In an interview with "Intelligence Matters" host and CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell, former deputy Secretary of State and deputy National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama Antony Blinken weighs in on the Trump administration's foreign policy decisions in some of the world's top geopolitical hotspots. Blinken evaluates the opportunities seized, squandered and still ahead in countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, North Korea and China. A former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, Blinken also discusses what Biden's foreign policy might look like, should he run for president.For much more from their conversation, read the interview transcript here and subscribe to Intelligence Matters here. Saudi ArabiaThe U.S.-Saudi relationship has been roiled in recent months by the murder, in Turkey, of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by a team of Saudi citizens. After leveling sanctions on 17 Saudis … [Read more...] about Former Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken grades Trump’s foreign policy
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Transcript: Antony Blinken talks with Michael Morell on “Intelligence Matters”
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS - TONY BLINKEN HOST: MICHAEL MORELLPRODUCER: OLIVIA GAZIS MICHAEL MORELL:Tony, great to have you on the show. TONY BLINKEN:Thanks, Mike. Great to be with you. MICHAEL MORELL: Tony, you have a particularly interesting story about how you came to be interested in foreign policy. Can you share that with us? TONY BLINKEN:Yes. You know, I think we're all sort of products of the conversations we hear around the dining room table, the kitchen table in our families. And in my family, a lot of the stories were about the fact that so many of the people that came before me were refugees or immigrants of one kind or another. I had a grandfather who came here at the turn of the last century fleeing pilgrims in what's now Ukraine, was welcome to the United States, … [Read more...] about Transcript: Antony Blinken talks with Michael Morell on “Intelligence Matters”
The Daily 202: Why John McCain is voting against Gina Haspel to lead the CIA — and why it matters
John McCain, seen here in a Hanoi hospital as a prisoner of war, was shot down over Vietnam during a bombing mission on Oct. 26, 1967. (AP) With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve. THE BIG IDEA: What’s legal and what’s moral are different. “Right and wrong” are subjective. Not everyone’s “moral compass” points them to the same true north. Gina Haspel, President Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, repeatedly declined to say during her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday whether “enhanced” interrogation techniques were immoral. The controversial methods, which have subsequently been outlawed, were used against terrorism suspects during the years after the Sept. 11 attacks, when Haspel oversaw a secret CIA prison in Thailand. This is why John McCain, who suffered mightily at the hands of his Vietnamese captors during five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war, is urging his colleagues to reject … [Read more...] about The Daily 202: Why John McCain is voting against Gina Haspel to lead the CIA — and why it matters
Trump’s trust grows in his gut-driven, out-of-the-box approach to international relations
Anne Gearan, The Washington Post Published 11:41 am, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Photo: Washington Post Photo By Jabin Botsford Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 President Trump, seen here on Tuesday, is firm in his view that tough posturing and a disregard for diplomatic norms are effective tools of U.S. power, current and former officials said. President Trump, seen here on Tuesday, is firm in his view that tough posturing and a disregard for diplomatic norms are effective tools of U.S. power, current and former officials said. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Jabin Botsford Trump's trust grows in his gut-driven, out-of-the-box approach to international relations 1 / 1 Back to Gallery WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump yanked the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal this week and will reverse decades of … [Read more...] about Trump’s trust grows in his gut-driven, out-of-the-box approach to international relations
Trump’s trust in his gut-driven, out-of-the-box approach to international relations grows
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Politics by Anne Gearan by Anne Gearan Email the author May 9 at 2:17 PM Email the author President Trump yanked the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal this week and will reverse decades of policy in Israel next week, in each case acting on a campaign pledge and intuition that he argues has already proved more successful than traditional diplomacy. He is aggressively moving forward with his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. This week Trump sent Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit the rogue nation for the second time to continue preparations and bring home three American prisoners released by the Kim … [Read more...] about Trump’s trust in his gut-driven, out-of-the-box approach to international relations grows