Iran Praises Halt of USAID
Iranian state media says the US’s moves to freeze spending on foreign aid and maybe end the US Agency for International Development will halt funding for opponents of the Iran’s Shiite theocracy, pro-democracy activists, and other worldwide efforts to support democracy.
Did Fat Leonard Gut Navy’s Pacific Leadership?
Fat Leonard cost the US Navy $35 million, and also some experienced Pacific leadership at a critical juncture. His arrest has produced at least 33 federal indictments and 22 guilty pleas. “China could never have dreamt up a way to do this much damage to the US Navy’s Pacific leadership.”
