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Trump’s Pentagon pick is Army veteran, defense lobbyist – AOL
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick for new defense secretary is an Army veteran who served in the first Iraq war and also has experience as a national security adviser on Capitol Hill as well as a defense industry lobbyist. Trump announced Friday that he would nominate Mark Esper to lead the Pentagon. Trump had already named Esper, his current Army secretary, to lead the Defense Department on an…
Trump: I don’t want to go to war with Iran – USA TODAY
Some Congressional members say President Donald Trump was right not to attack Iran. After Iran downed a U.S. drone, Trump ordered a retaliatory strike that he said he shelved 10 minutes before Iran was to be hit. (June 21) AP, AP
Inside Trump’s Iran decision: ‘I really watched him agonize over this’ – CNN
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Trump confirms he called off retaliatory Iran attack ’10 minutes before the strike’ – Fox News
Video Trump confirms he called off retaliatory attack against Iran ’10 minutes’ before strike The president says he called off the attack because the number of expected casualties was not ‘proportionate’ to what Tehran did; Benjamin Hall reports. President Trump confirmed early Friday that he called off a retaliatory attack on Iran in response to the downing of a U.S. drone “10 minutes before the strike,” saying the number of…
Situation Room briefing on Iran crisis concludes, as McConnell says ‘measured’ response is coming – Fox News
Video Pentagon releases footage of US drone being shot down by Iran Jennifer Griffin predicts Trump’s military response to Iran shooting down a U.S. drone would be much different if an American had been injured or killed. Top administration officials and lawmakers have left the White House after a more than hourlong classified briefing about Iran’s sudden downing of an American surveillance drone in the Middle East — and a “measured” U.S….
Hope Hicks says she told ‘white lies’ only about small matters – CNN
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Trump says ‘Iran made a very big mistake’ after drone downing – CNN
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Biden defends comments about segregationist senators: ‘There’s not a racist bone in my body’ – CNN
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Tehran claims to have shot down a US drone; Centcom says no drone was in Iran’s airspace – CNBC
Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a U.S. drone amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal. “No U.S. drone was operating in Iranian airspace today, ” a U.S. Central Command spokesman said, according to NBC News. The reported shootdown of the RQ-4 Global Hawk comes after the U.S. military previously alleged Iran fired a missile at another drone last week that responded to…
Biden under fire for talking of ‘civility’ with segregationist senators | TheHill – The Hill
Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenFive takeaways from Trump’s 2020 kickoff rally Five takeaways from Trump’s 2020 kickoff rally Sanders tears into Trump in response to campaign kickoff rally MORE came under fire on Wednesday after invoking his working relationships with two segregationist senators in the 1970s as an example of bygone “civility” in the Senate. Five of Biden’s rivals in the Democratic presidential field, New York City Mayor Bill de…
Fact check: Trump’s Orlando rally featured more than 15 false claims over 76 minutes – CNN
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Trump’s 2020 bid begins by bashing Clinton – CNN
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No, the Dominican Republic hasn’t suddenly become more dangerous – NBC News
Early Sunday, Skylar Martin of Hanover, Virginia, was taken to the hospital after she spent six miserable hours in her room and lost consciousness at a resort in the Dominican Republic. Martin and her husband were married last month, and they were in the country on their honeymoon. “I had a fever,” Martin told NBC affiliate WWBT of Richmond, Virginia. “I was in and out of consciousness for a while….
Trump, launching re-election bid, says Democrats ‘want to destroy our country’ – NBC News
ORLANDO, Fla. — President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to “destroy our country” as he officially kicked off his re-election campaign with a packed-house rally at the Amway Center here Tuesday night. “Our radical Democrat opponents are driven by hatred, prejudice and rage,” he said, pointing to House efforts to investigate his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice by the president. “They want to destroy…
Iran Says It Will Exceed Nuclear Deal’s Limit On Uranium ‘In 10 Days’ – NPR
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: “We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even increased it more recently.” Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: “We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even…
Hong Kong extradition: How radical youth forced the government’s hand – BBC News
Image copyright AFP Image caption Wednesday’s protesters came prepared for tear gas In just one week Hong Kong has witnessed two of its largest ever protests, as well its most violent protest in decades. At the forefront of these demonstrations are young people, many barely out of their teens. How did they get radicalised – and how did they manage to force the government’s hand? “We screamed at people to…
Hong Kong protest sees hundreds of thousands call for city’s leader to step down – CNN
Close to 2 million people descended on Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday, Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the organizers of the protests, estimate. According to CHRF, those numbers are unprecedented. Police estimated that the 338,000 people followed the protest’s original route. In a statement released by the group Sunday night, CHRF said demonstrations will continue until the government withdraws the extradition bill in its entirety, releases arrested protesters and withdraws…
Hong Kong’s leader apologizes after extradition bill fuels massive protests – Fox News
Video Hong Kong suspends meetings over extradition law that sparked violent protests Leaders in Hong Kong are considering their next move after thousands of protesters filled the streets over a controversial extradition bill; Benjamin Hall has the latest. The embattled leader of Hong Kong apologized over the handling of a controversial extradition bill after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Sunday as outrage over the legislation continues…
Hong Kong People Power Makes Trump’s Case on China’s Home Turf – Bloomberg
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Trump says he was briefed on Navy sightings of UFOs; ‘Do I believe it? Not particularly’ – Fox News
Video US Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs The U.S. Navy is drafting new guidelines for pilots and other employees to report encounters with ‘unidentified aircraft.’ President Trump said he’s been briefed by Navy pilots regarding sightings of unidentified flying objects, but remained skeptical of the existence of UFOs. George Stephanopoulos of ABC News raised the issue during an interview with Trump released Saturday. PENTAGON FINALLY ADMITS IT INVESTIGATES UFOS “I was struck…
