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On Wednesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (pictured above) unanimously passed the Taylor Force Act, which is named for a former Army officer whose murderer was celebrated by Palestinian leaders. Congress hopes to crack down on those assaults by threatening to withdraw the $300 million in foreign aid to the Palestinian leadership. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Foreign Policy

House panel votes to defund Palestinian Authority ‘pay-to-slay’ program

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Retired Gen. C. Robert Kehler, former Commander United States Strategic Command, testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on North Korea on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Security

Retired general: Military won’t ‘blindly’ follow Trump’s nuclear strike orders

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Tillerson plans to reduce the number of State Department personnel by about 8 percent by 2018, thinning the ranks of civil servants and foreign service officers by about 2,300 positions. (Ted Aljibe/Pool Photo via AP)
Foreign Policy

Senators not happy with Rex Tillerson’s State Department reform effort

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Corker, who is not running for re-election, said the hearing is part of the Senate's examination of war powers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Foreign Policy

Bob Corker-led panel to hold hearing on president’s authority to use nukes

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The discussion with Mattis and Tillerson was the second public hearing on the issue. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Beltway Confidential

Congress keeps ignoring the difficult questions on war and an AUMF

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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joins Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and other members of his party in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as they try to limit President Trump's authority to target a growing roster of extremists aligned with the Islamic State and al Qaeda across Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Foreign Policy

Senate Democrats seek to limit Trump’s counter-terrorism powers

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testified during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Monday, during which he discussed the aging authorization for the use of military force, or AUMF, passed after the 9/11 attacks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
National Security

Jim Mattis: If Trump wanted, he could send US combat troops after Boko Haram

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The Senate heard testimony from Mattis and Tillerson as it again considers whether to replace the existing authorizations for the use of military force, called AUMFs, in the wake of a deadly ambush on U.S. troops in Niger. (Mark Metcalfe/Pool Photo via AP)
National Security

Jim Mattis and Rex Tillerson say new war authorization should have no time, geographic limits

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, to brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee behind closed-doors regarding the administration's perspective on the authorizations for the use of military force. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Foreign Policy

Jim Mattis and Rex Tillerson will testify as Senate war authorization debate heats up

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This change is in keeping with Tillerson's agenda to reduce the size of the State Department. (AP)
Foreign Policy

Rex Tillerson cuts department that oversees foreign sanctions policy: Report

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