War_Conflict

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National Edition News cover for June 16, 2014 - President ignored general’s pleas to keep American forces in Iraq: Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo/ Nabil Al-Jurani); U.S. Army Chief of Staff John Keane listens as soldiers from 1st Battalion 64 Armor Regiment ask him questions during his visit to Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, July 5, 2003. The four-star general is on a three-day visit to see American soldiers in Iraq. One soldier asked him about a proposal to reduce the size of the Army, and he replied, " We have our hands full. We will not reduce the Army. " (AP Photo/John Moore)

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U.S. Army Chief of Staff John Keane listens as soldiers from 1st Battalion 64 Armor Regiment ask him questions during his visit to Fallujah, Iraq Saturday, July 5, 2003. The four-star general is on a three-day visit to see American soldiers in Iraq. One soldier asked him about a proposal to reduce the size of the Army, and he replied, " We have our hands full. We will not reduce the Army. " (AP Photo/John Moore)

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This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with truckloads of captured Iraqi soldiers after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)

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ADVISOR: Former Army Vice Chief of Staff John M. Keane recommended 23,000 American troops remain in Iraq. (associated press)

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This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting appears to show militants from the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)

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Explosions across Baghdad killed 15 on Sunday. Although no one has taken responsibility, it may be linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a predominantly Sunni militant group with ties to al Qaeda that captured a vast swath of northern Iraq last week. (AP Photo via militant website)

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In this image provided by the U.S. Army Air, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Getulio Vargas of Brazil in rear seat wearing white hat pause on their inspection tour of Brazil’s army, navy and air forces and a Brazilian officer points to something of interest in Brazil on Feb. 1, 1943. Mr. Roosevelt stopped in Brazil en route home from Casablanca. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Air)

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Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq has made the chances for another 9/11-like attack on American soil "inevitable." (CBS News)