by Anastasia Mason | Nov 1, 2023 | National Security
WASHINGTON– Senators criticized top Biden officials for loose borders and increasing global violence in a combative hearing Tuesday of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, was among several senators who...
by Phillip Powell | Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON– Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked for Senate support for Biden’s joint Israel and Ukraine aid package in a hearing Tuesday morning, despite clear opposition in the House to the president’s plan. “It’s very important to understand the elements of this...
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by Esther Frances | Oct 24, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — At a time of congressional disarray, national security experts warned that U.S. interests abroad could suffer greatly without more investment in emerging markets. Gaps in economic opportunities and stability for developing countries increase the...
by Phillip Powell | Oct 24, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democrat senators criticized the Biden administration Tuesday for being slow to call a July military takeover in Niger a coup if the U.S. wants to deter future coups in West Africa. “It’s important for the U.S. to take a principled...
by Phillip Powell | Oct 19, 2023 | National Security, Politics
Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Egypt, Herro Mustafa Garg, said in her Senate hearing Thursday morning that Egypt will open the border to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. “My understanding is that Egypt wants the crossing open,” Mustafa Garg said. “There is...
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by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The highest ranking general of the U.S. Army in the Pacific stressed the importance of joint exercises with allies in the region to keep deterring China after the Israel-Hamas war erupted. Gen. Charles Flynn, the commanding general of the U.S. Army...
