Staggering Costs – U.S. Military Equipment Left Behind In Afghanistan

U.S.-Funded Military Gear Into Afghanistan 2003-2016. Source: GAO        OPENTHEBOOKS.COM The U.S. provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001. This year, alone, the U.S. military aid to Afghan forces was $3 billion. Putting … Read More

Huge wildfire near Lake Tahoe slows as weather improves

Officials say better weather has slow the growth of the huge California wildfire that has been threatening the Lake Tahoe resort region SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Better weather has slowed the growth of the huge California wildfire near Lake … Read More

Hannity calls on Biden to resign for abandoning US citizens in Afghanistan

Hannity called the debacle ‘the worst self-inflicted foreign policy in American history,’ demanding ‘everyone involved’ be fired. Fox News host Sean Hannity demanded President Biden resign Monday for “lying” to the American people about his pledge to stay in Afghanistan until every citizen … Read More

Families of slain Marines call Biden’s conduct at ceremony ‘disrespectful’

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© Provided by Washington Examiner Mark Schmitz, father of Marine Jared Schmitz, and Darin Hoover, father of Darin Taylor Hoover Jr., appeared Monday on Fox News’s Hannity to talk about their interactions with the president. “Initially, I wasn’t going to meet with him,” … Read More

Afghanistan crisis shows EU must seek greater military autonomy -Michel

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European Council President Charles Michel pauses for one minute of silence to pay respect to victims of the recent floods in Europe, at the EU Council in Brussels, Belgium, July 20, 2021. Virginia Mayo/Pool via REUTERS LJUBLJANA, Sept 1 (Reuters) … Read More

Rescue boat keeps migrant plight in spotlight as Mediterranean arrivals soar

Members of Italian Guardia Costiera prepare to bring on board the migrants of a wooden boat near the island of Lampedusa, in the Mediterranean Sea, September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Juan Medina A pregnant woman reacts on board a wooden boat as … Read More

Analysis: Afghanistan pullout spurs EU to revive rapid reaction force

Belgian army Special Forces are seen during the Black Blade military exercise involving several European Union countries and organized by the European Defense Agency at Florennes airbase, Belgium November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman Summary Despite 1999 pledge, EU still without … Read More

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