A federal judge temporarily blocks funds for Trump's wall
Judge David Briones of the Western District of Texas stated last Friday that the declaration of "national emergency" by the president is illegal.
Judge David Briones of the Western District of Texas stated last Friday that the declaration of "national emergency" by the president is illegal.
El Juez David Briones del Distrito Oeste de Texas declaró el pasado viernes que la declaración de “emergencia nacional” por parte del presidente es ilegal.
The official version is the Department of Defense will divert Pentagon funds to build the wall. But what is behind the selection process for projects that will run out of funds?
La versión oficial es que el Departamento de Defensa desviará fondos del presupuesto del Pentágono para construir el muro. ¿Cuáles son los proyectos que quedarán sin fondos?
President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria was the final straw for his Secretary of Defense, who is warning that the president may no longer have any boundaries.
La decisión del presidente Trump de retirar las fuerzas estadounidenses de Siria fue la gota de derramó el vaso para su Secretario de Defensa, quien ha advertido con su renuncia que el presidente ya no tendrá quien le ponga límites.
The recruitment of foreign specialists in the largest military body in the U.S. presents severe obstacles thanks to the new migration policies of the Trump administration.
El reclutamiento de especialistas extranjeros en el máximo órgano de defensa del país presenta severos obstáculos gracias a las nuevas políticas migratorias de la Administración Trump.
Last Monday the US president asked the Armed Forces and the country to trust his new military strategy in Afghanistan. But he did so without giving precise figures or explanations about his plans.
In a televised speech, Trump said he wants to expand US military intervention in Afghanistan and South Asia. However, he didn't give specific detail on how he plans to do it, how many troops he would commit or how he would evaluate success.
Arguing economic reasons, President Trump announced that the Department of Defense will not re-recruit transgender people. Several studies indicate that the president not only takes a step back in the inclusion of the LGBT community to the Armed Forces, but that its measurement could affect the troop's morale.
President Donald Trump announced today that he will not allow transsexuals to serve "in any capacity" in the US Armed Forces.
We do not yet have the official agenda for next month’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. But after 75 years of American leadership on the world stage, we might be watching the beginning of a handover of power from the United States to China.
This week, we have watched the perfect example of a country fighting the last war.
The first time I met Gen. David Petraeus, he said something that surprised me. It was the early days of the Iraq War and, while things were not going well, he had directed his region in the north skillfully and effectively. I asked him whether he wished he had more troops. Petraeus was too politically savvy to criticize the Donald Rumsfeld “light footprint” strategy, so he deflected the question, answering it a different way. “I wish we had more Foreign Service officers, aid professionals and other kinds of non-military specialists,” he said.
The Pentagon is inviting hackers to test out their cyber security