Obama Hoped to Use Islamic State as Leverage against Assad, John Kerry Reveals
Well
before
Russia’s military came to Bashar Assad’s aid in Syria, the Obama
administration calculated that the Islamic State’s expansion in the
region would force the Syrian president into negotiating with
Washington, according to private comments Secretary of State John F.
Kerry made last
fall. Leaked audio captures Mr. Kerry’s closed-door discussion with
Syrian activists on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in late
September. Although some details of the meeting have been ... Read More
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Rex Tillerson Says Russia Poses ‘Problem’, Vows Consistent U.S. Leadership
Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson will promise a new era of American leadership in the international stage
Wednesday,
saying in his confirmation hearing that the U.S. is the only superpower
capable of shaping the world for good — but cautioning the
country needs to better understand how and when to flex its muscle. ... Read More
New Bill Puts Health Care Funds in Individuals’ Hands
Rep.
Dave Brat, R-Va., has introduced a
bill in the House that, if passed, will allow individuals to decide how
they want their health care funds to be spent, without the influence of
the
government or health insurance providers. Brat said that the health
savings account legislation is a way for lawmakers to prove to the
American
people that they have a plan to replace Obamacare after repealing it.
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Slain DNC Staffer's Father Doubts WikiLeaks Link
Six
months after a
Democratic National Committee staffer was gunned down on a Washington,
D.C., street, suspicion that he may have been the source who passed
incriminating DNC emails on to WikiLeaks persists despite his own
father's strong doubts. Seth Rich, who was killed July 10
and would have turned 28
earlier this month, worked as a DNC data analyst and had recently built a
database for spurring voter turnout. Despite speculation -- fueled by
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's own cryptic comments -- that he may
have provided some of the emails that rocked the 2016 presidential
election,
Rich's father ... Read More
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