During his recent talk with journalists about his foreign policy, Paul Ryan remarked on the skittishness of some of the client states he visited:
Our allies needed reassurance that we value these friendships and these partnerships.
Commanders of the Iraqi volunteer forces have slammed the US and its regional allies for continuing their military and logistical support for ISIS terrorists in Iraq. Spokesman for Iraq’s Ansarullah al-Nujaba Movement, Hashem al-Moussavi said on Wednesday: “Washington is still continuing its military supports for the terrorists in Iraq” Fars News Agency reports: He reiterated that al-Nujaba Movement forces are collecting documents, photos and videos of supplies airdropped by the US-led coalition forces for the ISIL terrorists in Iraq.
A new fox poll was released yesterday, and it shows Donald Trump jumping out to a commanding 18 point lead over Ted Cruz in the Republican race for the nomination. As Fox News notes, Trump's best numbers are coming from voters without a college degree (54%), and who describe themselves as "very conservative (50%).
This is a significant boost to the Trump campaign, as just last month he only held a 3 point lead on Cruz.
Following Monday's decision by a special committee to commence the impeachment process against president Dilma Rousseff, all attention had been focused on the number of Congressional votes that the pro-impeachment movement would have ahead Sunday's critical vote. As a reminder, impeachment would require two-thirds support, or 342 of the 513 lower-house lawmakers, to send the case to the Senate.
Germany has accepted a request from Turkey to allow the possible prosecution of comedian Jan Böhmermann who is accused of insulting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on German television The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Berlin “will give its authorization” over a request by Turkey on the prosecution of a German TV comedian for a satirical poem about Turkish President. Press TV reports: “The government will give its authorization in the case at hand,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Friday, adding that it was up to the courts to decide on the comedian’s guilt or innocence.