Day: April 22, 2023
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Airman’s Leaks Started Just 48 Hours After Russia Invaded Ukraine
Airman’s Leaks Started Just 48 Hours After Russia Invaded Ukraine The Pentagon’s humiliation just grew deeper, as it turns out National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira’s leaks of classified documents started far earlier than has previously been reported. Tipped off about a second, 600-member Discord chat group where Teixeira also posted, the New York Times found the…
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Biden aims to unveil China investment curbs with G-7 backing
President Joe Biden aims to sign an executive order in the coming weeks that will limit investment in key parts of China’s economy by American businesses, people familiar with the internal deliberations said. The administration, which has been debating the measure for almost two years, plans to take action around the time of a summit…
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Ukraine Planned Attacks On Russian Forces In Syria
Ukraine Planned Attacks On Russian Forces In Syria Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com, Kiev’s military intelligence agency believed it could carry out attacks on Russian soldiers and Wagner Group forces in Syria, forcing Moscow to redeploy military assets from Ukraine. The story was reported by the Washington Post using documents released by Jack Teixeira. The Ukrainian defense…
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Arizona Revokes ‘Unconscionable’ Permits for Saudi Firm to Drill Deep-Water Wells
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has announced the revocation of drilling permits for new deep-water wells on land leased to a Saudi-owned company, saying that their approval eight months ago was “unconscionable” because the state is on the verge of a water crisis. Fondomonte, which is owned by a major dairy company in Saudi Arabia,…
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Wife of China’s Missing Human Rights Lawyer Implores US Lawmakers for Assistance
It has been more than five years and Geng He still doesn’t know whether her husband in China is still alive. Her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a renowned human rights lawyer, went missing from his home in northern China’s Shaanxi Province in August 2017. At that time, Gao had already been subjected to torture by Chinese…
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Here’s how China’s ‘rent-a-womb’ industry poses a national security threat to the US
An increasing number of Chinese citizens who’re reportedly already past childbearing age are bypassing this limitation by hiring American surrogates, but according to critics, this poses a major national security risk. First of all, it needs to be understood that surrogacy is illegal in China. And so what these Chinese citizens are trying to do…
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A new forever war: Pentagon’s post-Roe abortion stance ignites political, legal fights
It’s a new kind of forever war for the Pentagon, one that will likely see its battles play out in the courtroom and at the ballot box, with deeply emotional implications for female troops and ripple effects that could stretch throughout American society.
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‘A New World Order’? The Iran-Russia-China Axis During The Biden Administration
‘A New World Order’? The Iran-Russia-China Axis During The Biden Administration Authored by Majid Rafizadeh via The Gatestone Institute, As Winston Churchill famously pointed out, “I never worry about action, but only about inaction”. The Biden administration’s inaction has led to the creation of a new axis of tyrannies: Russia, China and Iran, with North Korea…
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Marines revise training with new troop transport, but tell Congress it’s the right vehicle
Emphasizing the Marines’ new amphibious troop transport is critical to the nation’s crisis response, a top Marine Corps leader told senators during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday that Camp Pendleton Marines are being retrained after a series of accidents involving the vehicle, but the request to purchase more still stands. Assistant Marine Commandant Eric Smith told senators during the Fiscal 2024 budget hearing on readiness…
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IN-DEPTH: Reshoring US Industry from China Requires Defense-Driven Innovation, Economist Says
It’s increasingly the received wisdom in Washington: China’s military power and manufacturing capacity are twin challenges America must face. Economist David Goldman wants to address the two together through vigorous industrial policy driven by smart defense spending–but his analysis has already met with skepticism in some quarters. “The United States is going to go bankrupt…