Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing Vanita Gupta, the nominee for the number three position at the Justice Department, over millions of dollars in stock holdings she has in a chemical company that makes a key ingredient that Mexican drug cartels use to make heroin. Gupta holds between $11 million and $55 million in shares…
GOP Senator Presses Biden Nominee Over Investment In Company That Makes Chemical Used By Mexican Drug Cartels
March 13, 2021 by
Trump Administration âConfidentâ Assad Regime Used Chemical Weapons to âTerrorizeâ Syrian Civilians.
April 14, 2018 by
The White House issued a detailed list of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, blaming Bashar al-Assadâs regime for using them against his own people. âThe United States assesses with confidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in the eastern Damascus suburb of Duma on April 7, 2018, killing dozens of men, women, […]
US, Britain and France launch joint strikes on Syriaâs chemical weapons arsenal.
April 14, 2018 by
US President Donald Trump announced late Friday that a joint US-British-French operation had been launched on Syria, targeting the âcriminalâ regime of Bashar Assad for his alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians and to deter him from doing it again. Loud explosions lit up the skies over the Syrian capital as Trump announced the […]
WATCH: Team Obama Said Syria Had Been Cleansed Of Chemical Weapons. Over And Over And Over Again.
April 9, 2018 by
The Obama administration spent its years routinely stating that the arc of history bent toward justice, that human rights violations violated the worldâs sensibilities, and that unlike cowboy-esque Republicans, Democrats would ensure that the world remained safe from the predations of monsters like Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. In fact, President Obama issued a âred line,â […]
Trump threatens a âbig priceâ after reports of deadly chemical attack in Syria.
April 8, 2018 by
An affected Syrian child receives medical treatment after Assad regime forces allegedly conducted a poisonous gas attack in the city of Douma on April 7, 2018. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images On Saturday, dozens of people were killed in Syria in a suspected chemical attack. Aid groups are blaming President Bashar al-Assadâs government for the assault; United […]
Trump Admin Unloads Block of 271 Sanctions on Assad Regime for Chemical Weapons Attack.
April 25, 2017 by
The U.S. Treasury announced on Monday that it is putting into place 271 new sanctions in Syria following a chemical weapons attack on April 4 that killed dozens of people, including many children. Treasury said in a press release that the sanctions are âin response to the attack on innocent civilians in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, […]
Obama Claimed ‘All’ of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Had Been Eliminated.
April 13, 2017 by
The Obama administration claimed that it negotiated with Syria and Russia to eliminate “100 percent” of Syria’s chemical weapons. After President Barack Obama’s 2012 “red line” warning to Syria about using chemical weapons, Syria launched a chemical attack in August 2013. But U.S. military action was avoided by the alleged Russian/American/Syrian diplomatic accomplishment, achieved without […]
Here Is The Evidence That Syria Was Behind Deadly Chemical Attack.
April 11, 2017 by
A senior administration official laid out evidence that the Syrian regime was behind the chemical attack in the country that killed at least 80 people last week. The official said intelligence gathered from social media accounts, open source videos, reporting, imagery, and geospatial intelligence showed that the chemical attack was a regime attack. âI donât think […]
So, The Obama Administration Knew Syria Didnât Hand Over All Its Chemical Weapons, But Lied To Us Anyway?
April 11, 2017 by
Life comes at you fast. Thatâs all I can say right now about the Obama administrationâs disastrous Syrian policy that did nothing to stop bloodshed or hold any one accountable for that matter because it probably would have led to a military decision that President Obama didnât want to make. In 2014, the administration celebrated […]
Flashback=> Susan Rice in January: We Were Able to Get Syrian Government to Voluntarily and Verifiably Give Up Chemical Weapons
April 8, 2017 by
On January 16, 2017, in Barack Obamaâs final days in office National Security Adviser Susan Rice bragged to NPR that the administration was able to get Assad to give up his chemical weapons. âWe were able to get the Syrian government to voluntarily and verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile.â Wrong again. On Tuesday […]
Obama Admin May Have Known Syria Still Had Chemical Weapons
April 8, 2017 by
The Obama administration may have known that it failed to eliminate Syriaâs chemical weapons well in advance of Tuesdayâs deadly attack. In the wake of the recent chemical weapons that killed innocent civilians, including women and children, observers immediately recalled former President Barack Obamaâs 2013 deal, which allowed the president to back down from his […]
Pentagon: Russia May Have Directly Participated in Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
April 8, 2017 by
A stunning update on Friday afternoon from the Associated Press said the Pentagon is investigating possible Russian participation in the Syrian regimeâs chemical weapons attack. These officials also supported the dire suspicion that nearby hospitals were attacked to cover up evidence of the WMD deployment: The officials say Russia has failed to control the Syrian governmentâs use […]
FLASHBACK: When John Kerry Said Assad Destroyed “100 Percent” of His Chemical Weapons
April 7, 2017 by
When Syrian President Bashir al-Assad launched a chemical weapons attack on his own people in 2013, crossing President Obama’s red line and killing more than 1400 innocent civilians, a military response was put aside in favor of diplomatic talks. The talks prompted a promise from Assad to destroy 100 percent of his chemical weapons, which […]
U.S. Launches 60 Missiles at Syrian Bases After Chemical Weapons Attack
April 6, 2017 by
The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles Thursday night at a Syrian airfield in response to what it believes was the Syrian government’s use of banned chemical weapons blamed for having killed at least 100 people on Tuesday, U.S. military officials told NBC News. Two U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired at least […]