Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Congress Moving to Cut U.S. Funding to U.N. in Wake of Anti-Israel Vote
Congress is already setting the stage to cut off U.S. funding to the United Nations in the wake of a contested vote last week in which the Obama administration permitted an anti-Israel resolution to win overwhelming approval, according to congressional leaders, who told the Washington Free Beacon that the current administration is already...
Biden Denies Lobbying Foreign Leaders to Back Anti-Israel U.N. Resolution
Vice President Joe Biden is denying accusations that he personally lobbied foreign leaders to vote in favor of a hotly contested anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations last week that has brought U.S.-Israel relations to an all time low, according to sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon about the matter. Insiders familiar with the...
Cyber Group Finds Link Between DNC Breaches, Russian Hostility Against Ukraine
The Russian hackers who launched a cyber attack against the Democratic National Committee earlier this year used a malicious software similar to that used to target the Ukrainian military, computer security experts determined. CrowdStrike, the California-based cyber security firm that investigated the DNC hacks, said in a report released Thursday...
U.S.-Supplied Drones Disappoint Ukraine at the Front Lines
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Millions of dollars’ worth of U.S.-supplied drones that Kiev had hoped would help in its war against Russian-backed separatists have proven ineffective against jamming and hacking, Ukrainian officials say. The 72 Raven RQ-11B Analog mini-drones were so disappointing following their arrival this summer...
Ukrainian Troops Killed Amid Increased Fighting in East
Officials say that at least two Ukrainian service members were killed in the past day and seven since Sunday amid a spike in violence in eastern Ukraine where Russian-backed separatists are fighting Ukrainian government troops. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s defense ministry, said in a statement Wednesday that two troops had been...
Treasury Unveils More Sanctions on Russian Individuals, Entities Over Ukraine Conflict
The U.S. Treasury Department is expanding sanctions to more Russian individuals and entities in connection to the conflict in Ukraine. The department on Tuesday announced seven individuals and eight entities that will now be subject to sanctions related to Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and the ongoing fighting in...
From ‘Flexibility’ to ‘Cut It Out’
Today President Obama boasts about telling Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” with hacking attacks targeting the U.S. elections, but less than five years ago he was caught on a hot mic telling then-President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have “more flexibility” on issues important to Russia. “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense,...
Russia’s Forgotten Anti-Stalinist Playwright
In 1933, George Bernard Shaw wrote the Manchester Guardian to protest the British press’s “blind and reckless” reporting on Russia. “Particularly offensive and ridiculous,” Shaw claimed, was “the revival of the old attempts to represent the condition of Russian workers as one of slavery and starvation, the Five-Year Plan as a failure, the...
U.S. Accelerates Deployment of Troops to Poland, Baltic States
The United States is accelerating its deployment of troops to Poland, the Baltic states, and Romania meant to ensure security in the region, according to Polish and U.S. defense officials. Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz first announced the decision on Wednesday, in the wake of a discussion with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the commander of...
Trump Chooses ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State
Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as secretary of State in the incoming administration, the president-elect’s transition team announced Tuesday. “Rex Tillerson’s career is the embodiment of the American dream,” Trump said in a statement. “Through hard work, dedication, and smart deal making, Rex rose...
