by Joey Maya Safchik | Jan 14, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON — At a hearing Tuesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee probed the recent tensions in Iran. Witnesses questioned whether the targeted strike was in response to an “imminent” threat, as President Trump has asserted. Notably absent was...
by Angelina Campanile and Joey Safchik | Jan 9, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A continuing U.S. military presence in Iraq is vital to U.S. interests, and President Donald Trump’s insistence that America doesn’t need Middle East oil is misguided, the head of the National Council on U.S. Arab Relations said Thursday. “The thought of...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Apr 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The United States and France will continue to work together to counter terrorism in Iran, stop the use of nuclear weapons in Syria and put pressure on North Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron said at a joint press...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration needs to work with its allies in the Middle East to counter terrorist networks supported and funded by Iran that pose a threat to the U.S., a senior scholar from the Center for American Progress told a House Homeland Security...
by Tara Longardner | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to a pro-Israel group one day before his controversial visit to Capitol Hill, said Monday he feared a proposed nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran would imperil Israel’s security. “I have a...
