by Catherine Buchaniec | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As the government fought to shield testimony on the CIA’s use of torture at CIA black sites, it was the rationale for continuing to hold military detainees at Guantanamo Bay that seemed to preoccupy a number of justices during Wednesday’s oral arguments....
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by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 5, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A former Afghan member of Parliament and policy experts advised lawmakers on Tuesday to prioritize humanitarian aid to Afghanistan’s civilian population while keeping resources out of the hands of Taliban leaders. “U.S. sanctions policy must continue to...
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by Catherine Buchaniec | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Top military leaders told Senate lawmakers on Tuesday that they previously advised President Joe Biden to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan, contradicting statements Biden made last month during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News. When...
by Saeed Abdullah | Aug 4, 2021 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism held a hearing on how to assess the U.S. policy response to the economic and political crisis in Lebanon. Witnesses stressed that Lebanon suffers from...
by Hazel Tang and Mark Dovich | Jul 27, 2021 | National Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Activists and members of Washington, D.C.’s Uighur community rallied in front of the White House to call on President Joe Biden to recognize East Turkistan as a country occupied by China, which has been accused of human rights violations...
by Mark Dovich | Jul 21, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans alike condemned Turkey’s 2017 purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system at Wednesday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S.-Turkey relations. The S-400 missile system, originally developed...
