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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 issued new threats against Iran in the wake of a rocket attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, which ...

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 follow a more orthodox path on Israel and Middle East policy than his party’s progressive and radical a...

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 Tehran rejected as “fabricated.” “Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets. Three r...

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 his national security adviser at the White House. Next comes the crucial question of who their dep...

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 overriding qualifier was that none of the candidates have corporate ties or backgrounds. The candidates ge...