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Jacob OglesNovember 20, 2018

U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney says a White House decision to stand by Saudi Arabia — despite evidence the Saudi prince had a journalist murdered — will hurt the United States’ reputation around the globe. “I’m concerned about our standing in the world and what it says about the United States,” said the Naples Republican during […]

Jacob OglesOctober 14, 2018

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday that he remains concerned about reaching rural communities with help days after Hurricane Michael struck the Panhandle. On NBC’s Meet The Press, he characterized the damage from the storm as “a total wipeout.” “It’s hard to imagine it ever being able to recapture the exact identity it once had,” Rubio […]

Guest AuthorAugust 17, 2018

Recent headlines demonstrate the strength of the U.S. economy. Recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent. And the week before that, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced second-quarter economic growth was 4.1 percent. The economy is on pace to grow at 3 percent this year for the first […]

Associated PressMay 20, 2017

President Donald Trump arrived in the Middle East on Saturday, touching down in Saudi Arabia to begin his first trip abroad, a visit aimed at forging stronger alliances to combat terrorism while seeking to push past the series of controversies threatening to engulf his young administration. Trump flew to Riyadh overnight on Air Force One […]

Associated PressApril 7, 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio says the next step in Syria should be to work with Sunni governments to discuss “an alternative” government in Syria. Rubio is a Florida Republican and onetime rival of President Donald Trump. The conservative tells NBC’s “Today” show that Trump should reach out to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as […]

Mitch PerryOctober 17, 2016

Retired General Stanley McChrystal said if the Islamic State could be effectively blown away tomorrow, the world’s problems in the Middle East would not be immediately solved. “There’s a temptation today to simplify things,” the retired Army general told a crowd of several hundred people who gathered to hear him speak at the Tampa Waterside Marriott Monday […]

Mitch PerryOctober 14, 2016

The real news is out there — you just have to search for it. While the increasingly dysfunctional presidential election grips/horrifies the nation, there are things happening in the world that U.S. citizens should be aware of — such as our involvement in Yemen. On Thursday, the U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes to knock out three […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

After Debbie Wasserman Schultz had accused her Democratic congressional opponent, Tim Canova, of wanting to disarm Israel, Canova changed the wording on his website. But Wasserman Schultz is not taking her foot off the pedal on the issue. “The best way to protect American and Israeli security is to focus on disarming those actors who […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Seizing on an issue he believes could help him in his primary election later this month, Florida Congressional District 23 candidate Tim Canova is again attacking Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her support of the Iranian nuclear deal finalized in 2015 — and now he’s bringing up a controversial interview made by an Obama Defense Department official to further […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2016

Toward the end of a half-hour phone conversation with former Sen. Bob Graham, who has been outspoken about the need to release the “28 pages” that has been redacted and kept classified out of the 9/11 Commission Report, FloridaPolitics.com asked the former Florida Senator how history would regard President Barack Obama, if he opted to complete his term […]

Tag: Saudi Arabia

Francis Rooney criticizes White House for ignoring Saudi murder of journalist

Marco Rubio: Michael devastation a ‘total wipeout’

Ron Kezeske: Big economic gains fueled by tax cuts

In Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump seeks to move past domestic troubles

Marco Rubio says next step in Syria is negotiating regime change

In Tampa, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal says ISIS is a symptom, not the Middle East problem

Mitch Perry Report for 10.14.16 — Mission creep in Yemen?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz hits back on Tim Canova call to disarm Middle East, Israel

Tim Canova goes after Debbie Wasserman Schultz again on her support for Iranian nuclear deal

Bob Graham to Barack Obama: Release the ’28 pages’, your legacy is at stake