Tag: Iran

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s strike on Syria sends strong message to Iran

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2018 1:37 pm

National Security

FBI sought search warrant for CIA, NSA chief Michael Hayden’s private email account: Report

Melissa Quinn · April 16, 2018 7:45 pm

U.S. and Allies Strike Syria

Jenna Lifhits · April 14, 2018 2:10 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 24, 2018, just after President Donald Trump canceled the June 12 summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

Beltway Confidential

Mike Pompeo has the right reforms for the State Department

Tom Rogan · April 12, 2018 7:46 pm

Committee and full Senate passed the waiver last week that will allow Mattis to serve as defense secretary. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Jim Mattis: Iran nuclear deal ‘needs to be fixed’

Travis J. Tritten · April 12, 2018 4:57 pm

CIA Director Mike Pompeo's remarks will be the first chance for lawmakers and the public to hear directly from the former Kansas congressman about his approach to diplomacy and the role of the State Department, should he be confirmed to lead it.

National Security

Mike Pompeo: Trump could stick with Iran deal ‘if we’re close’ to a fix

Joel Gehrke · April 12, 2018 3:57 pm

CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Monday said he expects the 2018 elections to be free and fair, in spite of known attempts by the Russian state to interfere.

Mike Pompeo to blast media for labeling him a ‘hawk’

Daniel Chaitin · April 12, 2018 3:32 am

Pompeo sought to reassure Democrats that he would be a mainstream CIA director who would act within the law.

National Security

Trump’s pick for State Department: ‘Soft policy’ on Russia is ‘now over’

Diana Stancy Correll · April 12, 2018 3:26 am

In this 2013 file photo, Robert Mueller listens as he attends a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mueller is currently the special counsel leading the investigation on Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election.

Beltway Confidential

Iran, Mueller, and the coming potential for panic

Tom Rogan · April 11, 2018 5:42 pm

President Trump speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured left) at a meeting.

Trump and Emmanuel Macron coordinating response to Syria chemical weapons attack

Diana Stancy Correll · April 10, 2018 12:01 am

Donald Trump and John Bolton.

John Bolton: A complex worldview that just might work for Trump

Tom Rogan · April 10, 2018 12:00 am

A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. The government seized large swathes of the Aleppo enclave under rebel control since 2012 in the offensive that began last week. The fighting was most intense Monday near the dividing line between east and west Aleppo as government and allied troops push their way from the eastern flank, reaching within less than a kilometer (half a mile) from the citadel that anchors the center of the city.

In Syria we need strength, not another war

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2018 9:58 pm