Politico
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 06:26
The State Department and the Pentagon are feuding over who should control decisions on supplying military aid to foreign nations.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 06:30
Last month, the Obama administration released its 2017 budget proposal, including thousands of pages on the nearly $600 billion request for the Pentagon. But what isn’t included in that massive budget is a comprehensive country-level breakdown of the $10 billion or so in foreign military aid the Pentagon administers every year, euphemistically referred to as Building Partner Capacity.
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 06:32
President Barack Obama’s effort to rescue Ukraine from Russia’s military grip has stalled, and turmoil inside Ukraine's government may hand Russian President Vladimir Putin a victory in a conflict that Obama has said involves "the most basic principles of our international system.”
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 08:47
The Obama administration and the Iraqi government are eager to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from the Islamic State, but the top U.S. military brass says not so fast.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 06:46
The Obama administration is “on the verge of taking action” against the Islamic State in Libya, where the terrorist network has flourished in recent months, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told Politico on Tuesday.
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 06:49
In Paris, French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian and I co-hosted our counterparts from Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Britain. Those countries have been the biggest contributors to the counter-ISIL campaign. The military actions that the United States and our partners have taken in recent months have applied unprecedented pressure on ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 06:54
The congressional defense panels have released some — but not all — of the remaining funds for the $500 million Syria train-and-equip program that Defense Secretary Ash Carter says is crucial to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 06:51
Despite earlier promises to hold allies accountable for human rights abuses, Obama has given aid to several repressive regimes, including in Egypt and Bahrain, and has not reacted strongly to abuses in China, Uzbekistan, and Myanmar.
Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 06:37
The omnibus provides no funding for the Obama administration’s troubled Syria train-and-equip program, but would clear a path for the Pentagon to use other funds to train moderate Syrian rebels. The administration requested $600 million for the train-and-equip program this fiscal year, shifting its focus after the Pentagon acknowledged its plan to recruit a new force of Syrian rebels was a failure.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 06:48
We don’t know yet what happened to San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik during her many years living in Saudi Arabia, or what her U.S.-born husband and accomplice, Syed Farook, might have experienced during his two recent visits to the country.