But the third version of the policy was upheld by the US Supreme Court in June 2018 in a 5-4 ruling that affirmed the president had broad power to set immigration policy based on national security justifications. . The countries covered under that version are Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria,..…
On March 27, 2015, two days into the Saudi-led war on Yemen, Barack Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor publicly defended the U.S...…
Washington (CNN)A collection of former high-ranking Obama administration national security officials who pushed a policy that led the United States to support Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen are now pleading with leaders in Congress to defund that effort. . . Former..…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Saturday drone attacks by Yemeni against Saudi Arabia's oil installations on Iran claiming on Twitter that there was no evidence the attacks came from Yemen... Also, on Wednesday, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali..…
Trump in March had complimented O'Brien for doing a 'fantastic job' after gaining the release of American hostage Danny Burch in Yemen. . People close to the White House said Trump was looking for someone who would manage the national security process, voice opinions behind the..…
Over the weekend, Washington blamed an attack on Saudi oil fields on Iran even though Yemen’s Houthis claimed full responsibility. On Monday, in a national security meeting, U.S. military leaders provided President Trump with several possible actions that can be taken against..…
Either it is indeed retaliation against Saudi Arabia for its criminal activities across the region – showcasing new military capabilities raising the costs for Riyadh to continue down its current foreign policy path – or it was a staged provocation that will be used by the US to station yet more military..…
The 9/11 attacks then led to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, followed by the interventions in Syria, Libya, Yemen, and elsewhere, which necessarily entailed a fortification and strengthening of America’s national-security state form of governmental structure. ..…
The 9/11 attacks then led to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, followed by the interventions in Syria, Libya, Yemen, and elsewhere, which necessarily entailed a fortification and strengthening of America’s national-security state form of governmental structure. ..…
In mid-April, Trump also vetoed resolution passed by both Senate and House of Representatives that sought to end US involvement with Saudi-led Yemen.. TEHRAN - Chairman of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour said on Friday that..…
-led wars in Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Libya. The same is true for those living in the U.S. Indeed, Edward Snowden, who exposed the National Security Agent’s secret war against American citizens, is now living in Russia. ..…
Along with our brothers in the coalition, we responded to the appeal of the legitimate government to protect Yemen and its people and our national security. ..…
Along with our brothers in the coalition, we responded to the appeal of the legitimate government to protect Yemen and its people and our national security. ..…
Children walk through a badly damaged neighborhood in Aden, Yemen. A cross-ideological group of constitutional and national security law scholars recently submitted a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urging her and the House of Representatives to initiate a lawsuit to..…
The documents also show how closely the National Security Agency has worked in Pakistan and Yemen with its British counterpart, Government Communications Headquarters. . ..…
As a result, despite his noninterventionist instincts, Trump has escalated the U.S. military’s involvement in every theater of conflict he inherited: Afghanistan, Libya, Niger, Syria, Yemen—and even Iraq itself. . Last spring, Trump appointed as his national security adviser..…
The Trump administration has criticized Iran for its support of Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and military group, and of the Houthis, a Shiite rebel group in Yemen. . ... Bolton, the White House national security adviser, said in a statement on Sunday night that deploying the..…
The Trump administration’s 2018 National Security Strategy declared that the world had returned to great power competition and that Washington would refocus on deterring state-to-state wars. ... All of these conflicts are open-ended, with little to no connection to vital..…
He vetoed resolution that would have ended American military in Yemeni — conflict that has killed estimated 50,000 people without having any significant bearing on U.S national security... Yes, there are no American troops fighting on the front lines Yemen, except Trump..…
During her crucial role in the Obama administration, however, she ignored the atrocities committed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen and went as far as defending the intervention. Similarly, it took Ben Rhodes, Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor, nearly four years to acknowledge that..…
Since the dawn of the new millennium, the US has been involved in at least nine wars: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, the Indian Ocean, Libya, Uganda, Syria and Yemen. Currently, the Trump administration, through Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser..…
