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May 30 2017
Headline Roundup
US Successfully Intercepts ICBM
The U.S. has "successfully intercepted" an intercontinental ballistic missile during the first test of its ground-based intercept system, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday.
CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News) ABC News (Online)Sep 09 2014
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Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 Broke Apart Due To 'Large Number Of High-Energy Objects,' Dutch Safety Board Says
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 broke apart over Ukraine due to "large number of high-energy objects" from outside the aircraft, the Dutch Safety Board said in a preliminary report into the disaster that killed 298 people, two thirds of them from the Netherlands.
The preliminary report, published on Tuesday, said MH17 crashed due to external objects penetrating the fuselage and that "
HuffPostAug 28 2014
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Asking Congress to Back ISIS Strikes Is Tricky for Obama
When President Obama summoned his closest advisers to the Oval Office a year ago this week to tell them he was holding off on a missile strike against Syria, one of his arguments was that if he acted without Congress, he might not get congressional backing for military intervention the next time he needed it.
“He can’t make these decisions divorced from the American public and from
New York Times (News)Sep 09 2019
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Funding the Border Wall with Military Project Cuts?
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
Back in February, President Trump declared a national emergency on immigration, identifying up to $8.1 billion in other government accounts for potential wall construction. This included $3.6 billion from military construction Abridge NewsJan 13 2020
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Iran plane downing: Police deny shooting anti-government protesters
Police in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have denied using live ammunition against protesters outraged by the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner.
Officers had been given orders to "show restraint", the chief of police said.
Videos posted online on Sunday recorded what appeared to be gunfire and showed an injured woman being carried away.
Protests erupted on Saturday,
BBC NewsJan 08 2020
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Iran crisis: Why Gulf Arabs increasingly see US as a liability
Allies value dependability and transparency. Which is why President Trump's clash with Iran, which blindsided America's Gulf Arab allies, strengthened their sense that the United States is becoming a liability.
Blindsided. Exposed. Anxious. Exasperated.
Such are Gulf Arab leaders as they fly to Washington, Tehran, and European capitals to contain the fallout from the U.S.
Christian Science MonitorJan 08 2020
Background
What History Says Will Happen Next in Iran
After claiming credit for killing Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad International Airport, Donald Trump said that the world was now a “safer place.” This viewpoint was perhaps understandable, given Soleimani’s position as the commander of Iran’s Quds Force and his role in developing the Badr Organization in Iraq, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, and the Houthi movement in Yemen, among numerous
Guest WriterApr 15 2024
Headline Roundup
Could Iran’s Attack on Israel Spark a Wider Conflict?
On Sunday, Iran launched a wide-scale missile attack on Israel, sparking concerns of further escalation in the Middle East and media dialogue.
American Reluctance: Writing for The Guardian (Lean Left bias), Esfandyar Batmanghelidj argues the attack exposes the limits of how deeply the U.S. would back Israel in the event of a wider conflict beyond its own recognized borders.
The Guardian Financial Times Washington ExaminerFeb 18 2013
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Congressional staffers often travel on tabs of foreign governments
About a dozen congressional staffers flew business class on a trip to China last summer and stayed at luxury hotels while touring the Great Wall and the Forbidden City and receiving a “briefing on ancient artifacts and dynasties at the Shanghai Museum.
The all-expenses-paid visit came courtesy of China. The Chinese government hosted a day of meetings with officials in Beijing followed
Washington PostApr 28 2019
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Former US Sen. Richard Lugar, foreign policy expert, dies
Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and secure much of their nuclear arsenal, but whose reputation for working with Democrats cost him his final campaign, died Sunday. He was 87.
Lugar died at the Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Virginia from complications related to
Associated Press