Israel’s Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready

Israel’s new Dolphin II-class submarines are the largest undersea craft built in Germany since the Second World War, and when they reach active service they’re expected to take their place among the world’s most effective subs. Three submarines are in various stages of construction at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in Kiel, Germany – the TANIN, RAHAV,…

Introducing ‘CongressWatch Minute’

In our first CongressWatch Minute, Senior Congressional Reporter John T. Bennett discusses why Congress may stumble and bicker into failing to grant the Pentagon’s request for extra funding for Israel’s Iron Dome before leaving for a five-week summer break — even though the proposal has broad support among members of both parties in the House and…

Iran Nuke Deal Inked; Two Sides Already Interpreting it Differently

  In a striking Saturday night announcement, a team of international negotiators and Iran announced that the two sides had hammered out a deal to temporarily halt the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for modest rollbacks of American-led economic sanctions against elements of the Iranian economy. “We have reached an agreement,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad…

Read the White House Fact Sheet on the Iran Nuclear Deal

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2013   Fact Sheet:  First Step Understandings Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Program   The P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China, facilitated by the European Union) has been engaged in serious and substantive negotiations with…

Why John McCain Sees Barack Obama’s Middle East Policy As Elephant Dung

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is known for speaking his mind. After all, he is the Senate’s modern-day “Maverick,” and once rode a presidential campaign tour bus called the “Straight Talk Express.” So leave it to McCain to compare his old political foe’s Middle East policy to the, well, droppings of an elephant — and that…

UPDATED: Obama Cancels Huge Military Exercise in Egypt; Hagel Calls Cairo

                              US Marines during Operation Bright Star 2009 In another attempt walk the line between expressing his administration’s concern with the violence that the military-led government in Egypt has launched upon protesters in Cairo without taking any concrete punitive steps, President Obama announced today that the United States was pulling out of a biennial joint…

F-22s Parked Less Than Six-Minute Flight from Iran

At a dinner in downtown Washington Thursday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel touted the Pentagon’s deployment of advanced weaponry, including the Air Force F-22 Raptor, to the Middle East. The stealthy fighters, as well other “high-end air, missile defense, and naval assets,” have been positioned in the region “to deter Iranian aggression and respond to other…