Tag: Syria

Ben Cardin: Trump must come to Congress for next steps in Syria

National Security

Ben Cardin: Trump must come to Congress for next steps in Syria

Kyle Feldscher · April 7, 2017 2:46 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor that he was told Thursday night about the strike by Vice President Mike Pence, and said other senators would be briefed Friday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Trump administration to brief Senate on Syria strike

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 2:29 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

How to square Trump’s Syria attack with his campaign rhetoric

Philip Klein · April 7, 2017 2:19 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi demands House return to vote on military authorization

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 2:03 pm

The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (DigitalGlobe/U.S. Department of Defense via AP)

National Security

Russian TV airs footage from bombed-out Syrian air base

David Brown · April 7, 2017 2:01 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said President Trump should have sought a vote on authorizing military force in Syria before ordering Thursday's cruise missile strike. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Tim Kaine: Trump has no congressional authorization for Syria strike

Kyle Feldscher · April 7, 2017 1:43 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said President Trump sent the right message by striking a Syrian air base Thursday night. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

John McCain encourages Trump to keep pressure on Syria

Kyle Feldscher · April 7, 2017 12:31 pm

The Strike At Syria

Elliott Abrams · April 7, 2017 12:15 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said that President Trump had the legal authority to launch a missile attack at a Syrian airfield Thursday night. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Marco Rubio: Trump was authorized to hit Syria

Pete Kasperowicz · April 7, 2017 12:13 pm

American allies praised President Trump's decision to fire 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian air force base Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

US allies line up behind Trump after strikes against Syria

Kyle Feldscher · April 7, 2017 11:59 am

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the U.S. didn't seek approval from Russia before launching missile strikes against a Syrian airfield, and instead only warned Russia that the strike was imminent. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

National Security

Rex Tillerson: ‘We sought no approval’ from Russia

Pete Kasperowicz · April 7, 2017 11:35 am

Syrian President Bashar Assad called the U.S. missile strike on an air base near Homs Thursday "reckless" and "irresponsible." (SANA via AP)

National Security

Bashar Assad: Trump’s air strike was ‘reckless, irresponsible behavior’

Kyle Feldscher · April 7, 2017 11:33 am