Tag: State Department

The Wisconsin Republican's plan relies on funding from civil asset forfeiture. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File)

National Security

Jim Sensenbrenner: Make Mexican cartels pay for the wall

Joel Gehrke · March 14, 2017 6:34 pm

New York attorney general says Tillerson used the alias to hide climate change discussions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Tillerson accused of having email alias as Exxon CEO

John Siciliano · March 14, 2017 4:00 pm

A state-run outlet said North Korea lodged an official request for the UN Security Council to intervene. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

North Korea asks UN to block war games

Joel Gehrke · March 14, 2017 3:34 pm

Of 53 "Pentagon appointed, Senate confirmed" positions, only one has been filled since President Trump was sworn in Jan. 20. That's Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Pros and cons of Pentagon’s leadership vacuum

Jamie McIntyre · March 14, 2017 3:48 am

"These are very clearly defensive measures that we're taking in response to an increasingly worrying, concerning threat from North Korea," acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters on Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

National Security

State Department: US military taking ‘defensive measures’ against North Korea

Joel Gehrke · March 13, 2017 7:55 pm

Attorneys for the department seek dismissal of a case that would force it to do so. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump’s State Department refuses to look for Hillary Clinton’s emails

Todd Shepherd · March 13, 2017 6:59 pm

The legislators sent the letter after dozens of Jewish cemeteries in the United States were vandalized. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

National Security

Lawmakers urge Trump not to cut anti-Semitism monitor at State Department

Joel Gehrke · March 13, 2017 6:37 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, a Republican from Illinois, led a four-man delegation of the commission to Kosovo, Georgia, and Sri Lanka during a February congressional recess. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Lawmakers care about what happens in Kosovo, Sri Lanka and Georgia. Here’s why

Joel Gehrke · March 12, 2017 8:30 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's decision not to travel with reporters when he visits Asia next week will only lead to "distrust," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., charged Friday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

Sen. Ed Markey rebukes Tillerson for excluding press from Asia trip

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2017 10:09 pm

South Korean President Park Geun-hye was removed from office Friday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

Sensenbrenner predicts new ‘urgency’ to deploy missiles before South Korean election

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2017 9:08 pm

South Korea's military has been on high-alert due to a series of North Korean missile tests and launches. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

Impeachment in South Korea won’t stop US missile defense plan

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2017 8:11 pm

"We are at an important stage of the fight against ISIS and will use this ministerial to accelerate international efforts to defeat ISIS in the remaining areas it holds in Iraq and Syria and maximize pressure on its branches, affiliates, and networks," a State Department bulletin said. (Arab 24 network, via AP, File)

National Security

US-led coalition meeting to plan ISIS endgame

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2017 6:58 pm