If the US cuts aid, Egyptian authorities may have to either attempt to assuage the human rights concerns — or look elsewhere for some or all of the $1.3 billion in annual military funding it currently receives from Washington.
“The Ukrainians are getting bombarded and they do not have — as their country's leaders suggest—they do not have the wherewithal to compete in the sky,” said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez. “I don't understand why we are not working efficiently to facilitate [an agreement].”
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Top Senate Foreign Relations Republican sounds alarm after "China's test [...] of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment system," saying it would "allow the PRC to completely circumvent US early warning capabilities and increase the vulnerability of the continental US to a nuclear attack."
A key Trump ally, Sen. Lindsay Graham, bucks the White House on its proposed $8 billion arms sale.
WASHINGTON: Even as Congress inches toward cutting off arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Riyadh’s grinding war in Yemen, the United States is preparing to ship $14.5 billion worth of arms to the increasingly embattled kingdom. Those weapons include “helicopters, tanks, ships, weapons, and training,” a […]
WASHINGTON: In a strikingly vigorous and bipartisan letter 03-19-15_Joint letter to Kerry and Carter to President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees says China actions violate regional agreements and pose a threat to both US, allied and broad international interests. The letter […]
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
UPDATED: Through End of Today’s Hearing. CAPITOL HILL: Secretary of State John Kerry, taking the lead in arguing the administration’s case for limited strikes against Syria for killing more than 1,400 civilians with chemical weapons, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Iran and North Korea are watching what we do. Kerry told the committee […]