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...
by Saeed Abdullah | Jul 21, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks urged a House Armed Services subcommittee Tuesday to give the military the authority to change its justice system by removing prosecution of sexual assault and related crimes from the military chain of command...
by Saeed Abdullah | Jul 16, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan threatens the essential rights of Afghan women to education, healthcare, employment and participation in politics, and some activists could be in danger from the Taliban, according to several experts...
by Mark Dovich | Jun 25, 2021 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The State Department and the Pentagon are working on plans to evacuate thousands of Afghan citizens who worked for the United States during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed Thursday at a news conference. “We are...
by Augusta Saraiva | Apr 19, 2021 | Economy, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Decades ago, then-Sen. Joe Biden established himself as a sort of drug czar on Capitol Hill. In the 1980s, he helped launch the Office of National Drug Control Policy. And a decade later, Biden became one of the masterminds behind Plan Colombia, a $7.5...
by Hangyun Kim | Mar 21, 2021 | Featured, National Security
SEOUL – South Korea’s Minister of National Defense Suh Wook said research on military service by transgender individuals is necessary, a milestone in the LGBTQ rights movement in one of the least inclusive countries in East Asia where even the incumbent president, a...