Above and beyond the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, this war has been harmful to our national security and the security of the region. The administration defends our engagement in Yemen by overstating Iranian support for the Houthi rebels. ..…
These locales include Sudan, Mali, Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia, Egypt, and perhaps even Bangladesh. Daily, in Middle East, American president and his National Security Advisor sounding alarm bells over Iran and this after United States, not Iran, withdrew from international..…
Millions face starvation as Saudi bombs and US sanctions combine to create a hell on earth that is unrelated in any way to US national security. . Why this ongoing support for Saudi death and destruction in Yemen? Washington’s neocons have successfully promoted the lie that the..…
Dozens of Democrats, however, softened the blow when they defected to a Republican amendment to allow intelligence sharing with Saudi Arabia to continue when “appropriate in the national security interest of the United States.” . Senate passage of the Yemen resolution could..…
How can he not talk about the reality that Russia, through cyberwarfare, interfered in our election in 2016, is interfering in democratic elections all over the world, and according to the heads of his own national security agencies, attempted to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections? .....…
Specifically, the suspension applied to countries referred to in, or designated under, section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12), in which Congress restricted use of the Visa Waiver Program for nationals of, and aliens recently present in, (A) Iraq or Syria, (B) any country designated by the..…
Perhaps he also will reconsider U.S. support for the Saudis and Emiratis in Yemen. . Trump should use Secretary Mattis’s departure as an opportunity to refashion his national security team. ..…
Senator Mike Lee of Utah explained, “What the Khashoggi event did, I think, was to focus on the fact that we have been led into this civil war in Yemen, half a world away, into a conflict in which few Americans that I know can articulate what American national security interest is..…
By these terms, the ends of “national security” justify the repellent means often used to achieve them. President Obama, after all, green-lighted the Yemen war to curry further favor with Saudi Arabia. ..…
While the Administration has said that reaching a political settlement and relieving the humanitarian crisis in Yemen are top national security objectives, U.S. policies tell a different story. ..…
The Yemen National Dialogue promoted by the Security Council was critical in addressing women’s issues and should be re-established. ..…
“Yemen is just not a priority.” The Saudis lobbied Trump’s National Security Council for the cranes purchased by USAID for Hodeidah to be returned. ..…
Yemen . . . More . . U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton answers questions from reporters after announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Vienna protocol and the 1955 . ..…
Ben Rhodes finally acknowledges ‘we were wrong’ on support for Saudi war in Yemen . ... President Barack Obama talks with national security staff in the Oval Office after being notified of the nuclear agreement with Iran. ..…
The Obama administration barely even bothered to justify its support for outside military intervention into Yemen’s civil war. Depending on whether you believe the National Security Council, the State Department or the White House press office, the administration is either seeking..…
US troops in Syria, deployed in the name of fighting ISIS, have repeatedly targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad, and Washington is providing vital logistical and tactical support for the Saudi monarchy’s savage war in Yemen against the..…
By contrast, President Barack Obama regularly criticized Saudi Arabia for civilian casualties inflicted by its bombing campaign in Yemen, and blocked arms sales to the kingdom. . ... Trump and top national security officials in Washington, the State Department approved the sale of..…
This entry was posted National Security and tagged CNN, Hypocrisy, Israel, Jake Tapper, Syria, United Nations, Venezuela, Yemen. ..…
UAE exploits conflict to control Yemen ports: Minister . The US intelligence community doesn’t completely ignore the UAE. Another branch, the National Security Agency (NSA), conducts electronic surveillance – a lower-risk, lower-reward kind of intelligence-gathering – inside..…
Diversity Visa Lottery gives out 50,000 visas every year to foreign nationals from multitude of countries, including those with known terrorist problems such as Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yemen, and..…
By his predecessor come less than week after experts warned lawmakers that Foreign Policy's between Trump's aggressive approach to combating AQAP and the more cautious modus operandi employed al- Qaeda wing is building Islamic state Yemen.. stuff moved like molasses through National..…
Rand, and expert from the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies who also testified before the Senate panel told lawmakers that it is “paramount” for the United States to end the war in Yemen as soon as possible. . “Ending this conflict is the most..…
The Washington Post reported on October 18, 2002: 'U.S. officials learned from interviews with Muhammad Darbi, an al Qaeda member captured in Yemen in August, that a Yemen cell was planning an attack on a Western oil tanker, sources said.' On December 26, 2002, citing 'U.S. intelligence and..…