Epstein Secrets

t Joint Chiefs Chairman. The AP (7/25, Burns) reports the Senate voted 89-1 on Thursday to confirm Army Gen. Mark Milley to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley will succeed Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, whose term expires Oct. 1. Reuters (7/25, Zengerle) reports that during his confirmation hearing e

ait Of Hormuz. Reuters (7/25, Macaskill, Saul) reports that Britain has "started sending a warship to accompany all British- flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after the government previously said it did not have resources to do so." Reuters points out that "tensio

ibed to me by a four-star general. It is not the proverbial 3 a.m. but 11 p.m. in the White House (7 a.m. in Israel). The phone rings. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Mr. President, we have reliable intelligence that the Israeli Air Force is in the air and within an hour of striking suspected nuclear facilities

They went behind my back, goddammit. CJCS: Yes, sir. POTUS: Why the hell should I lift a finger to help them? CJCS: Because if the Iranians close the Strait of Hormuz, we will see oil above $200 a barrel. POTUS [after a pause]: Just a moment. [Whispers] How am I doing in Florida? David Axelrod [also whispering]

ontested terrain under the current administration." -- A senior military officer accused the Air Force general tapped as the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of sexual misconduct. From the AP's Lolita C. Baldor: "The officer told The Associated Press that Gen. John Hyten subjected her to a series of unw

ria off the coast of Cyprus in 2014. (British Ministry of Defense/AP) -- Three Iranian vessels attempted to stop a British tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, Britain said today, in the latest escalation between Iran and the world. Erin Cunningham reports from EFTA00044368 Dubai: "A British navy ship,