Epstein Secrets

that Iran "soon plans to use it for live-fire drills." While "Iranian state media and officials have yet to acknowledge bringing the replica out to the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil passes," its "appearance there suggests Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is preparing an encore of a si

U.S. conclude —Annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN 2020), with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper co-hosting Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, conclude Location: State Department, Washington, D

w too close and ignored multiple calls to turn away. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the drone came within 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer in the Strait of Hormuz before the crew "took defensive action" and "immediately destroyed" it, per Dan Lamothe and Liz Sly. In New York, meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minist

e speeches for Ronald Reagan's education secretary William Bennett. -- Meanwhile, Trump's pending nominee for secretary of defense, Army Secretary Mark Esper, spent years as a top lobbyist for Raytheon, which received $18.1 billion in unclassified defense contracts last year. He was elevated to acting se

wn, leaving 290 dead. Adam Taylor reports: "On July 3, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by the U.S. military. The flight ... was flying over the Strait of Hormuz toward its destination, Dubai, when it was hit by two surface-to-air missiles. Though Pentagon officials at first denied any knowledge of the incid

s unfolded shows the influence Trump's new team of national security advisers has. From the Journal: "The group, including new Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and new national security adviser Robert O'Brien, along with [Pompeo], backed the president'