Epstein Secrets

n for more than six years," and the Houthis have "kept up cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia and [their] offensive in Yemen's gas-rich Marib after Riyadh in March proposed a nationwide ceasefire deal that includes reopening air and sea links to Houthi-held areas." Reuters reports that the State Depar

they would have more time" to resolve. "The Pentagon still has not determined how it will combat terrorist threats like Al Qaeda. ... Nor have top Defense Department officials secured agreement from allies about repositioning American troops in other nearby countries. And administration officials are still grappl

the subsequent empowerment of Iraqi Shias instilled a fear in the kingdom that Saudi's own Shia population would agitate for change. Beyond that, Riyadh believed that Iran -- through its activities in Iraq, its alliance with Syria, its support for Hamas and Hezbollah, and its nascent nuclear progra

n 2007, no U.S. funds were allocated to the mission. The USSC also answered to the more risk- averse and top-down State Department, rather than the Defense Department. Furthermore, falling under the State Department's control meant that the USSC was constrained by not one, but two, local "chief of mission" autho

port: The president "used his appearances before television cameras — and his Twitter account — to repeatedly offer cover for the Saudis, conveying Riyadh's condolences with more fervor than he used in EFTA00047309 relaying his personal feelings about the shooting. ... Trump's defense of the Saudi g

facing the United States. Gert Berthold, a forensic accountant who served on a military task force in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012, analyzed 3,000 Defense Department contracts worth $106 billion. He said they calculated that about 40 percent of the money ended up in the pockets of insurgents, criminal syndicates