United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Israel SitRep: Jan. 31, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Floods Hamas Tunnels with Seawater | Israeli Undercover Forces Raid Jenin Hospital, Kill Three Terrorists, Foil ‘Imminent Attack’ | IDF Operates in West Bank, Confiscates Weapons,...

Better Investment Barriers

Strengthening CCP Sanctions and Exploring Alternatives to Bureaucratic Regimes

U.S. Approves F-16 Sales to Turkey

The Biden administration approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey on January 26 after Ankara ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO. The State Department notified Congress that...

No better enemy

America empowers its adversaries

Beijing’s Economic Challenges Present Opportunities for Washington

China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported last week that the country’s economy grew by just 5.2 percent in 2023, with the World Bank forecasting that China’s growth rate could slow even...

Israel SitRep: Nov. 9, 2023

IDF Captures Hamas Stronghold in Western Jabaliya | IDF Captures Hamas Stronghold in Western Jabaliya: After a 10-hour battle with gunmen from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, troops from the IDF’s Nahal...

False hope and fracture kept Israel from seeing Hamas’ evil plan

In the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack that left 1,300 dead, Israelis are shocked and saddened. A war is imminent, and Hamas is not likely to survive it. But when the dust settles, there...

No Incentives for Terrorism: U.S. Implementation of the Taylor Force Act and Efforts to Stop ‘Pay to Slay’

Iran’s Escalating Threats: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward Iran’s Malign Activities

New U.S., UK, Canadian Sanctions Target Former Lebanese Central Bank Governor 

The United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom and Canada, imposed sanctions today on former Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and three of his associates.  Washington once considered...

Bipartisan Coalition Urges Biden to Send ATACMS to Ukraine

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced a resolution on Friday urging the Biden administration to send Ukraine the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). These missiles would facilitate Kyiv’s...

Top U.S. Lawmakers Want Action Against Lebanon’s Corrupt Central Bank Chief

The chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a letter on Tuesday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the administration to “support independent, international...

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Biden is letting America help fund Russia’s nuclear-weapon complex

Vladimir Putin seems intent on threatening the West with nuclear war. What’s bizarre is Washington and its allies are helping him. The Russian dictator just proclaimed he may station...

What DeSantis Should Know About the Fight in Ukraine

Florida Governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis seems torn on Ukraine. Answering a mid-March questionnaire from Fox’s Tucker Carlson, DeSantis, perhaps seeking to protect his political...

Lawmakers, Former Top Officials Offer Bipartisan Rebuke of Biden’s Syria Policy

Earlier today, an open letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the administration’s passive response to Arab governments’ accelerating normalization...

A Strategy to End the Systematic Theft of Humanitarian Aid in Syria

Biden may be plotting to keep Congress out of the Iran nuclear deal

Excerpt Negotiators from Iran, the United States and the European Union have once again nearly concluded indirect talks over the “final text” of a nuclear deal. Like the 2015 deal formally known as...

Pelosi’s promise

Showing up in Taiwan is not enough

Abandoning Afghanistan

The impact of America’s capitulation to the Taliban