This weekend in India, President Barack Obama was asked by Associated Press correspondent Julie Pace, if he would he still hold it up as the model for how the U.S. should fight terrorism, despite the resurgence of al Qaeda, as evidenced by
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is considered one of the most outspoken members of Congress, was booed and called a “war mongrel” during a GOP meeting in Arizona on Saturday. The term “war mongrel” is a hybrid and more negative form of the phrase “war monger.”
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that was “embarrassed” over the lack of media coverage of the situation in Yemen on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “I’m a football fan. I enjoy football. But yesterday, I was embarrassed, because
(Reuters) – The United States has pulled more staff out of its embassy in Yemen, U.S. officials said on Thursday as Washington scrambled to cope with the collapse of a government that had been a key ally in the fight against al Qaeda.
The jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or IS) is gaining ground in Yemen, where al-Qaeda and Houthi rebels are already causing havoc.
On Friday’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough pointed out a pattern in President Barack Obama’s rhetoric regarding the Middle East, especially Yemen. Previously, Obama had pointed to Yemen as a foreign policy success story. Scarborough noted that a lot of
Yemen government resigns, creating power vacuum for AQAP to fill; Southern Yemen leaders call for secession from North Yemen; Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah dies
Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin argued on Thursday that President Obama must believe that the resignation of Yemen’s pro-American president is “swimmingly good” because Obama painted a rosy picture of foreign affairs during his
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) talked about foreign policy, offering criticism of President Obama’s foreign policy while arguing that he was qualified to handle foreign affairs on Thursday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel. Walker began by declared “we
The resignation of United States-backed Yemen President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi was deemed a strategic “win for Iran” and al-Qaeda, according to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) in an interview on CNN Thursday. The war-torn nation’s Prime Minister Khaled Bahah also resigned.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) dubbed the resignation of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi a “big step forward for al Qaeda” and a “win for Iran” on Thursday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. “We have just lost
The U.S.-backed President and Prime Minister of Yemen, Abd-Rabbu Mansour and Khaled Balah, have offered their resignation from the country’s top positions, according to reports from the region.
Yemen’s president resigned on Thursday under pressure from Shiite rebels who seized the capital in September and have confined the embattled leader to his home for the past two days.
Leader of Germany’s anti-Muslim Pegida movement resigns over Hitler photo; Yemen’s president accepts Houthi demands, possibly resolving crisis
WASHINGTON — Obama’s State Department wants to keep the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital open for as long as possible, but the Pentagon is pushing for an evacuation before the situation worsens.
White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett tells CNN that President Obama is personally engaged with the situation inn Yemen, and is in close contact with the men and women in the U.S. embassy there. “Having a presence there is very important,” she said acknowledging the risks to the people who served in all U.S. embassies.
Two Yemeni nationals linked to al-Qaeda have been charged with conspiring to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan and providing material support and resources, including personnel, to the jihadist group.
U.S. prepares Yemen evacuation as Houthis apparently complete coup; Obama calls for Congressional approval of military action
In his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama touted his foreign policy successes–but failed to mention Yemen, where Shia militias overthrew the government earlier in the day, and where Americans anxiously anticipated evacuation from the embassy and the country.
NPR National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson said that “the world hasn’t cooperated” with President Obama’s foreign policy on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “Sounds like the US-backed government [in Yemen] is going to fall to these Shiite
The Iraq War may have been a serious mistake. Regardless, we cannot dwell on that mistake so obsessively that we fail to act–as we did in the 1930s–to stop a new threat.
Yemeni rebels have begun shelling the nation’s presidential palace in the capital city of Sanaa, and some reports suggest they have stormed the building.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorists spread into Cameroon; Major escalation in fighting in Yemen; Israel on alert after Iran confirms its general was killed by Israel
