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t of its longest war." Administration officials "briefed senators on the situation behind closed doors Monday and faced what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) described as 'tough' questions." Battle For Kandahar Emerging As Key To Conflict. Looking at the situation in Kandahar, the New York Times

bt limit's omission from the budget tees up a future cross-aisle fight over the debt." The Hill (8/9, Carney, 5.69M) reports Senate Minority Leader McConnell "doubled down Monday on his warning that Republicans won't help raise the debt ceiling." McConnell said, "Here's the comedy, they won't let Republi

s appointed "close former adviser" Amos Hochstein to be the State Department's "energy envoy charged with implementing a U.S.-Germany deal allowing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be completed." According to Axios, Hochstein "has been a leading voice against Nord Stream 2." Nevertheless, Axios adds, "Implementing

. Paul Nakasone. The source "said a bipartisan group" of senators, National Security Advisor O'Brien, Chief of Staff Meadows, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, and AG Barr have shown support for Haspel, "though some fear that Trump may yet oust her," as former Defense Secretary Esper's support for Nakason

luded-in-annual-u-s-defense-bill-idUSKBN27R2FR> (11/11) reports that "sanctions that could hinder one of Moscow's most important projects in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, have been included in the annual U.S. defense policy bill." According to Reuters, the sanctions included in the National Defen

Paul Nakasone. The source "said a bipartisan group" of senators, National Security Advisor O'Brien, Chief of Staff Meadows, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, and AG Barr have shown support for Haspel, "though some fear that Trump may yet oust her," as former Defense Secretary Esper's support for Nakasone

o Russia-Germany Natural Gas Pipeline. Reuters (11/11) reports that "sanctions that could hinder one of Moscow's most important projects in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, have been included in the annual U.S. defense policy bill." According to Reuters, the sanctions included in the National Defen

ys Biden "praised [the] rare congressional bipartisanship" that led to the bill's passage. The Post notes that Biden thanked Senate Minority Leader McConnell, saying, "We simply haven't seen this kind of bipartisanship for much too long in Washington. You're showing that our democracy can work and delive

rseeing a Russia-Germany pipeline project that Washington opposes." Merkel said, "President Biden has now taken a step toward us in connection with the Nord Stream 2 conflict, where we have different views but where we will now talk further about what the necessary common ground is in the relationship with Russia

4.29M) reports congressional leaders are "squabbling" over the next coronavirus relief package, as House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader McConnell "straddl[e] opposite sides of a multi-trillion dollar divide, with neither EFTA00150142 currently willing to budge." While "congressional leaders

Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017. The AP (7/15, Lee) says the move "opens the door for US...penalties to be imposed on any...company over the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream projects, including those that had been working on the pipelines before the passage of CAATSA and had been previously exempted from

Paul Nakasone. The source "said a bipartisan group" of senators, National Security Advisor O'Brien, Chief of Staff Meadows, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, and AG Barr have shown support for Haspel, "though some fear that Trump may yet oust her," as former Defense Secretary Esper's support for Nakasone

o Russia-Germany Natural Gas Pipeline. Reuters (11/11) reports that "sanctions that could hinder one of Moscow's most important projects in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, have been included in the annual U.S. defense policy bill." According to Reuters, the sanctions included in the National Defen