LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Secretary of Defense James Mattis admitted that the U.S. is not currently winning in Afghanistan while testifying before the Senate Committee on Armed Services Tuesday. “We’re not winning in Afghanistan right now,” said Mattis, while being questioned by Chairman John McCain. “And we will correct this as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Secretary of Defense James Mattis issued words of resolve Monday in his first reaction to Saturday’s terrorist attack in London. “We are united, as I said, in our resolve, even against an enemy that thinks by hurting us they can scare us,” Mattis declared. “Well, we don’t scare.”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang, two sources briefed on the planning have told the Guardian. The defense secretary, James Mattis, has briefed Congress on the option, but the military has not yet decided to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Department of Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday in the first of a days long trip around the region to discuss U.S. anti-ISIS strategy. Mattis will also visit Egypt, Israel, Qatar, and Djibouti in the coming days. Mattis will use the trip as an opportunity…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Secretary of Defense James Mattis made the U.S. position clear for North Korea Thursday. North Korea appears to be on the verge of another nuclear test. “The bottom line is North Korea has got to change its behavior,” Mattis said at the Pentagon Thursday, according to Stars…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti A chemical weapons attack likely carried out by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday has reignited interest in why these weapons were banned in the first place. The first widespread use of chemical weapons dates to World War I when the Germans deployed chlorine gas. Both sides in the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The U.S. military is developing several proposals for President Donald Trump to strike Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in response to what U.S. officials believe was a chemical gas attack he carried out Wednesday. The U.S. already had plans to take out Assad’s chemical weapons arsenal in 2013, which…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley diplomatically indicated that the U.S. may take action against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for a chemical weapons attack Tuesday in an address she gave to the U.N. security council Wednesday. “When United Nations fails to act collectively, there are times in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Marine Corps leadership was set Wednesday to appear before the House to testify on updates regarding an investigation of the nude photo scandal, but now then backed out of the meeting. According to Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier’s office, the assistant to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller wrote a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Less than 1 percent of the nearly 18,000 U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria yielded reports of possible civilian casualties, according to the Pentagon’s monthly civilian casualty assessment. Of the less than one percent of strikes that resulted in possible civilian casualties, only a…