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Trump is threatening Iran and Biden says the Pentagon is stonewalling him on many things with less than a month until inauguration John Haltiwanger President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up towards supporters as he departs Trump National Golf Club on December 13, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia. Lame duck presidents typically avoid doing anything too provocative in their last days, particularly regarding national security. But Donald Trump is anything but typical. Trump has i...

Progressive Challenge to Biden Administration Foreign Policy Underway 12/24/2020 President-elect Joe Biden has been diligent about placing moderates in top foreign policy jobs. As evidenced by his national security cabinet appointments, Biden has signaled his foreign policy will reflect a centrist approach. That has caused a good deal of tension and rankled the very influential left wing and radical progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Biden has also showed signs that he intends to follo...

Trump Baselessly Blames Iran for Rocket Attack on US Embassy in Baghdad President Donald Trump golfs at Trump National Golf Club on December 13, 2020, in Sterling, Virginia. Al Drago / Getty Images Anti-war campaigners are warning that U.S. President Donald Trump is on the verge of launching a full-blown military conflict with Iran after the lame-duck incumbent on Wednesday blamed the Middle East nation for a rocket attack on the American Embassy in Baghdad over the weekend, an accusation Tehra...

Updated Dec 18, 2020 Meet The Progressives Joe Biden Could Put In Key Foreign Policy Jobs Activists sent the president-elect a list of 100 experts they say would help him craft a less hawkish U.S. approach — highlighting their diversity and lack of corporate ties. President-elect Joe Bidenhas now tapped his most important deputies on foreign policy: Tony Blinken for the State Department, Lloyd Austin for the Pentagon, Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence, and Jake Sullivan as...

Dozens of progressive organizations will deliver a book to President-elect Joe Biden The book contains 100 profiles of left-leaning foreign policy experts and potential positions they could fill. The effort was led by Yasmine Taeb, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, and Alex McCoy, the political director at Common Defense. ADVERTISEMENT Of the 100 people included in the Progressive Foreign Policy Talent Pipeline, about two-thirds are women or people of color, and the overri...

Progressives line up their own national security recruits for Biden POLITICO 12/18/2020 By Bryan Bender © AP Photo/Patrick Semansky President-elect Joe Biden speaks, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. In a forceful effort to shape a more progressive foreign policy, a coalition of left-leaning and other groups on Friday will deliver a detailed roster of 100 candidates they recommend for senior posts in the Biden administration, according to organ...

“Our government should not sell a single bullet to the UAE, much less billions of dollars in deadly military equipment.” Following the Senate’s failure earlier this week to block President Donald Trump’s $23 billion weapons sale to the United Arab Emirates, President-elect Joe Biden is facing pressure from anti-war organizations and activists to put a stop to the deal upon taking office to prevent further U.S. complicity in the slaughter of civilians in Yemen and Libya. Announced las...

POLITICO Austins ties to steel company add to concerns over industry influence Critics say this is yet another knock on a nomination that has already faced opposition due to industry ties and the need to seek a waiver. Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the Biden administrations choice to be secretary of defense, speaks during an event at The Queen theater. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo Link Copied The nomination of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be the next defense secretary has raised concerns over his ...

Two Democrats Help Senate Kill Effort to Stop Sale of F-35s and Drones to UAE Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump and Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House on September 15, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong / Getty Images Most Senate Republicans and a ...

Trying to do here? >> i dont find it that stifling. im not bowed over by the knowledge that july 2011 is out there. in fact, the president has been very clear, vice president has been very clear as well more recently that this is a date when the process begins that is conditions based. as the conditions permit, we transition tasks to afghan counter parts. >> dan served as an adviser in iraq. hes now a senior fellow at the counsel on foreign relations. and tom andrews is the national director of ...