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Bergen: It wasn't Trump but this general's elite soldiers who defeated ISIS

8 years 10 months ago
Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi is virtually unknown outside Iraq, but he is a hero in his own country. When the three-star general walks into the lobby of a guesthouse in Baghdad he is quickly surrounded by well-wishers who want to take selfies with him. Iraqis know that the taciturn general was key to the long, grinding campaign that defeated ISIS.

Tillerson confronts North Korean diplomat at UN

8 years 10 months ago
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson slammed North Korea's representative to the UN on Friday, directly rebutting his claim that the US is to blame for tensions on the Korean peninsula and declaring that he and the White House are in lockstep on policy.

Haley: Missile debris 'proof' of Iran's UN violations

8 years 10 months ago
Standing in front of a display of recovered missile debris, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley presented what she called "concrete evidence" of Iran's weapons proliferation on Thursday at a military base in Washington and called on the international community to join "a united front in resisting this global threat."

Trump and Putin speak by phone

8 years 10 months ago
President Donald Trump spoke Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who earlier in the day praised progress made by the Trump administration but chastised its approach to North Korea.
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