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Former government officials serving several presidential administrations testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Afghanistan withdrawal. The witnesses, who served under P…

A funeral service for Colin Powell, retired Army general and former secretary of state, was held at the Washington National Cathedral. Mr. Powell died from COVID-19 complications October 18,…

The Center for New American Security held a virtual discussion on the situation in Afghanistan and U.S. evacuation and relocation efforts. Joining the conversation were Representative Seth M…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a day-long forum on U.S.-South Korea relations and security on the Korean Peninsula. This event started with a discussion wit…

Former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz appeared on Capitol Hill to present their views on the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy and the global challeng…

Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, talked about the history and importance of the U.S.-South Korea alliance. In her remarks she was crit…

Andrea Mitchell moderated a discussion at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace at the release of a report looking at U.S. policy toward Russia and Ukraine. The report urged a cauti…

Panelists talked about a new Center for Strategic and International Studies report, “The "U.S.-Japan Alliance Anchoring Stability in Asia.” They discussed Japan’s economic status, nuclear po…

Members of the Council on Foreign Relation’s Independent Task Force talked about their new report on U.S. strategy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The task force is chaired by Richard Armitage …

James Steinberg and Jacob Lew talked about the U.S.-Iraq relationship as the U.S. military transfers leadership to a partnership between the State Department and Iraq civilian government. Th…

Following opening remarks at a conference on national security, panelists talked about major foreign policy and national security challenges facing the nation. Among the topics they addresse…

Former Secretaries Armitage and Nye co-chaired the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Smart Power. They testified about the commission’s report, including long-term…

This is only a portion of a longer hearing. The committee met to review the United States policy toward Iran. After opening statements the committee recessed for voting before hearing the…

Mr. Armitage testified before the committee about the Bush Administration’s “revised plan for U.S. assistance to Iraq.” He discussed the administration’s request to shift funds tagged for r…

Mr. Armitage testified about Bush administration counterterrorism efforts, the administration’s foreign policy priorities, and the handling of intelligence information before and after the S…

Defense and State Department officials testified about the transition of sovereignty in Iraq scheduled for June 30. Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz described his recent trip to Iraq and praised c…

Officials testified about operations in Iraq, the planned transition of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities, security concerns in the country, reports of prisoner abuse by U.S. forces, and esti…

Richard Armitage and Lorne Craner talked to reporters about their annual report on global human rights. Among the topics they addressed were abuses by U.S. forces on Iraqi prisoners at Abu G…

Mr. Armitage and Mr. Wolfowitz testified about funding requests for foreign operations. Among the topics they addressed were military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, coope…

Mr. Armitage and Mr. Black talked about a report titled “Patterns of Global Terrorism: 2003.” Among the topics they addressed were the scope of global terrorist threats, state sponsorship o…