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by Oyin Falana | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- The U.S. now is focused on helping to restabilize Raqqa after liberating 95 percent of the city from ISIS, ridding the area of mines, restoring security and working to “allow the voluntary safe return of Syrians to their homes,” State Department...
by Oyin Falana | Oct 18, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for stronger U.S.-India economic and military relations Wednesday in advance of his visit to the country next week and criticized China’s “provocative actions” in the South China Sea. Tillerson rebuked China for...
by Oyin Falana | Oct 13, 2017 | Featured, National Security
Marines awarded medals to five retired military dogs — four Labrador retrievers and a German shepherd — for serving “with distinction” in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the Wednesday evening ceremony in the Rayburn House office building on Capitol Hill, Marine Corps Lt....
by Oyin Falana | Oct 11, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON– Renegotiating the Iran nuclear deal following President Donald Trump’s threat that the U.S. would decertify the deal didn’t get any support from a former Obama administration official Wednesday, while a Middle East expert said the deal hurts overall...
by Oyin Falana | Oct 5, 2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON – People whose spouses in the military died in combat would be eligible for Gold Star family government benefits even if they remarry under a bill announced Thursday. “We have to make it known to Gold Star families that they are not alone and will be a part...
