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Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. 3 stories tonight... 1) THE TOPLINE: Sen. Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael Kaine Warner: White House should 'keep open additional sanctions' against Saudi crown prince Overnight Defense: Biden sends message with Syria airstrike | US intel points to Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi killing | Pentagon launches civilian-led sexual assault commission Biden administration to give Congress full classified briefing on Syria strikes by next week MORE (D-Va.), a longtime advocate for giving Congress more power over a president’s ability to wage war unilaterally, says he will begin moving this week to repeal or amend the congressional authorizations used to justify numerous foreign military conflicts the past two decades. ADVERTISEMENT … [Read more...] about Overnight Defense: Tim Kaine moves to claw back war powers authority | Study on sexual harassment and assault in the military

A review of statues, place names, and other memorials inspired by Black Lives Matter in Edinburgh, Scotland, has figures including Queen Victoria, Admiral Nelson, and even Scotland’s national poet, Robert ‘Rabbie’ Burns, in its sights, according to reports. The Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Group, commissioned by the Scottish capital’s municipal government — a coalition between the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) and the left-wing Labour Party — has even named Bute House , the official residence of SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, as a site of “historic racial injustice”, according to the Telegraph , because its builders inherited some wealth from Caribbean plantations. Burns, famous around the world as the Bard of Ayrshire, with a statue adorning Central Park in Manhattan, New York, was targeted by the review despite supporting the abolition of slavery because he once “accepted a job working on a Jamaican plantation in a role … [Read more...] about BLM-Inspired Review Targets Statues of Queen Victoria, Rabbie Burns, Nelson, and More in Scottish Capital

President Biden on Thursday announced an end to U.S. support for offensive operations in the Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen. “This war has to end,” Biden said during an address at the State Department. “And to underscore our commitment, we are ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arm sales." Biden also confirmed he has appointed veteran diplomat Timothy Lenderking as his special envoy to Yemen, saying Lenderking will work with the United Nations and “all parties to the conflict to push for a diplomatic resolution." ADVERTISEMENT Biden’s announcement will not affect U.S. military operations against Yemen’s al Qaeda affiliate because those are “actions that we undertake in service of protecting the homeland and protecting American interests in the region and our allies and partners,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan Jake Sullivan Iran, hostages and déjà vu — Biden needs to do better Biden to detail … [Read more...] about Biden announces end to US support for offensive operations in Yemen

The Treasury Department has sanctioned two leaders of the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen, citing actions that have “ prolonged Yemen’s civil war and exacerbated the country’s humanitarian crisis.” The agency announced the new sanctions in a press release Tuesday, writing that Mansur Al-Sa’adi and Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi were “responsible for orchestrating attacks by Houthi forces impacting Yemeni civilians, bordering nations, and commercial vessels in international waters.” “These actions, which were done to advance the Iranian regime’s destabilizing agenda, have fueled the Yemeni conflict, displacing more than one million people and pushing Yemen to the brink of famine,” the Treasury Department added. ADVERTISEMENT According to the press release, the sanctions block “all property and interests in property” of the two military leaders that are in the U.S., as well as “any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or … [Read more...] about Treasury blacklists Houthi military leaders in Yemen

Monday, FNC “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host Tucker Carlson opened his program criticizing President Joe Biden’s so-called “counterterrorism” approach to Middle East foreign policy, which recently included airstrikes on Syria. Carlson noted the phraseology used to describe the act, which still left a lot of unanswered questions. Transcript as follows: CARLSON: Just 36 days into a new administration, and already, Joe Biden has fulfilled a major campaign promise. If you didn’t vote for him, it might be hard to admit this, but don’t worry, this is nothing that’s going to improve your life or the life of the United States. It’s nothing that’s going to make you freer or happier, help you drop 20 pounds or bring you closer to your family. It’s nothing you can use to buy dinner. You’re not getting a stimulus check this week. Your kids are not going back to school. You’re not getting a raise. You thought you might be, back on the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised low-wage … [Read more...] about FNC’s Carlson: The Party that Runs Baltimore, East St. Louis Is ‘Going to Make the Middle East a Much Better Place’