Tillerson: Trump avoiding UK so May can focus on Brexit
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that President Trump is foregoing a trip to the United Kingdom for the time being to avoid distracting Prime Minister Theresa May from negotiating...
View ArticleTurkey warns of action in Syria unless US halts aid to Kurds
Turkey warned the U.S. that it would take action in Syria's Afrin district if the U.S. continued to aid Kurdish fighters in the area.“We emphasized that such a step was very wrong,” Turkey's Deputy...
View ArticleTillerson to talk Syria, North Korea during swing through Europe
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will depart Washington for a four-country swing through Europe next week that includes stops in London and Paris as well as Davos, Switzerland, and Warsaw, Poland, the...
View ArticleBuck Sexton: Trump’s Syria policy can prevent another hellish war
While the Islamic State has lost nearly all its territory in Syria, multiple crises still grip the country and any one of them could spiral out of control. Syria is still a battlefield for warring...
View ArticleTillerson: Sometimes we forget importance of US-UK relationship
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that the United States needs to pay attention to its relationship with the U.K. despite ongoing issues in other parts of the world.“We spend a lot of time...
View ArticleTillerson: US, European countries may not reach agreement ahead of Iran...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday said the U.S. may not be able fix the flaws in the Iran nuclear agreement in time to meet a White House deadline because the deal is contingent on getting...
View ArticleTillerson's open-ended Syria war proves US is stuck in mideast quicksand
When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced last week that American troops would remain in Syria indefinitely, he sounded much like the legendary nation-grabber Theodore Roosevelt.“We have hoisted...
View ArticleSome State Dept. employees retaining lawyers amid career concerns: report
Several State Department employees are retaining lawyers amid concerns that their careers are now being stalled because of past work on policies and initiatives championed by former President Obama....
View ArticleTop Dems demand answers from State Department after employees cite career...
Democratic lawmakers are urging the State Department's Inspector General to probe the department's personnel practices after several employees voiced concerns their careers were being stalled because...
View ArticleAirline executives praise US agreement with Qatar over subsidies
Airline executives and labor unions on Tuesday praised the agreement reached between the Trump administration and Qatar aimed at settling a feud over airline subsidies.Delta CEO Ed Bastian called the...
View ArticleWeek ahead: Lawmakers zero in on cyber diplomacy
A panel of House lawmakers is set to explore how the United States engages with the international community on cybersecurity, a meeting that will feature testimony from the government's former top...
View ArticlePresident Trump's head-on approach is changing the way China does business
U.S. and European companies involved in joint ventures with state-owned Chinese firms may have accidentally made a deal with the devil. Firms have been asked to give Communist Party individuals...
View ArticleTillerson condemns Polish president signing bill on Holocaust speech
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday condemned a decision by the Polish president to sign a controversial bill outlawing speech that blames Poland for crimes committed by Nazi Germany, saying...
View ArticleTillerson: Russia already looking to interfere in 2018 midterms
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that Russia is already trying to meddle in this year’s midterm elections in the U.S.“If it’s their intention to interfere, they are going to find ways to...
View ArticleRussian contractors may have been part of attack on US coalition members in...
U.S.-led coalition forces are looking into whether Russian contractors were involved in an attack against Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday.U.S. Central Command reported Wednesday that pro-Syrian...
View ArticleAmerica’s Catch-22 diplomacy, when friends are also adversaries
The United States has “calculations against Turkey and Iran and maybe Russia,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told members of his political party on Feb. 6. It was the latest harsh criticism of...
View ArticleTillerson raises alarm at meeting of coalition fighting ISIS
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought on Tuesday to refocus the U.S.-led coalition charged with fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on its mission amid a series of...
View ArticleIran calls on US to withdraw from Syria
A top Iranian official called Wednesday for United States troops withdraw from Syria and defended Iran's own military presence in the country after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on Iran...
View ArticleHandling Turkey's Erdogan: What Washington can learn from Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin knows to handle his fellow authoritarian leaders; he relentlessly applies leverage to extract concessions. This is a lesson that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should...
View ArticleTillerson leaves military response to Syrian chemical attacks on the table
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has suggested a U.S. military response to the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons remains on the table. "President Trump has already demonstrated that...
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