Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Fmr. Lithuanian Defense Minister: Ukraine is ‘Frontline’ Defending Western Democracies From Kremlin
Ukraine is on the frontline of defending western democracies against Russia’s global disinformation campaign, Lithuania’s former defense minister said Wednesday. Rasa Jukneviciene, who serves as deputy chair of the national security and defense committee in the Lithuanian Parliament, said the European Union and NATO need to step up...
NATO Announces Increase in 2017 Spending While U.S. Affirms Commitment to Allies
NATO allies are planning to boost their defense spending by 4.3 percent this year. This would be a $12 billion increase over 2016 levels and will escalate military spending by non-U. S. NATO members to $277 billion, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The announcement came in the wake of President Donald Trump’s vocal criticism that...
Russian Industry Struggling in The Face of Privatization
The Russian military-industrial Complex is having difficulty adapting to President’s Vladimir Putin’s 2016 call for “civilianization,” according to AESMA Group strategic research consultant Mathieu Boulegue. The complex is administered by the Russian Military Commission (VPK), which streamlines decision making between...
Putin Apologist Oliver Stone’s Son Works for Russian Propaganda Network
Hollywood director Oliver Stone, who recently emerged as a prominent celebrity defender of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has a son who works for a Russian government-funded propaganda outlet. Stone is the director of the upcoming Showtime series “The Putin Interviews,” compromised of a series of interviews Stone conducted with...
Ukrainians Petition for Reagan Statue in Kiev
A statue commemorating Ronald Reagan’s role in liberating Ukraine from Communism could be coming to the country’s capital in the near future. If the city of Kiev approves a petition from the Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation, Reagan will be set up in the spot once occupied by a statue of prominent Ukrainian Communist Dmytro...
NY Lawmakers Demand Trump Deport Nazi Death Camp Officer From Queens
A delegation of New York state lawmakers are petitioning President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice to deport from the United States a former Nazi concentration camp officer who has been living in Queens for more than a decade, according to a copy of a formal petition letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. More than 85 members...
Rep. Smith: Putin ‘Plotting’ for ‘Collapse of the Western World’
Vladimir Putin can only maintain Russia’s importance by seeking the failure of other countries, Rep. Adam Smith (D., Wash.) said at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday. Russia is ruled by a failing regime, according to Smith, who said that Putin is “plotting” for “the collapse of the Western world,” and the...
Nuclear Defense Experts Urge Revitalization of U.S. Ballistic Missile Programs
Nuclear defense experts called for a bipartisan effort to revitalize the U.S. ballistic missile programs at this year’s nuclear posture review in a report discussed at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday. The report, “A New Nuclear Review for a New Age,” reassessed the United States’s relation...
President of European Commission: We Had a ‘Very Frankly Constructed Meeting’ With Trump
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, appeared to confirm Friday that President Donald Trump had complained privately about Germany, but he pushed back against the notion that Trump was aggressive in his criticism. Juncker instead described a “very frankly constructed meeting” with Trump in Brussels and said that...
McCain: ‘Deeply Disturbing’ That Trump Gave Classified Info to Russia
Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) released a statement on Tuesday lamenting President Donald Trump’s decision to give Russian diplomats classified information about an Islamic State operation. “The reports that the President shared sensitive intelligence with Russian officials are deeply disturbing,” McCain said. The Arizona senator...
