The Biden administration is sounding a strikingly skeptical tone on the prospects for a durable Afghan-Taliban power-sharing deal, putting into doubt a major diplomatic achievement of the Trump administration.
Blinken: No New Deal Before Iran Ends Nuclear Buildup Antony Blinken / Getty Images
February 1, 2021 3:45 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran must end its nuclear buildup before the United States returns to the 2015 accord, comments likely to rankle Tehran as it continues to stockpile highly enriched materials that could be used in an atomic weapon.
Blinken said in response to reports that Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium, in violation of the international accord still being upheld by European powers, that the United States will negotiate when Iran recommits to promises made under the deal.
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Members of the National Guard outside the U.S. Capitol at sunrise on Jan. 19.Matt McClain /The Washington Post
The National Guard’s deployment of thousands of troops to protect the inauguration of President Joe Biden was prompted by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by right-wing radicals. But its removal of 12 of its own soldiers from that duty underscored a rising concern: How far has radicalization permeated the armed forces?
None of the guardsmen had ties to extremists, but two of them made “inappropriate” comments and texts, the National Guard Bureau said.
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