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Auburn native Brian McKeon is on the verge of being confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become President Joe Bidens deputy secretary of state for management and resources. But he may have to wait for the full Senate to consider his nomination.  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met Thursday and voted unanimously to advance McKeons nomination. With the committees approval, the next and final step is for the Senate to vote on whether to confirm McKeon to serve as a top official at the State D...

Auburn native Brian McKeon is on the verge of being confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become President Joe Bidens deputy secretary of state for management and resources. But he

The East African Monday March 08 2021 Uganda Military Police caught on camera assaulting journalists and supporters of opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary But State Minister for International Relations Okello Oryem says the government ‘will respond to the senators appropriately once the letter is addressed to us officially.’ Advertisement US Senators on the Committee on Foreign Relations have given the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, up to M...

Senators grill State Department nominee as proxy for wider Iran-deal debate John Hudson, The Washington Post March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled President Joe Bidens nominee for the No. 2 position at the State Department on Wednesday, homing in on her role as the chief negotiator for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal during the Obama administration. The nominee for deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, faces a difficult confirmation proce...

By DANIEL FLATLEY AND TONY CZUCZKA | Bloomberg | Published: February 28, 2021 Senior Republican senators called on President Joe Biden to keep the U.S. out of the nuclear deal with Iran, joining some Democrats who have voiced reservations about the agreement. The agreement, signed in 2015 by Iran and six world powers including the U.S., "remains riddled with problems" and sets timelines for restrictions on Iranian nuclear activities that "were far too short in the original deal and are unrea...

Republicans appear eager to derail the cabinet nomination of Deb Haaland, a Native American congresswoman who wants to conserve federal lands and slow climate change as secretary of the interior to Joe Biden. In two days of confirmation hearings before the Senate energy and natural resources committee, Haaland faced hostile questions from a group of GOP senators who attempted to cast her as an extremist and a danger to American jobs. Haaland, a...

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Considers the Nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland to Be Secretary of Interior The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week held a two–part hearing to consider the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM) for Secretary of the Interior. Committee Republicans repeatedly questioned her about President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the administration’s 60-day suspension of oil and gas leasing on public lands, and Rep....

. “I called for the administration to respond to the recent attacks on US and coalition targets, and I commend them for doing just that,” said Mr McCaul. “Responses like this are a necessary deterrent and remind Iran, its proxies and our adversaries around the world that attacks on US interests will not be tolerated.” In contrast, some high-profile Democratic allies of the president questioned the legality of the strike under US law. “The American people deserve to hear the administr...

© Getty Images Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Rebecca Kheel, and heres your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. THE TOPLINE: Tuesday marked the first public testimony from officials in charge of Capitol security since the Jan. 6 attacks, and they pointed a finger squarely at the Pentagon. The hearing before a pair of Senate committees included testimony from former Capitol Polic...

© press Republicans warn Xavier Becerra wants to roll out the red carpet for illegal aliens Joe Bidens nominee for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary wants to give taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits to illegal aliens, Republicans are warning. A group of House and Senate GOP is asking Biden to withdraw his nomination for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) to lead HHS. In the letter to Biden, the group cites Becerras support for giving tax-dollar handouts to people who hav...