Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Peace Fever
Whatever the opposite of a rush to war is—a crawl to peace, maybe—America is in the middle of one. Since May 5, when John Bolton announced the accelerated deployment of the Abraham Lincoln carrier group to the Persian Gulf in response to intelligence of a possible Iranian attack, the press has been aflame with calls for America to show restraint,...
Secretary Pompeo to Russia: Interference in American Elections is Unacceptable
At a press conference in Sochi alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unequivocally declared, “interference in American elections is unacceptable.” “If the Russians were engaged in that in 2020, it would put our relationship in an even worse place than it has been,” Pompeo added....
Report: China, Russia Deepening Defense Partnership
China and Russia have developed an increasingly close security relationship that poses new and difficult challenges to the United States, according to a new report. Dr. Richard Weitz, a senior fellow and director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute, explains in the report that the Sino-Russian defense partnership...
Hunter Biden’s China Deal Partners Include Mobster Whitey Bulger’s Nephew, John Kerry’s Stepson
Former vice president Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden partnered with infamous mobster Whitey Bulger’s nephew and former secretary of state John Kerry’s stepson for his lucrative business deal with the Bank of China, according to reporter Peter Schweizer’s latest book. Schweizer points to the business deal with state-owned...
Obama’s Former Defense Secretary Slams Biden’s Foreign Policy Credentials, Age
Former defense secretary Robert Gates is standing by his long held criticism of Joe Biden’s foreign policy credentials and raising new questions about the 2020 Democrat’s stamina. Gates, who led the Pentagon under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said during a Sunday interview with CBS’s Face the Nation he stood by...
McCaul: U.S. Pushing Back on Chinese IP Theft and Global Aggression
The United States is finally pushing back against the mounting threats from China, including intellectual property theft, global expansion through coercive economics, and the attempted takeover of the South China Sea, a senior Republican member of Congress says. Members of Congress in particular, from both parties, are waking up to the problem,...
Industry Observers: Sukhoi Superjet Crash No Surprise
KIEV, Ukraine—An Aeroflot-operated Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional passenger jet crashed and burned in a “hard landing” at Moscow’s Sheremyetevo airport on Sunday, killing 41 of the 78 passengers on board. Flight 1492 took off on schedule for a two-hour trip to the northern port city of Murmansk, but returned only a few minutes...
Report Explores Who Owns Huawei
KIEV, Ukraine—Two western academics have examined the issue of Huawei’s true ownership in an unclassified analysis paper “Who Owns Huawei,” which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The report comes as an increasing number of nations are wrestling with the issue of whether or not they should permit Huawei to participate...
Swalwell Repeatedly Refuses to Accept Mueller Finding on Trump-Russia Conspiracy: ‘He Acts Guilty!’
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) repeatedly refused to take Robert Mueller’s conclusion that President Donald Trump didn’t conspire with the Russians during the 2016 election on Wednesday, maintaining his claim that Trump was a Russian asset who could be blackmailed by Vladimir Putin. The 2020 presidential candidate and cable news...
North Korea’s Kim Arrives for Summit With Russia’s Putin
By Maria Vasilyeva VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for a summit he is likely to use to seek support from President Vladimir Putin while Pyongyang’s nuclear talks with Washington are in limbo. The armored train carrying Kim — on his first official visit...
