Category: Politics

BEIJING — While his boss was goading China over Twitter, new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been trying to build a constructive and “results-oriented” relationship with the leadership in Beijing. And though his warnings about the possibility of eventual military action over North Korea have raised hackles here, Tillerson received a warm welcome from […]

The 2018 “America First” Budget Blueprint was released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), indicating in no uncertain terms the Trump administration’s intent to bolster the military and make significant cuts across the federal government. Stressing the promises he made to the American people to place national security and public safety first, President […]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson opened up his first official trip to Asia announcing that the US would consider “all options” to deal with the growing nuclear threat from North Korea. He even refused to rule out having Japan and South Korea develop their own nuclear weapons in an interview with Fox News. In March […]

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions of the U.S. Navy. But interviews with ship-builders, unions and a review of public and internal documents show major obstacles to that plan. The initiative could cost nearly $700 billion in government funding, take 30 […]

American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began his first international trip since being appointed in Tokyo on Thursday, where he met with Japan’s foreign minister, Fumio Kishida.  In his remarks to the press after their meeting, Tillerson placed North Korea at the forefront of his agenda, making remarks that are sure to reverberate throughout the […]

The U.S. Marine Corps has been rocked by scandal in recent weeks, after investigative journalist and Marine veteran Thomas James Brennan uncovered a secret Facebook group full of Marines and veterans that were sharing thousands of pictures and videos of female service members in various states of undress, many without their permission, and some without […]

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allot 2,500 more visas for Afghan citizens that supported American efforts in the war on terror.  If passed, the visas will be available to Afghans who served as interpreters or in other support functions. Last week, the American State Department announced that they would soon run […]

Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted that climate change is real, and a threat to American interests abroad and the Pentagon’s assets everywhere, a position that appears at odds with the views of the president who appointed him and many in the administration in which he serves. In unpublished written testimony provided to the […]

Marines and veterans sharing nude images of female service members on web pages and in Facebook groups like Marines United have recently come to the forefront of concerns levied by policy makers and military leaders throughout the country, and with good reason.  As a number of us here at SOFREP have made clear, these practices […]

Private and commercial space ventures have been garnering headlines in the United States for months now, but last week NASA took a big step toward getting back in the fight as congress passed the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, authorizing $19.5 billion dollars in spending for the space agency in 2017 and providing guidance […]

An image of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia class submarine, the USS Mississippi, appeared on the cover of Honolulu’s Star Advertiser earlier this week, as the submarine returned to its home port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  Although the image itself is a pleasant one, depicting the massive nuclear submarine juxtaposed against the serene landscape of the […]

“We will build a great wall along the southern border,” President Donald Trump said this summer, months prior to his election. Since he took office in January, Trump, along with his Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, have moved forward with plans to construct that southern barrier. “The wall will be built where it’s needed first, and then […]