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Putin threatens war with NATO as Russian military aircraft spotted off Alaska
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that his country will be “at war” with NATO if the West lifts restrictions on its missiles in Ukraine. His announcement comes on the heels of Russian military aircraft being spotted flying off the coast of Alaska. President Biden — among other Western nations’ leaders — has come under intense...
US and Iraqi officials drawing up plan that could see American troops pulling out as soon as next year
Washington and Baghdad are working on a plan to draw down the U.S. troop presence in Iraq as soon as next year. The U.S. and Iraq have reached an “understanding” on plans to have hundreds of U.S. troops leave Iraq by September 2025 and the remainder leave by January 2027, according to a new Reuters...
State Department denies lack of planning for withdrawal laid out in GOP-led Afghanistan report
The State Department stood by the frenzied 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal in a new statement after House Foreign Affairs Republicans released a scathing 350-page report detailing dysfunction and a lack of planning leading up to the pullout. Republicans have “issued partisan statements, cherry-picked facts, withheld testimonies from the American people, and obfuscated the truth behind conjecture,”...
McCaul says he will hold Blinken in contempt after State Department shrugs off his demands for testimony
Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul said he still intends to haul in Antony Blinken on the Afghanistan withdrawal even after his sprawling report was completed, and will hold him in contempt of Congress if he does not comply. “This was a catastrophic failure of epic proportions,” the Texas Republican told reporters on Monday. “This...
Kamala Harris still unclear on whether she would stop weapons shipments to Israel
After the United Kingdom paused some arms shipments to Israel on Monday, it’s not entirely clear whether Vice President Kamala Harris could follow the same path. The Democratic presidential candidate is under intense pressure from progressives to get tough on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war with Hamas drags on for nearly a...
US top general says tensions in Middle East have 'somewhat' eased amid new Iranian threats
Concerns over an all-out war between Israel, Hezbollah and Iran have eased, according to comments made by U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to Reuters on Monday, but statements issued by Jerusalem and Tehran suggest otherwise. Brown met with top Israeli officials in Tel Aviv to discuss ongoing...
Israel warns US defense chief Iran aggression has ‘reached all-time high’
In a Monday meeting with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Israel’s Defense MinisterYoav Gallant warned “Iran’s aggression has reached an all-time high” as the U.S. scrambles to broker a cease-fire deal with Hamas after nearly 11 months of war. “To counter this, we must work together to achieve...
Trump is right about an 'Iron Dome' missile shield for the US homeland
During former President Trump’s freewheeling rallies, he regularly brings up hisaim to buildan “Iron Dome”missileshieldforAmerica. Itisone of the few itemized priorities in the Republican National Committee platform, which calls for “agreat Iron Domemissiledefenseshieldover our entire country.” Some national defense commentators pounced, deriding the ideaas infeasibleand calling it “snake oil”andaboondogglethat won’t work. They described the technical...
Navy to sideline 17 vessels due to manpower shortage, operating crews will be redistributed: report
The Navy will reportedly sideline 17 vessels due to a manpower shortage that makes it difficult to properly crew and operate ships across the fleet. There just aren’t enough Merchant Marines to keep all the ships going at once, according to Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology...









