November 12, 2019 The Impeachment Hearing Witnesses: Who is George Kent? George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eastern Europe, will be one of the first witnesses to appear in the televised hearings for House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Trump Wednesday as the investigation moves from closed-door depositions into the open.
November 9, 2019 Iran acknowledges retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, missing since 2007, subject of 'on going case' Iran acknowledged for the first time in a filing with the United Nations that there is an “on going case” in the Public Prosecution and Revolutionary Court of Tehran for retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in the country during an unauthorized CIA mission in 2007, stoking questions about his disappearance.
November 8, 2019 Yovanovitch communicated with Dem staffer on 'delicate' issue after complaint, emails show, despite testimony Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, a key witness in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, communicated via her personal email account with a Democratic congressional staffer concerning a "quite delicate" and "time-sensitive" matter -- just two days after the whistleblower complaint was filed, and a month before the complaint became public, emails obtained by ӣƵ showed.
November 7, 2019 Former State Department official calls out US gun policy with Mexico in wake of cartel massacre In an interview with ӣƵ, the former State Department official offered insight into how the United States is combating drug cartels.
November 4, 2019 Reward for Robert Levinson, ex-FBI agent missing in Iran, jumps to $25M, Pompeo announces On the day marking four decades since Islamist revolutionaries orchestrated the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Iran -- and the prolonged hostage crisis that followed -- the Trump administration announced Monday a major increase in reward money for information on the whereabouts of a retired FBI agent missing in the country for over a decade.
November 2, 2019 State Department says Iran still biggest state sponsor of terror, spends $1B per year on proxies Iran is still the world's No. 1 sponsor of terrorism, and Al Qaeda wants to reestablish itself as the "vanguard of the global jihadist movement," despite the United States' efforts since 2001, the State Department said in its Country Reports on Terrorism 2018 released Friday.
October 30, 2019 Pompeo slams 'communist' China in fiery speech, says US must 'confront challenges' from Beijing 'head-on' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a fiery speech Wednesday night, describing how America has “taken on the challenge” posed by the “communist government” in China.
October 30, 2019 Mike Pompeo blasts 'truly sick' Washington Post for 'austere religious scholar' headline about death of Baghdadi Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised all involved in the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and slammed the Washington Post for one of its headlines reporting the terrorist's death.
October 27, 2019 State Dept. blocked statement backing ex-US envoy to Ukraine, diplomat testifies: report A top U.S. diplomat testified to Congress Saturday that a statement in support of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was blocked by the State Department before Trump ousted her from her position last May, according to reports.
October 24, 2019 Graham, other senators ask Pompeo to expedite visa for Kurdish commander in Syria A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday requested the State Department expedite a visa for the Kurdish commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) so he could travel to the U.S. and speak firsthand to the situation happening on the ground in Syria.