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Trump Takes Parting Shot At G7 Countries As He Heads To North Korea Summit 0
- Foreign Policy
- June 10, 2018
Will Racke President Donald Trump launched a final parting shot at U.S. trading partners on Saturday, shortly after leaving the G7 summit en route to a highly anticipated summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. This year’s summit produced “great meetings and relationships” with the G7 leaders, “especially since they know I cannot allow
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North Korea Talks Peace With Pompeo, Frees Prisoners Just Hours After Trump Pulled Out Of The Iran Deal 0
- Foreign Policy
- May 9, 2018
Ryan Pickrell Despite concerns that the president’s decision Tuesday to withdraw from the Iran deal would derail denuclearization talks with North Korea, negotiations with Pyongyang are still on track, at least for the time being. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Wednesday in Pyongyang, where he held talks with Kim Yong Chul, a senior North
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Kim Jong Un Committed To ‘Complete Denuclearization’ Of Korean Peninsula 0
- Foreign Policy
- April 28, 2018
Ryan Pickrell North Korean state media announced Saturday Kim Jong Un’s commitment to a nuclear-free Korea through the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula. “North and South Korea affirmed the common goal of realizing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization,” the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday, commenting on Friday’s historic inter-Korean summit. “Sharing the understanding that
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REPORT: Mattis Wanted Congress’ Approval For Syria Strikes But Was Overruled By White House 0
- Foreign Policy
- April 18, 2018
Will Racke Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reportedly pushed for the White House to get congressional approval before striking Syria last week, but was overruled by President Donald Trump, who didn’t want to wait for lawmakers to debate the issue. In meetings leading up to the operation, the Pentagon chief sought to persuade Trump that he
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BATTLE ASSESSMENT: Here Is How The Devastating Strike On Syria Went Down 0
- Foreign Policy
- April 14, 2018
Ryan Pickrell The early morning coalition strikes on Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure Saturday destroyed three critical targets, crippling the Syrian regime’s ability to create chemical weapons. “We sent a very clear message last night,” Pentagon spokesman Dana White explained Saturday, further commenting, “We hope he [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] heard it.” Around 4 a.m. in
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US, French, And UK Coalition Forces Hit Syria With An Incredible Amount Of Firepower 0
- Foreign Policy
- April 14, 2018
Ryan Pickrell The U.S., U.K., and France sent Syria a “very strong message” Saturday morning, hitting targets with more than twice the firepower used against the Assad regime in 2017, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Friday evening. More than 100 missiles fired from air and sea rained down on targets associated with Syria’s chemical
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