Section: US & Canada
Pompeo To Make First Ukraine Visit As Impeachment In U.S. Buffets Relations
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine this week for the first time as the United States’ top diplomat with an acrimonious impeachment process under way in Washington that revolves in part around White House actions toward Kyiv. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NYT: Pompeo, Bolton, And Defense Sec. Esper Tried To Convince Trump To Release Ukraine Aid
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper reportedly tried to persuade President Donald Trump to release the congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine that he had frozen. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the three senior officials had met with Trump in the Oval...
For Ukraine, Impeachment Creates A ‘Minefield’ Amid ‘Nonstop Catastrophes’
As President Trump faces the third impeachment trial in U.S. history over his attempt to extort Ukraine into becoming a political bludgeon for his 2020 re-election campaign, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headed to Kyiv. Starting on Jan. 3, he’ll meet with top Ukrainian officials in a trip that the State Department describes as set “to...
Pompeo to Visit Ukraine as Senate Weighs Impeachment Trial
(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment. As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on the trip, the State...
Top 10 Hits and Misses of Foreign Policy in 2010s
What a difference a decade makes. In 2010, we got the Arab Spring and Obamacare. Neither turned out as well as we had hoped. We got iPads, iPhone 4, and Angry Birds. Tech has definitely moved on. What about America’s foreign policy? It had its ups and downs. Here is a list of the top 10 foreign policy hits and misses of the decade. 1. Hit....
Pompeo to visit Ukraine amid impeachment furor, disarray in Trump’s policy toward ally
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say how much he knew about the Ukraine pressure campaign. In Kyiv, he plans to meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. …read more Source:: USA...
Mike Pompeo to visit Ukraine Friday
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine on Friday, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the country since President Donald Trump’s July phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. …read more Source:: United Press...
Mike Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Trump’s impeachment. As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will … …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap Draws Criticism
Criticism mounted in Kyiv Monday over a controversial prisoner swap with Russian-backed separatists, as it emerged that among the captives exchanged by Ukraine were five riot policemen accused of killing protesters during the 2014 Maidan uprising.The policemen were members of a Berkut militia unit that is now disbanded.Relatives of those killed...
Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment. As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on the trip, the State...
