Dear Secretary Kerry:
Thank you for joining the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on May 12th titled, “Driving a Global, Whole-of-Society Response to Climate Action.” Tackling climate change takes more than just one person, one corporation, or one country. We need a comprehensive, international response to this crisis to ensure the best future for our children and our children s children.
As you know, the State Department handles all Presidential permits for cross-border pipelines. In my home state of Minnesota, Enbridge is currently replacing over 337 miles of pipe in its Line 3 crude oil pipeline that runs from Alberta to Wisconsin. Line 3 was originally constructed in the 1960s with service starting in 1968 before the National Environmental Policy Act was enacted in the 1970s. When Enbridge sought to replace Line 3 in 2014, the State Department determined that the replacement project did not need a new Presidential permit. Understandably, there are some valid concerns
House Democrats, in disarray over arms sale to Israel, take complaints to Biden administration Karoun Demirjian Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are expected to summon a senior Biden administration official to a high-stakes meeting as soon as Thursday to discuss a pending $735 million arms sale to Israel, as some members of the party’s liberal wing angrily oppose the United States sending its closest regional ally any more weapons it could use to strike Gaza. Disclosure of the commercial sale, first reported this week by The Washington Post, prompted a backlash from many of Congress’s newest and most liberal Democrats, who have been vocal critics of what they view as American willingness to turn a blind eye to human-rights abuses Palestinians have experienced at the hands of Israel’s government. In recent days, they have excoriated the more politically moderate members of their party, who signed off on the transaction informally, for pe
By Patrick Goodenough | May 20, 2021 | 3:36am EDT
A sign near the Nord Stream 2 pipeline landfall facility in northern Germany. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – The Biden administration’s decision to waive sanctions against the main players in the controversial Russia-Germany gas pipeline project has been welcomed by Germany and Russia, but critics in Washington are appalled.
“Biden has vastly strengthened Putin’s hands at the expense of the rest of the Free World,” tweeted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), one of two Republicans who authored sanctions legislation in 2019 that helped freeze work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline through most of last year.
US General to Recommend Post-Pullout Plan for Afghanistan
Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command said Wednesday he will make recommendations to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in early June on how to monitor and fight “terrorist groups” in Afghanistan from beyond its borders after troops withdrawal, AP reported.
Gen. McKenzie said negotiations with Afghanistan’s neighbors for overflight rights and troop basing are “moving forward” but will take time, the report said.
As a result, he said, the way the United States keeps an eye on the terrorist threat and aids the Afghan military will evolve as agreements are reached or security conditions on the ground change.
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