  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The nominee for undersecretary of defense for policy also moved to distance himself from controversial Middle East Pentagon official Michael DiMinoBy Marc Rod Elbridge Colby, the nominee for undersecretary of defense for policy, said at his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday that he now views a nuclear-armed Iran as an “existential” threat to the United States homeland and said he would provide military options to the administration to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon if necessary. You May Have MissedMONEY MATTERSTrump threatens to slash federal funding of universities over ‘illegal’ protestsThe president’s announcement comes one day after several federal agencies began a review of Columbia University’s federal contracts. EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENTIsrael open to talking to far-right parties, but won’t speak with Germany’s AfD Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar: "We look at their deeds on the ground today. Do they denounce or ban party members with anti-Semitic statements?"Read more...     |
3.04.2025
Colby says nuclear Iran an ‘existential danger’ to the U.S., backpedaling on past views
