Sputnik - US Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has expressed in a statement his support for the US strikes on Syria and called for a new strategy in the region.
Earlier inthe day, the United States, the United Kingdom and France have launched airstrikes atSyrian targets overreports ofa chemical ...
Reuters | Patricia Zengerle: Two months after signing it, President Donald Trump has not begun enforcing a law imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, Senators John McCain and Ben Cardin said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.
Also, with just two days to go, his administration has not provided information related to Russias defense ...
MNA United States Senator John McCain, while noting that the Congress will continue to press Iran, avoided any clarification on US double standards towards Islamic Republic.
Chairman of Committee on Armed Services at the United States Senate John McCain is one of the most influential figures in the US military and political power structure. It ...
Press TV- Senior US Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain says Russia's alleged cyber attacks against political organizations to influence the 2016 presidential election amounted to an "act of war."
McCain, a Republican from Arizona, has scheduled a hearing for next week on foreign cyber attacks targeting the US, which will also ...
US military leaders have recommended that Washington should leave as many as 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2016, says Senator John McCain.
"Well, [the] first recommendation I'm told was 20,000," the Arizona Republican said in an interview aired Monday night, according to The Hill.
"I would have, I think, been comfortable with, say,...
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says the Obama administration is desperate for a nuclear deal with Iran and making too many concessions as negotiators scramble to wrap up talks.
Many concessions have been made and I guess they are trying to force some more because its clear who wants the deal more, and thats the United States, he said on MSNBCs Andrea ...
US Senator John McCain told Sputnik the White House is seeking to swayPersian Gulf countries into supporting an Iranian nuclear deal by offering integrated ballistic missile defense in exchange.
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Sputnik) Leandra Bernstein The White House is attempting to bribe members of thePersian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to support an ...
John McCain, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has accused the Obama administration of going soft on Irans regional ambitions in pursuit of what he sees as a bad nuclear agreement with Tehran, and has praised our Arab partners for intervening in Yemen. The prospect of radical groups like Iranian-backed Houthi militants ...
Talks between Iran and six world leaders about Irans nuclear program are ongoing and appear to be extended past Tuesdays deadline for the outline of an agreement.
All sides are saying they are making progress, which means a successful agreement that would lift international sanctions againstIran and restrict them fromobtaining nuclear weapons ...
TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) Senior Republican Senator John McCain has responded exclusively to Mehr News questions regarding Iran, 5+1 negotiations and Congressional efforts to impede the agreement.
In response to a number of questions sent to Senator John McCain by Mehr News correspondent, the Republican veteran Congressman has reiterated his accusations ...
Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday a proposed agreement to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq should be reconsidered because of a Reuters report that Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million.
"The Apache sale has got to be onthe table. We've got to discuss it," the Republican Arizona ...
Ronald Reagans famous dictum on dealing with the Soviet Union was to trust, but verify.
But according to the US Senator John McCain earlier this month, in the case ofIran, US policy must be: dont trust, and verify.
On Tuesday, diplomats from the P5+1 powers the permanent members of the security council and Germany gather in Vienna to open comprehensive ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the CIA has not been forthcoming with the Congress on details about an American who disappeared while on a secret intelligence mission to Iran.
Iran's foreign minister asserted that Robert Levinson is "not incarcerated by the government and I believe the government runs, pretty much, good control ...
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain expressed sympathy on Monday for Saudi Arabia's decision to reject a seat on the U.N. Security Council and said it was largely the result of Saudi frustration over the Obama administration'sSyriapolicy.
Saudi Arabiaturned down a coveted two-year term on the council on Friday in protest against international inaction ...
Senior U.S. officials have welcomed signals indicating a conciliatory shift in Irans foreign policy. Whats different about President [Hassan] Rouhani is not simply some matter of personality, a senior administration official said in response to a question about Rouhanis address to the United Nations. The difference is that Rouhani was elected expressly ...
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - After balking at PresidentBarack Obama'splan to attackSyria, the U.S. Congress is also stirring in opposition to his latest foreign policy goal: an effort to improve relations withIran.
Congress imposed sanctions that are damaging the Iranianeconomyand, according to U.S. officials, are responsible for a moderate tone ...
US Senator John McCain has said that he is more pro-Russian than the government of President Vladimir Putin which misrules the Russian people today.
In an op-ed published by the Russian news website Pravda.ru on Thursday, the Republican Senator from Arizona said, Russians deserve better than Putin.
I make that claim because I respect your dignity ...
A political commentator says even though the United States has effectively been forced to a course of diplomacy on Syria, the attack dog forces are still pushing for a military strike on the Arab country.
Within the USA, there are profound attack dog aggressive forces as for example exemplified by Senator John McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham who ...
A new study has revealed that the US senators who approved a recent resolution authorizing war on Syria received 83 percent more campaign money from military contractors than the opponents of the plan.
The study by Maplight, a research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics in the US Congress, shows that the lawmakers at the Senate ...
U.S. Republican Senator John McCain has called on the Obama administration to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Egypt military, saying Washington must avoid repeatingpast mistakes.
The request came on Friday, two days after the Egyptian military overthrew the democratically-elected government of Mohammed Morsi in a coup.
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