Defense & National Security
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White House confirms Space Force will continue under Biden administration
The White House confirmed it will continue Space Force, the military’s newest branch, which was formed under former President Donald Trump’s administration.Iran agrees to free South Korean ship crew after nearly a month of captivity
Iran appears ready to free the crew of a South Korean tanker ship after it was captured early last month.Defense secretary signals China will be major focus and plans visit to region
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Nimitz into the Indo-Pacific theater and is in talks to visit the Hawaii-based headquarters of troops in that region, a sign that countering China will be a major focus of the Biden Pentagon.State Department spokesman flouts China's 'red line' in first briefing
Chinese officials tried to set new rules for President Biden’s administration by drawing a “red line” around issues such as China’s human rights abuses and Taiwan, but U.S. officials aren’t having it.Senate confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as DHS secretary over GOP opposition
February 02, 2021 03:27 PM Biden Pentagon chief says 'no, thank you' to Trump's parting advisory board appointees
February 02, 2021 02:48 PM Can Biden avoid repeating these Obama-era national security missteps?
February 02, 2021 01:49 PM Alexei Navalny imprisonment forces Biden to choose between rhetoric and real action
February 02, 2021 12:54 PM Biden administration declares Myanmar crisis 'a military coup d'etat'
A political crisis in Myanmar “constitutes a military coup d’etat,” according to a new analysis from Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team.Blinken: As US offers conditional return to nuclear deal, Iran could soon be weeks away from having material for nuclear bomb
‘A MATTER OF WEEKS’: Secretary of State Antony Blinken says if Iran doesn’t quickly return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, it could produce enough fissile material — the basic building block of nuclear weapons — to build a bomb “in a matter of weeks.”Addressing America, Yang Jiechi offers more Chinese Communist lies
Addressing American business persons and intellectuals on Monday evening, a top Chinese Communist official demanded that the Biden administration remain quiet in relation to China's human rights violations.'There are no good guys': US responds to Myanmar crisis haunted by Rohingya atrocities
President Biden and his Western allies are likely to use sanctions to punish the arrest of civilian officials in Myanmar, where a transition to democracy degenerated into ethnic cleansing and now an apparent coup.Antony Blinken endorses refugee status in US for Hong Kong dissidents
February 01, 2021 03:56 PM Despite unclear threat, National Guard protects Capitol in snowy conditions
February 01, 2021 02:36 PM Biden administration ready to go fast on Iran and slow on Afghanistan
February 01, 2021 07:00 AM Pentagon pauses plan to offer Guantanamo Bay detainees coronavirus vaccines
January 30, 2021 02:51 PM Guantanamo detainees could be given coronavirus vaccine beginning next week
Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center may be offered the COVID-19 vaccine months before it will be offered to most Americans, according to the Pentagon.