Tag: Syria

DHS has enhanced the security process for vetting Syrian refugees, Johnson said, delaying resettlement. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

National Security

DHS ‘on track’ to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees

Joel Gehrke · June 30, 2016 5:58 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said after a classified briefing from the Pentagon Thursday that the goal of the bill is to help redevelop places liberated from the Islamic State, to people who fled the terrorist group can return. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Graham: White House fighting anti-ISIS package because it funds Israel

Joel Gehrke · June 29, 2016 11:17 pm

"We insist that you work with the state of Texas to reform your administration's refugee resettle policies and procedures," wrote the group, which was headed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (AP Photo)

Texas GOP demands consultation on Syrian resettlements

Rudy Takala · June 24, 2016 9:03 pm

Cook took a harder line by refusing to confirm whether any U.S. troops were wounded. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

National Security

Pentagon under fire for hiding wounded-in-action data

Jamie McIntyre · June 23, 2016 5:04 pm

Officials don't think they have authorization to order U.S. troops to engage Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces. (SANA via AP)

White House unsure if U.S. can sic troops on Assad

Nicole Duran · June 22, 2016 7:00 pm

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., lambasted the secretary of state and former top diplomat Hillary Clinton for pushing to increase the number of Syrian refugees by 650 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sessions: Kerry, Clinton ‘totally wrong’ on refugee policy

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2016 11:31 pm

A State spokesman said there would be no readout of Kerry's talk with the dissenters of the plan in Syria. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

National Security

The State Dept. revolution will not be televised

Pete Kasperowicz · June 21, 2016 7:00 pm

Vice President Joe Biden spoke to CBS correspondent Charlie Rose in a clip that aired on the evening news Monday. (Photo courtesy of CBS)

Biden speaks out against Trump’s Muslim ban with harshest words yet

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2016 12:21 am

President Obama stands by his belief that there is no military solution to the five-year conflict that has embroiled much of the Middle East, Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

National Security

WH: Dissent memo won’t change Obama’s mind on Syria

Nicole Duran · June 20, 2016 8:25 pm

Kerry believes the memo, which has been winding through the department's "dissent channel," was "well-written, and that he wants to meet with some of its authors. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Kerry to meet U.S. diplomats who wrote Syria dissent memo

Pete Kasperowicz · June 20, 2016 6:51 pm

Pentagon sources said Friday that at least two Russian Su-34 "Fullback" fighter-bombers hit the staging area in southern Syria. (Olga Balashova/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

U.S. protests Russian Syrian bombing in ‘extraordinary session’

Jamie McIntyre · June 18, 2016 6:38 pm

State Department: Number of Dissenters to Obama’s Syria Policy ‘Unusual’

Jenna Lifhits · June 17, 2016 9:36 pm