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☆ As China's navy grows, the US fleet is on a 'downward trajectory,' maritime expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"It's the end of the pacifist period on the seas," Dr Steven Wills of the Center for Maritime Strategy, told Business Insider. The US fleet is still widely considered the world's most powerful navy due to its 11 aircraft carriers and cutting-edge nuclear submarine capabilities. "They're scrapping more ships than they're building, which means the US Navy is on a downward trajectory, not an upward trajectory," said Dr Salvatore Mercogliano, a maritime historian at Campbell University. Another piece of the puzzle is shipbuilding capacity. Expanding American shipbuilding capacity ought to start now, Wills said: "You don't make the arsenal of democracy overnight."

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☆ Giving Trump sweeping immunity would bring 'chaos,' former US generals, admirals, and military service leaders say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewNineteen former military officials argue in a US Supreme Court amicus brief that offering legal immunity to former President Donald Trump could cause irreparable damage. Smith has asked the Supreme Court to reject Trump's immunity claims. Former military members detailed how granting Trump, the former commander-in-chief of the armed forces, immunity from felony charges would negatively impact the rule of law, civilian-military relations, and the peaceful transition of power. If Trump were granted immunity, the former military leaders said, this would also negate individual rights and the role of civilians within military. "The president doesn't have immunity on these types of issues," Trump's former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told CNN's Katie Hunt in response to the brief and Trump's immunity plea.

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☆ Biden and Netanyahu call comes amid extreme mutual tensions and political pressure
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The conversation will also take place with both leaders under enormous domestic pressure and amid signs their political priorities are irreconcilable. Biden badly needs the war to end to ease anger among progressives that is threatening his weakened political coalition ahead of November’s election. The backdrop to the call is US fury over the killings of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen in an Israeli strike in Gaza. And the killings of the aid workers threatens to halt a vital lifeline needed to mitigate famine in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. The strike on Damascus also heaped more domestic political pressure on Biden from inside the Democratic Party.

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Yet the idea of building rosters of paid political contributors took off with cable news. MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Channel are, in large part, political talk channels and seek experts to help fill the time. Being on call to opine can be lucrative work; several reports had NBC agreeing to pay McDaniel $300,000 a year. Even NBC News, whose MSNBC cable outlet appeals to liberals, has more than a dozen Republican contributors. John Kasich and Bulwark founder Charlie Sykes — either predate Trump in their active political work or oppose him, or both.

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☆ Opinion: We must help Ukraine now or fight costlier wars later
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Opinion Mark T. Esper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Whether Congress chooses to provide the continued financial support Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan desperately need will go a long way toward answering this question. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9 in Washington, DC. Without renewed US support, the arms pipeline to Ukraine will continue to dwindle over the coming months, directly impacting what happens on the battlefield. Politics must be set aside, and politicians who spurn allies, coddle autocrats and argue for American retrenchment should be ignored. Leadership is a heavy cross to bear, indeed, but the benefits of doing so — especially in the face of clear threats — will always outweigh the costs and favor the United States.

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☆ ‘US will be out of NATO’ in second Trump term, former senior adviser warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Jim Sciutto | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The point is, he saw absolutely no point in NATO,” Kelly said in the book. “President Trump got our allies to increase their NATO spending by demanding they pay up, but Joe Biden went back to letting them take advantage of the American taxpayer. Kelly said he tried to explain the importance of NATO to Trump in terms he believed the president would understand. In the case of withdrawing from NATO, Kelly tried to convey to Trump that both applied. “US support for Ukraine would end,” said the senior US official who served under Trump and Biden.

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☆ Feeling betrayed, Trump wants a second administration stocked with loyalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Katherine Doyle | Jonathan Allen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Trump's success in a second term will hinge on bringing in people committed to his agenda, top appointees from his first term say. Trump and his allies have big plans for a second term — and still-fresh memories of a drawn-out four-year battle against a hostile administrative state. "They have to be resolute with their commitment to the president's vision," a top Trump official said of those who could find themselves tapped for plum roles. "However, none of these groups or individuals speak for President Trump or his campaign. "The starting point for a second Trump term will be the last year of his first term.

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☆ Biden’s balancing act with Iran aims for deterrence, not a wider war
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“I think it is a real strong deterrence,” said Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and Iraq War veteran. It was only about an hour after Biden departed Dover Air Force Base in Delaware that the first US strikes began in Iraq and Syria. Inside the Situation Room, Biden and his team assessed a set of options that each came with a certain degree of risk. And there are clear indications that Iran isn’t looking for a war with the United States — just as Washington insists it isn’t seeking a broader conflict. “There’s been no communications with Iran since the attack that killed our three soldiers in Jordan,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Friday night.

