Brand differentiation: How candidates characterize terror threat is hot campaign topic

Brand differentiation: How candidates characterize terror threat is hot campaign topic

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com, October 4, 2016 The 2016 major party presidential candidates differ greatly on how they define the terrorist organizations that America has been fighting for the last 15 years. Republican nominee Donald Trump has been highly critical of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for refusing to define the threat as “radical Islamic […]

Before the rumors of Trump-Russia connections, the NY Times published this news report

Before the rumors of Trump-Russia connections, the NY Times published this news report

by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s campaign surrogates relentlessly spin allegations of coziness between Moscow and Donald Trump but say nothing about a New York Times article last year that reported their candidate’s connection to a deal that allowed Russia to own a large share of America’s uranium. The April 23, 2015 article […]

Trump threatened to prosecute the opposition, but these Democrats actually did

Trump threatened to prosecute the opposition, but these Democrats actually did

by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2016 During the Oct. 9 presidential debate, Donald Trump said as president he would appoint a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified material. The major media, which overwhelmingly opposed the GOP candidate, likened Trump’s comments to a dictator threatening to jail a political opponent. Vox even […]

Debate No. 2: What Clinton and Trump actually said about key foreign policy issues and each other

Debate No. 2: What Clinton and Trump actually said about key foreign policy issues and each other

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump clashed in an acrimonious second debate in St. Louis on October 9, assailing one another’s character and record. Here are some highlights of what they had to say on several central campaign issues during the […]

Kerry calls for Russia, Syria war crimes investigation

Kerry calls for Russia, Syria war crimes investigation

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2016 The bombing of hospitals and killing of civilians by Russia and the Syrian regime in Aleppo “beg for an appropriate investigation of war crimes,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. “Russia, and the regime, owe the world more than an explanation about why they keep hitting hospitals and […]

Obama White House slams Israel on settlements, betrayal of trust following aid deal

Obama White House slams Israel on settlements, betrayal of trust following aid deal

by WorldTribune Staff, October 7, 2016 Israel’s plan to construct new home in the West Bank is a betrayal of the U.S.’s trust, the Obama administration suggested in a blunt statement from the White House. Press secretary Josh Earnest on Oct. 5 criticized Israel’s construction of 300 housing units on land “far closer to Jordan […]

‘Ruling class’ privilege: Clinton pursued government contracts for Chelsea’s best friend

‘Ruling class’ privilege: Clinton pursued government contracts for Chelsea’s best friend

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 During her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton sought Pentagon and State Department contracts for Chelsea Clinton’s best friend, a report said. The Code of Federal Ethics states that government employees “shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual.” Pentagon ethics guidelines […]

Unforgiven: IRS has not only continued its war on tea party groups, but taken it public

Unforgiven: IRS has not only continued its war on tea party groups, but taken it public

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 After admitting it targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny in 2013, the IRS promised to process the groups’ applications in a timely fashion. Three years later, tea party groups say the tax agency has begun a new round of harassment. The IRS has sent a new set of […]

Linda Tripp on the real Hillary Clinton: ‘Completely different human being from the one presented to voters’

Linda Tripp on the real Hillary Clinton: ‘Completely different human being from the one presented to voters’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2016 Hillary Clinton is a “coarse, profane political operative … with no moral compass,” according to former White House staffer Linda Tripp, whose workspace was located directly adjacent to the then-first lady’s second floor West Wing office. “The voting public will never see behind the Clinton mask. But if they […]

Report: Secret Obama deal freed up funding early for Iran missile program

Report: Secret Obama deal freed up funding early for Iran missile program

by WorldTribune Staff, October 5, 2016 The Obama administration forged a secret deal to lift sanctions on an Iranian bank that was a primary funding stream for the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program, a report said. The deal called for the immediate lifting of sanctions on Iran’s Bank Sepah – eight years before the sanctions […]