Mike Pompeo has stated that Iran is the new home base for Al Qaeda. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Tuesday that al Qaeda’s number-two leader was killed last year in Iran, which Pompeo said has become the terror group’s primary base of operations in recent years. “Al Qaeda
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is cheering a new peace agreement between the Taliban and the Afghan government in Afghanistan. According to Town Hall: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is applauding a peace agreement struck between the Taliban and the Afghan government this week. “The United States welcomes the Agreement announced today by the negotiating
The U.S. State Department is launching an effort to crack down on the foreign influence exerted over United States think tanks. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Though disclosure is not a legal requirement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is requesting that think tanks reveal their foreign donors, according to prepared remarks obtained by the Washington
The Trump administration is considering assembling an Asian NATO to counter the threat posed by China. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Trump administration officials are quietly considering the creation of a NATO-style alliance with Asian countries in an effort against China, the Washington Times reported. The idea was first publicly floated by Deputy Secretary of State
The United States has sanctioned Iran’s court system over the execution of an Olympic wrestler. According to Fox News: EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, the United States will sanction foreign judges and a court for gross violations of human rights, as it targets Iran’s Revolutionary Court system for the execution of a 27-year-old wrestler and other abuses, according
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has revealed that China is using state and local governments to push Chinese propaganda. According to The Washington Free Beacon: The Chinese Communist Party is engaged in an effort to infiltrate and conduct espionage on state and local U.S. governments, the latest front in a growing proxy war between America
The Treasury Department has sanctions individuals from Russia and Ukraine for election interference. According to The Hill: One of the individuals added to the list was Andrii Derkach, a Ukrainian member of parliament, who was cited by William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, last month for spreading disinformation to “undermine”
Former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice is claiming that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo being “overtly religious” is “problematic.” Rice made these claims to MSNBC host Racheal Maddow. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Former Obama-era national security adviser Susan Rice said Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo being an “overtly religious” member
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been cleared by the Office of the Inspector General over an emergency arm deal to Saudi Arabia. According to The Hill: The State Department’s internal watchdog on Tuesday said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was within his authority last year to push through billion-dollar arms sales to allies in the Middle East, but faulted
The Democrats have launched an attack on President Trump’s State Department and it is unfounded. According to The Washington Free Beacon: A report released last Tuesday by Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) made shaky criticisms of the Trump State Department—arguing that crises of expertise, competency, and diversity abound when in fact such accusations are misrepresentative,
