President Donald Trump has announced the creation of minimum baseline requirements for immigration and visa screening processes for foreigners who seek to enter the U.S. as part of efforts to protect U.S. citizens’ safety amid the prevalence of terrorist attacks and transnational crime. The Department of Homeland Security developed the …
Read More »White House Releases Report on Legal Frameworks for US Military’s Use of Force
The White House has issued a document that describes legal and policy frameworks which guide the U.S. military’s use of force and related national security measures such as detention, transfer and interrogation. National security departments and agencies prepared the report in accordance with a presidential memorandum that also directs the National Security Council to review …
Read More »NATO Defense Ministers Prolong Counter-piracy Operation to 2016
(NATO INT’L)—Defense ministers within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization made a decision Tuesday to extend counter-piracy mission Ocean Shield to the tail-end of 2016. The best offense is a good defense. Operation Ocean Shield, first initiated in August 2009 off the coastline of the Horn of Africa is an effective …
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