2021 Afghan remarks haunt GOP lawmaker’s Senate bid after DC Guard shooting

2021 Afghan remarks haunt GOP lawmaker’s Senate bid after DC Guard shooting

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Kentucky lawmaker Andy Barr’s 2021 claim that the U.S. had an “obligation” to welcome Afghans after the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal is resurfacing and complicating his high-stakes 2026 Senate campaign after the footage went viral. “We have failed in our obligation …

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Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia

Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia

Recent battlefield gains by an Islamist insurgency in Somalia have prompted some State Department officials to propose closing the U.S. embassy in Mogadishu and withdrawing most American personnel as a security precaution, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations. But other Trump administration officials, centered in the National Security Council, …

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How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War

How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War

Making his final trip as America’s top diplomat last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to a hero’s welcome. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, proclaimed Mr. Blinken “an eminent servant of peace” at a ceremony at the Élysée Palace before awarding him the country’s …

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U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War

U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War

For his first three years as the head of the C.I.A., William J. Burns was relentlessly focused on tripling the agency’s resources devoted to understanding China, and on countering Russia and its mysterious partnerships with Iran and North Korea. But in the last 16 months of his tenure, the diplomat-turned-spy …

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Emeralds for Sale: The Taliban Look Below Ground to Revive the Economy

Emeralds for Sale: The Taliban Look Below Ground to Revive the Economy

In a chilly auditorium in Afghanistan, heaps of freshly mined green emeralds glowed under bright table lamps as bearded gemstone dealers inspected them for purity and quality. An auctioneer asked for bids on the first lot, which weighed 256 carats. With that, the Taliban’s weekly gemstone auction was underway. These …

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