Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The GOP nomination battle is winding down with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney headed toward victory. Hence, the really interesting question now is: who will be Mr. Romney’s running mate? The best advice one can give Mr. Romney at this time is to ignore both Arizona Sen. John McCain […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, under increasing pressure to stop the killing in Syria, has imposed sanctions on the media owned by the regime of President Bashar Assad. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Syria’s state-owned electronic media. In a statement on March 5, Treasury said Syrian radio and television were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has been mobilizing to provide U.S. support to the Syrian opposition. Key members of the House and Senate have been urging President Barack Obama to directly help the opposition to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Several of them said the Obama administration should consider military assistance as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has ordered the military to draft options to oust the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said the National Security Council and State Department were directing efforts to review a range of military options to topple the Assad regime in 2012. They said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — For the first time, Congress has openly threatened U.S. military aid to Egypt. Senate leaders said they would examine prospects to sever or reduce the annual $1.3 billion in U.S. military assistance to Egypt. They said the military regime in Cairo, which cracked down on U.S.-financed non-governmental organizations, has repeatedly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media Philip Ellender, a representative of the libertarian Koch brothers, has issued a statement saying that, “Contrary to unfounded speculation by Politico and others, neither Charles Koch nor David Koch, nor any Koch company has provided funding to or has any involvement […]
Wesley Pruden History loves irony, as Prof. Gingrich could (and no doubt will) tell us. Two men renowned for their deeds die more or less on the same day on opposite sides of the world. The bad guy gets the big headline, the good guy makes the front page one last time as a footnote […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military plans to retain a presence in 10 bases in Iraq in 2012. The Defense Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff have approved a plan in which U.S. military trainers would operate out of 10 bases in Iraq after the American troop pullout at the end of 2011. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN — The West could examine the feasibility of a military operation against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. A senior member of the U.S. Senate raised the prospect of military intervention in Syria. Sen. John McCain, ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on the U.S. military to […]