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24 Oct 2019, 5:50 am by David Post
I told the Secretary that I could not and would not defend such a policy. [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 8:58 am by Gordon Ahl
Meanwhile, Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari said that U.S. forces that have recently entered Iraq from Syria will depart within four weeks, contrary to previous reports from Defense Secretary Mark Esper that the troops would remain in Iraq for longer to continue fighting the Islamic State, reports the Post. [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 5:06 am by Scott R. Anderson
” The latter, he writes, “was well-connected in Washington, [but] operated mostly outside of official State Department channels” and included “then-Special Envoy Kurt Volker, Ambassador [Gordon] Sondland, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, and . . . [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 5:06 am by Scott R. Anderson
” The latter, he writes, “was well-connected in Washington, [but] operated mostly outside of official State Department channels” and included “then-Special Envoy Kurt Volker, Ambassador [Gordon] Sondland, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, and ... [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 1:11 pm by Philip Zelikow
In late April, encouraged by Giuliani, Trump reportedly overrode State Department resistance and ordered the dismissal of Ambassador Yovanovitch. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 12:41 pm by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
" The committee will hear testimony from James Jeffrey; Joey Hood, the principal deputy secretary of state for near eastern affairs; and Matthew Palmer, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 5:35 am by Benjamin Schwartz
That opinion represents the most comprehensive defense of the prevailing executive branch interpretation of the Recommendations Clause to date. [read post]
Treasury Department has issued sanctions designations against Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Minsters of Defense, Energy and Interior pursuant to a new Executive Order issued on October 14, 2019 by President Trump in response to Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 9:53 am by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
The subcommittee will hear testimony from David Stilwell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs; Randall Schriver, the assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific security; and Gloria Steele, the acting assistant administrator for Asia at the U.S. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 4:40 am by Tom Kosakowski
Department of Defense Field Activity that supports the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness is hiring a full-time Ombudsman. [read post]
12 Oct 2019, 9:55 am by Gordon Ahl
The chairmen of three House committees issued subpoenas for documents to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and two business associates of Rudy Giuliani—Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman—who were also indicted this week on campaign finance charges. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
He faces up to 10 years in prison, but prosecutors and defense lawyers have agreed to seek a sentence between 46 months and 57 months. [read post]
10 Oct 2019, 5:34 am by Richard Altieri, Benjamin Della Rocca
On Oct. 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was helping China to build a state-of-the-art missile defense system. [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 11:22 am by Gordon Ahl
Patrick McDonnell discussed the newly proposed rules from the Treasury Department on investment and real estate transactions that fall within the scope of a CFIUS review. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 12:58 pm by Gordon Ahl
The event will feature Ambassador Lord in conversation with Strobe Talbott, who served as deputy secretary of state in the Clinton administration. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 11:43 am by Gordon Ahl
The chairmen of three House Committees— Oversight and Reform, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs—sent similar letters to subpoena documents from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 1:14 pm by Scott R. Anderson, Margaret Taylor
Moreover, they help explain how senior diplomats and the broader apparatus of the State Department became intimately involved in these efforts, despite concerns voiced by certain career officials. [read post]