointment oath.

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  Sep 18, 2014

  Is ISIS Trying to Assassinate Pope Francis?

  Pope Francis will still travel to Albania this weekend despite warnings from Iraq's ambassador to the Vatican that there are clear assassination threats coming from Islamic State militants.

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  Sep 18, 2014

  Fixer Abducted With Sotloff by ISIS Claims US Gov't Did Not Contact Him After He Was Released

  A man who was abducted by Islamic State terrorists along with slain American journalist Steven Sotloff in August of 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, said that after he was freed from ISIS captivity, the U.S. government did nothing to reach out and interview him in efforts to save Sotloff's life.

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  Sep 17, 2014

  Obama's $500 Million Price Tag to Arm, Train Syrian Rebels, Raises Concerns

  Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., raised doubts Tuesday about Obama's $500 million dollar plan to support and train about 5,000 Syrian rebels.

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  Sep 16, 2014

  Hillary Clinton Staffers Destroyed Benghazi Documents, State Dept. Official Claims

  A former State Department official claims that he witnessed high-ranking officials in Sec. Hillary Clinton's staff scrubbing documents tied to the Sept. 11, 2012 deadly terrorist attacks at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi before giving them over to an accountability review board.

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  Sep 16, 2014

  Iran's Ayatollah Declines to Help US Coalition Fight ISIS

  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei put to rest on Monday any speculation that his country would be partnering in anyway with the U.S. and its allies in defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

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  Sep 16, 2014

  Syrian Rebel Groups Alleged to Have Reached a Ceasefire With ISIS in Damascus

  Although a group closely monitoring the Syrian civil war claimed last Friday that moderate and Islamist Syrian rebels near Damascus agreed upon a ceasefire with Islamic State militants, a Syrian National Coalition official said Saturday that no such truce has been reached between ISIS and U.S.-vetted rebel forces.

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  Sep 15, 2014

  Obama Administration Denies Threatening Family of Journalist Killed by ISIS

  In response to the criticisms from the families of the two slain American journalists that the Obama administration "threatened" repeatedly to prosecute them if they paid the ransoms to save their loved ones from the sword of the Islamic State, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that the administration did not threaten the families but rather warned them of law.

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  Sep 13, 2014

  Obama ISIS Strategy Heavily Criticized by GOP, Senate Dems, Pentagon Official

  President Barack Obama said with confidence in Wednesday night's prime-time presidential address that he labels hunting down terrorists organizations like the Islamic State to be a "core principle" of his presidency. However, the plan Obama presented the nation to combat the terrorist group ISIS, also known as ISIL, in Syria and Iraq has received heavy criticism from both sides of the political aisle and from ranking officials in the Defense Department.