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☆ Former UK finance minister joins Coinbase crypto exchange as an advisor
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former British Chancellor George Osborne addresses guests during a visit to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on July 1, 2016 in Manchester, England. LONDON — A former British finance minister on Wednesday joined cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase as a global advisor, beefing up the company's regulatory bargaining power at a time when it faces severe scrutiny stateside. Coinbase announced that George Osborne, who served as Britain's chancellor of the exchequer from 2010 to 2016, will join the company on its global advisory council. Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase's chief policy officer, said the company was "pleased to have George join our council at an exciting time for us in the U.K. and globally." We look forward to relying on his insights and experiences as we grow Coinbase around the world," Shirzard added.

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☆ 17 Trump Cabinet-Level Appointees Criticizing Trump - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Sarah Longwell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Mr. Trump churned through cabinet-level appointees so fast that at times it seemed like he was still on “The Apprentice” and had to fire one official every week. Not only are they people whom Mr. Trump chose — he claimed he would hire the “best people” — they are people who thought Mr. Trump was worth working for. Judging only by the words of many former high-level appointees, a second Trump term would be catastrophic for the country. BlamedTrump forJan. 6 CriticizedTrump duringhis term CriticizedTrump afterhis term HighlightedTrump’s legalissues Ruled outvoting Trumpin 2024 Moron,” Mr. Tillerson reportedly said of Mr. Trump. He wrote an op-ed published just after the 2020 election claiming that Mr. Trump would “concede gracefully” if he lost.

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☆ Opinion: Ahead of Iowa, listen to the Trump officials who’ve disavowed him
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: John Avlon is a CNN senior political analyst and anchor. A truly stunning number of former Cabinet-level Trump administration officials are trying to warn Republican primary voters that their old boss’s reelection would be a disaster for our country. Share them with friends, family and neighbors who might be tempted to go along with the crowd and vote for Trump. But what about the Republican elected officials who have scrambled to endorse Trump before a single person has actually voted? So the voters of Iowa and New Hampshire have a disproportionate responsibility over the next few days.

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☆ There will be no pause in Biden’s headache over the Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —A 48-hour extension to the Israel-Hamas truce will not pause the strategic dilemmas and political headaches wracking the Biden administration over the war. That could cause more civilian casualties, like earlier in the war, which included bombing of civilian areas and sieges over Gaza hospitals. The dangers for US personnel were underscored when American officials said Sunday that two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden. The missing AmericansUS officials watched Hamas’ release of another 11 hostages on Monday – the final day of the original truce deal – especially carefully. The likelihood therefore is that he’ll face a similar or even more intense political headache when the war begins again.

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☆ Coinbase strengthens its global advisory council
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Smartphone with displayed Coinbase logo and representation of cryptocurrencies are placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 7 (Reuters) - Coinbase (COIN.O) said on Tuesday it had added four national security experts to its global advisory council as the cryptocurrency industry comes under intense regulatory scrutiny following the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX. Mark Esper, Stephanie Murphy, Frances Townsend and David Urban are joining the council, which advises the company's executive leadership team. Esper is a former U.S. defense secretary and Murphy is a former national security specialist for the defense department. Coinbase said the new additions will help its council examine the consequences of regulatory uncertainty for crypto in the United States, including long-term economic and national security impacts.

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☆ Opinion | Could the Next Republican President Take Us to War With Mexico?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Greg Grandin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

war horses, like Senator Lindsey Graham, want to bomb Mexico. Ron DeSantis of Florida said he would send special forces into Mexico on “Day 1” of his presidency, targeting drug cartels and fentanyl labs. This move targeted Mexican cartels and Chinese companies, which are accused of providing the ingredients to the cartels to manufacture fentanyl. Of course, the United States is already fighting, and has been for half a century, a highly militarized drug war — in the Andes, Central America and, yes, Mexico — a war as ineffective as it has been cruel. Hitting fentanyl labs won’t do anything to slow the bootlegged versions of the drug into the United States but could further destabilize northern Mexico and the borderlands, worsening the migrant refugee crisis.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mark Esper, Mr, Trump, Mike Waltz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lindsey Graham, Ron DeSantis, Michael McCaul, It’s, Vance, MAGA Organizations: Gov, “, Chemical, Convention, Republican, Senate, Democratic Locations: Mexico, Florida, United States, Central America, West Virginia, Maine, House

☆ The Chinese Navy's presence in the Middle East involves 6 'highly capable vessels' stationed in the theater, military expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Chinese navy has deployed "six highly capable vessels" to the Middle East, says RAND's Bryden Spurling. He told Newsweek that the ships "reflect the rapid growth in the sophistication" of China's navy. Six Chinese warships were stationed in the Middle East last week, per reports from China Military Online, a Chinese state-linked military news outlet. The US has ramped up its military presence in the Middle East amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The Pentagon's 2022 annual report on China's military development forecasted China's fleet to reach 400 ships by 2025 and 440 ships by 2030.

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☆ Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Russia is going to continue to support Iran
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Russia is going to continue to support IranFormer Defense Secretary Mark Esper joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Esper is expecting to hear from President Biden tonight, to what degree the U.S. military will be involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict if Hezbollah joins the conflict, and the likelihood of an attack on U.S. soil.

