Julian Pecquet
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 07:34
House and Senate appropriators are sharply at odds over human rights restrictions.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:38
Proposal to send up to 300 military advisors initially satisfies members of both parties.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 10:02
Both Republicans and Democrats are split over whether the United States should use air power to assist Iraqi armed forces.
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 08:06
The Senate's defense legislation unveiled this week is raising concerns among human rights activists that the Pentagon could sidestep aid prohibitions in its quest to beef up counterterrorism partnerships with awkward allies in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 11:10
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., tells Al-Monitor that he wants to look at "all the facts" as the House and Senate schedule hearings this month on Iran's compliance with its nuclear obligations.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 07:10
The Obama administration is still waiting to ship 10 Apache attack helicopters whose release was announced back in April, bowing to pressure from Congress, but angering newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the process.
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 15:12
The Armed Services Committee report accompanying the bill, however, conditions the extra funding to assurances that American defense firms get a slice of the action and that the US government gets technical know-how from the program, which has cost American taxpayers $720 million since 2011.
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 08:34
"Such amendments would set a precedent that would severely compromise presidents of both parties from conducting American foreign policy. We cannot have 535 negotiators for every negotiation with a foreign country."
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:55
"I think it's disgraceful that they [in the administration] don't have any communications with Congress about what they're doing. And of course what they've done until now is so little. That's also a shame."
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:18
A key House panel passed two non-binding resolutions on Wednesday urging the Obama administration to turn the screws on Bashar al-Assad in the latest bipartisan push for more action in Syria.