12-05-2024, 08:22 AM
Sbpn Gates: Europe Demilitarization a Hindrance
In a whirlwind trip to Bogota, Colombia, on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence made a direct appeal to Venezuela s armed forces, urging them to offer their support for the government of interim President Juan Guaidoacute; and to abandon any remaining loyalty to the embattled regime of Nicolaacute Maduro.During an address to the multi-nation Lima Group, Pence also announced fresh sanctions on Maduro government officials ndash; including several who were implicated in the weekend s deadly unrest n stanley cup dash; and promised more than $50 million in additional support for regional partners addressing the crisis.He promised stronger sanctions were forthcoming and called on the leaders gathered in Bogota to take further steps to isolate Maduro s government economically and diplomatically, including by freezing all the assets of Venezuela s state oil company, PDVSA. We will find every last dollar they have stolen and return that money to the Venezuelan people, Pence said in a speech before the group.He also reiterated a latent military threat, invoking previ stanley uk ous comments made by President Trump that all options remained on the table. Despite Maduro s brutality, we will press on, Pence said.In remarks to reporters f stanley taza ollowing his speech, Pence said a large part of the message he was sent to deliver was aimed at Venezuelan soldiers, nearly 200 of whom, he said, had defected over the weekend. Our hope is that members of the armed forces see Adqx Pentagon ordered to begin planning troop drawdown in Afghanistan
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko In advance of Pres. Obama s first trip to Russia next week, the White House is serving notice on the Kremlin that he won t be making any concessions to win its approval of a U.S. missile shield in Europe or membership in NATO for Russian neighbors Ukraine and Georgia. We don t need the Russians, says Michael McFaul, special assistant to the president and senior director for Russian affairs on the National Security Council staff.In a conference call with reporters, McFaul responded with unusually tough talk when asked what reassur stanley cup ances Pres. Obama is prepared to give in his talks s stanley spain tarting Monday with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. We re definitely not going to use the word reassure in the way that we talk about these things, said McFaul. We re not going to reassure or give or trade anything with the Russians regarding NATO expa stanley cup nsion or missile defense. He said Pres. Obama will talk very frankly with Medvedev about U.S. national security interests and see if there are ways we can have Russia cooperate on those things. Pres. Obama has pledged to reset U.S. relations with Russia, but McFaul said there d be no concessions on missile defense or NATO in the name of reset. He said Mr. Obama will make the case that Russia can play a role in enhancing its own security with respect to missile defense.At the same time, the U.S. and Russian leaders will be discussing new negotiations to fur
In a whirlwind trip to Bogota, Colombia, on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence made a direct appeal to Venezuela s armed forces, urging them to offer their support for the government of interim President Juan Guaidoacute; and to abandon any remaining loyalty to the embattled regime of Nicolaacute Maduro.During an address to the multi-nation Lima Group, Pence also announced fresh sanctions on Maduro government officials ndash; including several who were implicated in the weekend s deadly unrest n stanley cup dash; and promised more than $50 million in additional support for regional partners addressing the crisis.He promised stronger sanctions were forthcoming and called on the leaders gathered in Bogota to take further steps to isolate Maduro s government economically and diplomatically, including by freezing all the assets of Venezuela s state oil company, PDVSA. We will find every last dollar they have stolen and return that money to the Venezuelan people, Pence said in a speech before the group.He also reiterated a latent military threat, invoking previ stanley uk ous comments made by President Trump that all options remained on the table. Despite Maduro s brutality, we will press on, Pence said.In remarks to reporters f stanley taza ollowing his speech, Pence said a large part of the message he was sent to deliver was aimed at Venezuelan soldiers, nearly 200 of whom, he said, had defected over the weekend. Our hope is that members of the armed forces see Adqx Pentagon ordered to begin planning troop drawdown in Afghanistan
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko In advance of Pres. Obama s first trip to Russia next week, the White House is serving notice on the Kremlin that he won t be making any concessions to win its approval of a U.S. missile shield in Europe or membership in NATO for Russian neighbors Ukraine and Georgia. We don t need the Russians, says Michael McFaul, special assistant to the president and senior director for Russian affairs on the National Security Council staff.In a conference call with reporters, McFaul responded with unusually tough talk when asked what reassur stanley cup ances Pres. Obama is prepared to give in his talks s stanley spain tarting Monday with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. We re definitely not going to use the word reassure in the way that we talk about these things, said McFaul. We re not going to reassure or give or trade anything with the Russians regarding NATO expa stanley cup nsion or missile defense. He said Pres. Obama will talk very frankly with Medvedev about U.S. national security interests and see if there are ways we can have Russia cooperate on those things. Pres. Obama has pledged to reset U.S. relations with Russia, but McFaul said there d be no concessions on missile defense or NATO in the name of reset. He said Mr. Obama will make the case that Russia can play a role in enhancing its own security with respect to missile defense.At the same time, the U.S. and Russian leaders will be discussing new negotiations to fur
