Tag: State Department

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Mike Pompeo, in memoir, gives no quarter

Jamie McIntyre · January 27, 2023 3:40 am

Washington Secrets

America’s $27B gift to Ukraine: 80,000 weapons and 113M rounds of ammunition

Paul Bedard · January 26, 2023 5:54 pm

US hits Russian mercenary group with new sanctions

Mike Brest · January 26, 2023 5:19 pm

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

McCaul demands answers from Blinken on classified documents at Penn Biden Center

Jerry Dunleavy · January 24, 2023 8:45 pm

Biden admin launching pilot program to allow private sponsorship of refugees

Conrad Hoyt · January 19, 2023 5:34 am

Mark Milley has first in-person sitdown with Ukrainian counterpart

Mike Brest · January 17, 2023 5:40 pm

White House reaffirms commitment to freeing Americans detained in Iran

Mike Brest · January 17, 2023 3:39 pm

A woman steps through a door that is covered by a mural depicting American hostages and wrongful detainees who are being held abroad, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. At left is Siamak Namazi, who has been in captivity in Iran since 2015. At right is Jose Angel Pereira, who has been imprisoned in Venezuela since 2017.

American imprisoned in Iran since 2015 begins hunger strike

Mike Brest · January 16, 2023 5:40 pm

This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines at Abbey Gate before a suicide bomber struck outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Republican-led House committee begins Afghanistan withdrawal investigation

Mike Brest · January 13, 2023 5:36 pm

Russia releases US Navy veteran Taylor Dudley

Mike Brest · January 12, 2023 4:18 pm

US extends security to Pompeo and former Trump officials after threats from Iran

Misty Severi · January 11, 2023 4:12 pm

Attendees wave rainbow pride flags during a Stonewall Inn 50th anniversary commemoration rally in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 28, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

State Department’s LGBT virtue signaling is unhelpful

Michael Rubin · January 10, 2023 6:00 am