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U.S. Private Industry leaders are a model for “inserting speed” into the Pentagon
By Joy Votrobek, Sr. Research Analyst American Security Council Foundation January 23, 2020 The CSIS (Center for Strategic International Studies) released a podcast with General John E Hyten, Vice ...
Iranian student whose deportation spurred Dem outcry has family ties to IRGC, Hezbollah: DHS official
An Iranian student who was denied entry to the United States on arrival and deported this week, amid objections from top Democrats and left-wing activists, has family ties to the Iranian Revoluti...
Thousands protest in Iraq to demand ouster of US troops
Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capital on edge. The march rattled...
US general says troop surge in Middle East may not end soon
ABOARD THE USS BATAAN (AP) — Over the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the escalating threat from Iran that peake...
North Korea confirms former defense commander is new foreign minister
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s state media on Friday confirmed that Ri Son Gwon, a former defense commander with limited diplomatic experience, has been appointed the country’s new foreign affairs...
US border officers were told to stop Iran-born travelers, officer says
US border officers working at Canadian border crossings were directed to stop travelers of Iranian descent for questioning following the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, an unnamed Cust...
U.S. Goes From Support to Sanctions for African Ally
In the years since South Sudan declared independence in 2011, the U.S. has been its principal backer, supporting the government of the world’s newest nation despite its wars, rights abuses an...
Netanyahu condemns ‘tyrants of Tehran’ in Holocaust speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged action against “the tyrants of Tehran” in a Holocaust memorial speech Thursday, comparing what he considers the Iranian threat to that once posed by ...
Iran MP offers reward for killing Trump, U.S. calls it ‘ridiculous’.
An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid ...
UN chief urges action to end Syria conflict, support rights
(AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued “a very strong appeal” Wednesday for a political solution to Syria’s nearly nine-year conflict, and he called for a global “push-back agai...
Pompeo Says U.S. Remains Committed to Ending Ukraine Corruption
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the U.S. is committed to supporting Ukraine and stamping out corruption in the country, denying that President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani ...
Russia’s Putin remains secretive about his future role
(AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin remained tight-lipped about his future role Wednesday as he fast-tracks a set of constitutional changes widely seen as an attempt to maintain his dominance...