Epstein Secrets

h. But for almost two decades now, policymaking power has been concentrated increasingly in the White House-under George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney and today very much in the controlling hands of Barack Obama. The secretaries do the diplomacy and the execution, but the policy is made in a very

ngly in the White House-under George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney and today very much in the controlling hands of

Utah. In other words, he is not intimate with the foreign-policy crowd, even compared with Obama four years ago, who at least sat for two years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Almost certainly, however, Romney's possibles include Robert Zoellick, the outgoing president of the World Bank; Stephen Hadley, national securit

nder Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan; Ronald Reagan’s

r, or even prime minister. Larger-than-life chiefs have included Richard Nixon’s H. R. Haldeman and Alexander Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan; Ronald Reagan’s James Baker; George H. W. Bush’s return of James Baker; Bill Clinton’s Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles,

gton seemed to be holding its breath. On the evening before Trump was sworn in, Bob Corker, the Republican senator from Tennessee and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opened his remarks as the featured speaker at a gathering at the Jefferson Hotel with the existential question, “Where are things going?” He paused

e. Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/new-document-shows-tbi-used-trumps-candidate-briefing- to-advance-russia-probe-38065 I> (7/23, Cheney, Desiderio, 4.29M) reports that, according to a newly declassified document obtained by POLITICO, President Trump's first intelligence briefing "as

Cheney, 4.29M) reports that on Thursday, Lisa Kenna, Secretary of State Pompeo's executive secretary, and "gatekeeper of sorts to his office," told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "2019 contacts between Pompeo and...Rudy Giuliani — which ultimately led to the ouster of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch --" wer

rnment's move to undo Flynn's guilty plea." Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/30/appeals-court-michael- flynn-388384> (7/30, Gerstein, Cheney, 4.29M) says Thursday's announcement is "a setback for Flynn, who scored an unexpected victory on the issue last month." Fox News <https://www.foxne

n/2020/07/30/pompeo-slams-us-tech-for-downplaying-china-cyber-threat.html> (7/30, Macias, 3.62M) reports on its website that in an appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Secretary of State Pompeo "slammed U.S. tech companies...for their lack of transparency in regards to the breadth and depth of intelle

o persist well beyond his lame-duck presidency." Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/23/democrats-reject-gsa-transition-439756> (11/23, Cheney, 4.29M) reports Biden's transition was unable to "start until Murphy ascertain[ed] his victory, according to federal law, a determination that has

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mt Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate leg

25, Johnson, Everett, 4.29M) says "impeachment took a blow" with Mueller's "muted and sometimes shaky testimony." Despite all this, Politico (7/25, Cheney, Desiderio, 4.29M) says in another report, impeachment supporters "showed new signs of life Thursday." Five more Democrats "publicly endorsed an im

f- dozen occasions." Hyten, however, has denied the allegations. Senate Committee Backs Craft To Be UN Ambassador. Reuters (7/25, Zengerle) reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted 15-7 to back Kelly Craft, currently the US Ambassador to Canada, as President Trump's envoy to the United Nations. Sen. Bob Menen

political system and the fairness of U.S. elections haven't ended and are likely to persist well beyond his lame-duck presidency." Politico (11/23, Cheney, 4.29M) reports Biden's transition was unable to "start until Murphy ascertain[ed] his victory, according to federal law, a determination that has p

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mr. Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate le

ullivan was wrong to appoint a retired federal judge to argue against the government's move to undo Flynn's guilty plea." Politico (7/30, Gerstein, Cheney, 4.29M) says Thursday's announcement is "a setback for Flynn, who scored an unexpected victory on the issue last month." Fox News (7/30, Olson, 27.5

rebukes from the White House that President Trump had not been briefed about the threats to U.S. soldiers before the reports surfaced;' Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the proper people have been aware of every single threat to our soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan whether that was General [Austin) Mille

sident's pardon power. Under the Constitution, the president is able to execute a pardon except in cases of impeachment." Politico (7/10, Gerstein, Cheney, Swan, 4.29M) reports House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney "said they intended to immediately see

rop Resistance To State Dept. Nominees. Bloomberg (7/10, Wadhams, Flatley, 4.73M) reports Secretary of State Pompeo "is refusing to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unless it holds hearings on five senior State Department nominees, including the administration's new ambassador to Ukraine, in what Democrats call

ullivan was wrong to appoint a retired federal judge to argue against the government's move to undo Flynn's guilty plea." Politico (7/30, Gerstein, Cheney, 4.29M) says Thursday's announcement is "a setback for Flynn, who scored an unexpected victory on the issue last month." Fox News (7/30, Olson, 27.5

e White House that EFTA01658331 President Trump had not been briefed about the threats to U.S. soldiers before the reports surfaced," Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the proper people have been aware of every single threat to our soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan whether that was General [Austin) Mille