News Roundup 10/13/17

by | Oct 13, 2017

News Roundup 10/13/17

by | Oct 13, 2017

  • Ron Paul interviews Robert Perry on the state of journalism in the US. [Link]
  • Trump is expected to reveal his new policy for Iran today. [Link] Trump is not expected to decertify the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran but will place more sanctions on the IRGC. [Link]
  • The Pentagon spends half of its budget on contractors. [Link]
  • The US announced troop arrivals to Poland near the border with Russia. [Link]
  • The US is moving a second aircraft carrier to the Korean Peninsula. [Link]
  • The UN says the US and Afghan militaries airstrikes in Afghanistan have caused a 50% increase in civilian casualties in the past year. [Link]
  • In Northeast Syria, at least 50 people were killed by Islamic State suicide car bombs. [Link]
  • The vote on H.Con.Res 81 has been postponed until November 2. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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