During an interview on MSNBC on Monday, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that President Joe Biden’s statement on refusing to send rocket systems to Ukraine that can reach into Russia “was an off-hand remark” and
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) called for “maximum pressure on China” to ensure they do not bail out Russia from the consequences of sanctions. Smith stated, [relevant
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that he would be surprised if oil companies weren’t engaging in profiteering on gas prices and Congress needs to “keep an eye on that and try to make
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said he supports banning imports of oil from Russia and that “we’ve got to be ready for the fact that will drive up oil
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that his biggest takeaway from allegations by Special Counsel John Durham is that “we’ve got real problems” on things like inflation and the impact of
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Cavuto Live,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that President Joe Biden didn’t lift sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, he just chose not to impose the
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) dismissed “this idea that we have to hold people accountable, we have to fix this” in the wake of the August 29 drone strike
Several establishment Republicans helped Democrats block a measure that would penalize companies for enabling the Chinese Communist Party’s hosting of next year’s winter Olympics in Beijing during a House Armed Services Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said that completing the evacuation of Afghanistan will clearly extend beyond the August 31 deadline and “We’re going to have to go outside of the
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said that President Joe Biden initially argued that the withdrawal from Afghanistan “would not be chaotic. And now he is saying it was inevitable
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said “the Biden administration didn’t listen to the intelligence more carefully and didn’t plan better” for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, “and we’re now seeing
The grave of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Smith has become the latest target of a Black Lives Matter-inspired review of sites supposedly linked to “slavery and colonialism” by Edinburgh Council.
Nearly all lawmakers at a House hearing on Friday expressed opposition to President Trump’s troop drawdown in Afghanistan.
Trump won applause from populist conservatives and Democrats but criticism from hawks and adherents of establishment foreign policy.
Trump appointed Tata to a senior policy role, after Senate Democrats and Republicans fought his nomination into the top policy job.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is deciding whether to take the Navy’s recommendation to reinstate Navy Capt. Brett Crozier as the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt — the aircraft carrier that was sidelined in Guam with a coronavirus outbreak — after the service concluded its investigation into his actions on Friday.
After 18 years, the end of the Afghan War and bringing all American troops home from Afghanistan is finally in sight.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) backtracked Thursday on a previous comment she made about Nancy Pelosi’s delay in getting the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) is walking back his criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) impeachment holdup, claiming he “misspoke” when he told a national television audience on Thursday it was time for the proceedings to move forward.
UPDATE: Smith has walked back his statement publicly. https://twitter.com/repadamsmith/status/1215289703194415106?s=21 Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) on Thursday joined the growing list of Democrats calling for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to quit delaying and send the articles of impeachment over to the
Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) discussed how Republicans are handling the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump over the phone call he made with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the House is “absolutely” headed towards an impeachment vote by the end of the year. Host Joy Reid asked, “Do you have a sense that this impeachment
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that during a meeting at the White House, President Trump responded to criticism of his ISIS strategy by former Defense Secretary James Mattis by
A Missouri man discovered a baby’s mummified corpse of what he believes was his older sister after cleaning out his late mother’s freezer on Sunday.
The Pentagon announced Sunday in a statement it is deploying approximately 3,750 more troops to the southwest border.
The Pentagon is preparing in case President Donald Trump orders the military to build the southern wall, according to a defense official.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Armed Service Committee chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said President Donald Trump does have the authority to declare a national emergency and have the military build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Host George
The Pentagon said Tuesday that there is no current plan for the military to build sections of the border wall, but suggested that the law would allow the Defense Department to fund doing so in some cases.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that “the credibility of the presidency has never been at a lower point.” Smith said, “Well, that’s the thing that really stands out, is the fundamental dishonesty of
The thing that puts me off libertarianism is the “more libertarian than thou” game so many libertarians like to play.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that there are “signs that our economy is booming. Unfortunately, about 90 to 95 percent of that benefit is going to about 5 or 10 percent of the country.” Transcript
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) argued that whatever economic numbers are occurring now are a reflection of the Obama administration’s policies, and there hasn’t been a significant increase in wages for the middle class
During a discussion of Syria on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) said that he hopes that “at some point, President Trump realizes that he is, in fact, president, and should take responsibility for what’s going
In his March 20 speech in Louisville, Kentucky, President Trump sounded many familiar and important themes, including the importance of jobs, manufacturing, trade, and the need to revive the coal industry. And yet he also added a new and larger “meta-theme,” namely, the urgency of building up our industrial strength for the sake of economic and national security. That meta-theme, we might observe, is the essence of the “American System” of Henry Clay.
On Friday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that it was “fair to say” that Hillary Clinton “probably” would have won the 2016 election without the DNC hack, but that there are “another 15 or 20 different
At last count, over 50 Democrats have announced they will be skipping President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, January 20.
