by Ricky Zipp | Feb 2, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon on Friday unveiled President Donald Trump’s nuclear strategy that stressed the importance of more “flexible” nuclear strategies and capabilities. The new policy would introduce so-called “low-yield” nuclear weapons on...
by Casey Egan & Yingjie Gu | Feb 2, 2018 | Featured, National Security
The top U.S. diplomatic post on the Korean Peninsula has been vacant for a year, but the State Department said Thursday they believe U.S. interests are being carried out in the region. New concerns emerged earlier this week after reports that Victor Cha, the...
by Ricky Zipp | Feb 2, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The lack of military readiness and funding has been a consistent theme over the last year, whether it was Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifying before Congress, the release of the National Defense Strategy or President Donald Trump’s...
by Jasmine Khayami & Matt Sussis | Jan 26, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- A failure to shut down North Korea’s nuclear program would not only pose a threat to U.S. territory, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told a congressional panel. It would encourage other countries to develop their own atomic arsenals, perpetuating...
by Ricky Zipp | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Two Pentagon officials said Thursday that current military operations in Syria by the Turkish government are a “distraction” that is impeding the overall goals of the U.S.-led coalition in the region. Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, director of the...
by Jinitzail Hernandez | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, National Security
Accidents in the Pacific caused the death of 20 sailors in 2017. Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations briefed house members on two readiness reviews during a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing last week. Representatives questioned the...