Persons: Mark Esper, Biden Organizations: Former, Iran Former Locations: Russia, Iran, Israel

☆ Israel-Hamas conflict will last weeks at a minimum, says former Defense Sec. Mark Esper
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIsrael-Hamas conflict will last weeks at a minimum, says former Defense Sec. Mark EsperMark Esper, former Secretary of Defense, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the timeframe for events in the Israel-Hamas conflict, what to do with the energy sector after recent geopolitical events, and how involved the United States should be.

Persons: Mark Esper Mark Esper Organizations: Israel, Defense Locations: Israel, United States

☆ Fmr. Defense Sec. Mark Esper weighs in on the geopolitical turmoil in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFmr. Defense Sec. Mark Esper weighs in on the geopolitical turmoil in IsraelMark Esper, Former Defense Secretary, joins 'Closing Bell: Overtime' to discuss the conflict in the Middle East.

Persons: Mark Esper, Israel Mark Esper Organizations: Defense, Former Locations: Israel

☆ John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jake Tapper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN. Kelly set the record straight with on-the-record confirmation of a number of damning stories about statements Trump made behind closed doors attacking US service members and veterans, listing a number of objectionable comments Kelly witnessed Trump make firsthand. “A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about. Then-candidate Trump of course said in front of a crowd in 2015 that former Vietnam POW Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, was “not a war hero. Milley, in a call authorized by Trump administration officials, reassured his Chinese counterparts that such a strike was not going to happen.

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They argued that cartels could retaliate in U.S. territory and U.S. troops and Mexican civilians could die in firefights with heavily armed cartel members. This could create the blowback effect of fracturing the cartels," said a U.S. military officer with experience in Mexico, speaking on condition of anonymity. In a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 52% of respondents supported "sending U.S. military personnel to Mexico to fight against drug cartels," while 26% were opposed. Still, most Americans - including most Republicans - said they would oppose such actions if the Mexican government did not approve, the poll found. It would be easy to send them in, a couple of (special forces) teams that could go and extract in extraordinary renditions," said the military officer.

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☆ Analysis-Republican-Proposed Attacks on Mexican Cartels Could Lead to American Casualties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

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☆ China has the capacity to build PLA combat ships at 200 times the rate that the US can, per leaked US Navy intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China's shipbuilding capacity has dwarfed US capabilities, per leaked US Navy intelligence. A Navy spokesperson confirmed the leaked material's authenticity to Fox News Digital. China has the world's largest navy and could have a fleet of 440 ships by 2030, per the Pentagon. A leaked US Navy briefing slide with the information circulated online in July, per The War Zone, an online newsletter. AdvertisementAdvertisementA US Navy spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an article published on September 14 that the briefing slide is authentic.

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☆ Mike Pence, the Indictment and the Chaos of Donald Trump - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Katherine Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

They left behind a few panicked people who remained grounded in reality like former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Mr. Pence, and then Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and the rest. Again and again, people describe desperate circumstances, arguments about doing things like seizing the voting machines, or trying to persuade Mr. Trump to call off the riot. According to prosecutors, at 7:01 p.m. on Jan. 6, Mr. Cipollone called Mr. Trump and asked him to withdraw his objections to certification; Mr. Trump refused. In his book, “Why We Did It,” Tim Miller debates this question with Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House communications official. In his book, Mr. Esper describes the way Mr. Pence represented a sane, normal presence in meetings.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly found out she was booted from the House Freedom Caucus after seeing her own name trending on Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus earlier this month. She reportedly first found out about the decision as she scrolled Twitter on the House floor. The ouster came after she developed a close working relationship with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyRepublican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly learned that she'd been booted from the hard-right House Freedom Caucus only after seeing her own name trending on Twitter. Greene, who by then had a strained relationship with many members of the Freedom Caucus, reportedly told another conservative lawmaker that the group "doesn't care about" her bill.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy, she'd, Greene, Scott Perry, Kevin McCarthy's, Georgia lawmaker's, Trump, Staff Reince Preibus, State Rex Tillerson, Mark Esper —, Donald Trump, Lauren Boebert, McCarthy Organizations: Caucus, Twitter, Service, Republican, New York Times, Freedom Caucus, White, Staff, State Locations: Wall, Silicon, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Colorado

☆ Trump's claim that he could end Ukraine's war in a day is a 'beautiful' thought but not true, Zelenskyy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Trump's claim he could end the war in a day. Zelenskyy told ABC that the idea is "beautiful" but not grounded in "real-life experience." He argued that Trump failed to achieve peace during his four years as president. Zelenskyy, asked about that assertion, was himself diplomatic, saying the "desire to bring the war to an end is beautiful." Zelenskyy, on Sunday, said that he doesn't have much interest in any peace deal that envisions him ceding land to an invader.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump's, Zelenskyy, Trump, Donald Trump, ABC's Martha Raddatz, Ron DeSantis —, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Mark Esper, —, Biden Organizations: ABC, Service, Republicans, Biden, Florida Gov, Democratic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Crimea

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