January 11, 2020 Pompeo's decision not to run in Kansas Senate race boosts immigration hawk Kris Kobach Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to rule out a run for the open Senate seat in Kansas gives a major boost to fellow Republican and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach -- a favorite among immigration hawks who is promising to bring a tough line on both legal and illegal immigration to Washington if elected.
January 11, 2020 US to isolate Iran through diplomacy, sanctions until they 'behave like a normal nation': State spox The Trump administration is going to diplomatically and economically isolate the Iranian regime until they "behave like a normal nation," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Saturday.
January 10, 2020 Rolling Stone hits Pompeo for 'military strike that left 2 children dead' when referring to ISIS leader's killing Rolling Stone Magazine took a swipe at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over what it described as a "military strike that left two children dead," which in reality was referencing the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
January 10, 2020 UK issues extradition request for American woman charged in death of British teen British prosecutors have issued an extradition request to the United States for the wife of an American diplomat accused of killing a teenager in a wrong-way collision last year.
January 5, 2020 Gen. Jack Keane on Hezbollah threatening to retaliate for airstrike: 'Nonsense' that America started new war Gen. Jack Keane, a ӣƵ senior strategic analyst, reacted Sunday to reports that a Hezbollah leader said America has started a new war after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Quassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force on Friday, saying “that’s nonsense.”
January 4, 2020 Pompeo: Hezbollah 'thugs' telling Iraqi security forces to stop protecting US Embassy in Baghdad Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted Saturday that the Iranian-backed militia Kataeb Hezbollah is telling Iraqi security forces to abandon their "duty to protect" the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, and other locations where Americans work with Iraqis.
January 4, 2020 Brett Velicovich on the drone that took down Soleimani: 'You only get one shot' You only get "one shot" while taking on a target like Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Drone expert Brett Velicovich said Saturday.
January 3, 2020 Pompeo: Iranian general Soleimani was 'aiming to take down significant amounts of Americans' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that the Iranian general killed by a U.S. airstrike in Iraq was preparing attacks that may have killed "significant amounts of Americans."
January 3, 2020 Iran vows 'harsh retaliation' after US airstrike kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday warned that a "harsh retaliation is waiting" for the U.S. after an airstrike on an airport in Baghdad killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force.
January 3, 2020 Dan Hoffman: Strike on Qassem Soleimani was 'best way to counter' Iranian aggression Thursday evening's airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani -- the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force -- was the "best way" for the U.S. to counter Iranian aggression, former CIA Station Chief Daniel Hoffman said Friday.