Obama Meets Saudi King Amid Concerns Over Saudis’ 9/11 Role
President Obama met with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the kingdom’s capital, on April 20, as the president visited to attend...
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Former Senator Says 9/11 Commission Report Implicates Saudis
During a CBS News 60 Minutes program aired on April 10 called “28 Pages,” correspondent Bob Kroft asked former Democrat Florida Governor and...
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Iranian Complaints Prompt Obama Administration to Soften Sanctions
Anonymous sources told the Wall Street Journal on Friday that the Treasury Department will allow Iran a workaround on sanctions. ...
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Ban Ki-moon Calls for UN to Expand Legal Pathways for Syrian Refugees
Speaking at a UN “High-Level Meeting" in Geneva on March 30, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for "expanding legal pathways for refugees into...
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Defense Department Orders Marines to Change Their Culture
Defending the nation is no longer the primary goal of the Obama Defense Department. Now it's making sure the armed forces are politically...
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Trump Names Team of Foreign Policy Advisors and Questions Cost of U.S. Role in NATO
During a lengthy interview with the editorial board of the Washington Post on March 21, presidential candidate Donald Trump revealed the names of...
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Obama Visit Doesn’t Deter Cuban Government from Suppressing Dissidents
A group of dissidents in Havana were arrested just hours before President Obama and his family arrived for an historic visit to communist...
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Cruz’s New National Security Team Includes Establishment Insider Elliott Abrams
Ted Cruz’s campaign announced his new national security team to advise him on foreign policy issues — a team that will include Assistant...
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North Korea Sentences U.S. Student to 15 Years of Hard Labor
On March 16, North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced Otto Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, to 15 years of hard labor...
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White House Eases Travel, Commerce Restrictions Imposed on Cuba
A statement issued by the White House noted that “significant regulatory changes” have been announced by the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce...
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Obama’s Criticism of David Cameron Over Libya Riles U.K. Press
In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic published in the magazine’s April issue, (in a section headed “How France and Great...
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U.S. Air Strike Kills Over 150 in Somalia; Pentagon Claims “Self-Defense”
On March 7, at least 150 people were killed in an airstrike conducted by the U.S. armed forces in Somalia. The evidence of...
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U.S. European Commander: Risk of Terrorists Recruiting Refugees in Europe
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 1, Air Force General Philip Breedlove said that the security situation in Europe has...
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Obamas Will Travel to Cuba in March
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Cuba on March 21 and 22, notes a February 18 White House press...
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Turkey’s Erdogan Condemns U.S. Support of Syrian Kurdish PYD Rebels
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a speech in Ankara to provincial officials last week, strongly criticized the United States for its support of...
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