Washington, D.C. – During a Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to consider the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for the Navy and Marine Corps, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) emphasized the need for the military to pursue its significant and evolving opportunities in the Arctic, specifically asking what plans the branches have for accomplishing strategic […]
[dropcap]U[/dropcap].S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemned Russia for its “outrageous violation of sovereign Ukrainian territory,” after Russia seized three Ukrainian ships and their crews. At an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, Haley described the seizure of the vessels as “an arrogant act that the international community must condemn.” Russia fired on two […]
TAIPEI — Annual exercises held by the Philippine and U.S. navies are skipping the South China Sea this year as the Southeast Asian nation’s leader takes another step toward a stronger political and economic relationship with China, the sea’s most ambitious claimant. The “Balikatan” military exercises May 8-19 include a disaster drill off Aurora province on […]