Congressman: China helping NKorea with missile that could hit USA

China may be helping North Korea develop long range ballistic missiles that could reach the United States, and one Republican congressman wants the Obama administration to do something about it.

“As you have likely seen, the press is reporting that North Korea unveiled a new mobile missile at a military parade in Pyongyang in honor of the founder of that dictatorship, Kim Il Sung,” Rep.Mike Turner (R-OH), wrote in an April 17 letter to Secretary of [...]

Huntsman: “Libya is not core to our national security interest, Obama shouldn’t have intervened in Libya.”

WASHINGTON – Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, says U.S. military forces are spread too thin around the world and he thinks President Barack Obama erred in intervening in Libya.

Traveling in New Hampshire, Huntsman told ABC News that Libya “is not core to our national security interest.” He also said he’s close to a decision on whether [...]

Rasmussen: Just 21% Say U.S. Has Clearly Defined Mission

Despite President Obama’s address to the nation Monday night, most voters still aren’t clear about why the U.S. military is engaged in Libya.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 21% of Likely U.S. Voters think the United States has a clearly defined military mission in Libya. Fifty-six percent (56%) disagree and say the military does not have a clearly defined mission. Nearly [...]

Admin Warns Against Cutting Foreign Aid

China will come to dominate Africa and other developing regions if Washington stops supporting the World Bank and similar institutions, US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warned Thursday.

With Republicans in Congress threatening to cut foreign aid budgets in a determined attack on government spending, Geithner told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee it was a matter of US national interest to keep supporting the World Bank and other multilateral development institutions.

“We have [...]