by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 9, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the U.S. endorses Colombian President Ivan Duque’s plan to reduce that country’s cocaine production by 50 percent by 2023. In June 2018, President Donald Trump told reporters that “more drugs are coming...
by Soram Cheon | Oct 8, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has a better chance of getting a nuclear deal with North Korea than with Iran because North Korea wants to talk, but solidifying an agreement will require another meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim...
by Joe Snell | Oct 8, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Kurdish-led protesters gathered outside the White House to demand President Trump stop a Turkish military advance into Northeast Syria, an area secured by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The rally was hosted a day after Trump ordered...
by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 8, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said Tuesday in a joint statement that the U.S. has an “iron-clad commitment” to Estonia’s security under international treaty. The joint statement spoke about the importance of...
by Sam Cabral | Oct 8, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Agreements with Mexico and three Central American countries are increasing America’s capacity to stem the flow of illegal immigration in unprecedented ways, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said Tuesday. Data released by the...
by Mark Satter and Chiara Vercellone | Oct 3, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is preparing to make large structural changes to the way it trains soldiers and supports other branches of the military to meet the coming challenges of a global power struggle in the Pacific as China emerges as a top military power, the...