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  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Mike Brest

    Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo reaffirmed his country’s relations with Taiwan on Thursday, as one of the dozen countries that retain formal ties to the island. Arevalo traveled to Taipei this week for the first time since taking office last year, and he said Guatemalans “will walk together” with their “brothers” in Taiwan. “We thank our ally for the support we have always received over these more than 90 years.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Mike Brest

    The office of the Pentagon’s inspector general is reportedly looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s aides were asked to delete his infamous Signal messages about the then-impending U.S. military operations in Yemen.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Mike Brest

    A federal jury on Thursday convicted the Pakistani captain of a weapons-smuggling boat intercepted in January last year by U.S. forces in the Arabian Sea, a mission that led to the deaths of two Navy SEALs, on charges of transporting Iranian advanced weaponry to the Houthis in Yemen and threatening fellow crew members.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Mike Brest

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has selected Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich as the next commander of U.S. forces in Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s next supreme allied commander. If Grynkewich, who currently serves as director of operations for the Joint Staff, gets confirmed, he will replace Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, who has been in the role for the last two years.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Mike Brest

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressed confidence that NATO allies will agree to increase the minimum defense spending requirement, which the Trump administration has advocated. Since his first administration, President Donald Trump has stressed the need for U.S. allies, in the alliance and beyond, to take on more of the burden to offset what he has said are decades of them taking advantage of the United States.

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Mike Brest
Mike Brest @MikeBrestDC
14 Jun 25

The US-Iran nuclear talks in Muscat scheduled for tomorrow will not happen after Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities

Badr Albusaidi - بدر البوسعيدي
Badr Albusaidi - بدر البوسعيدي @badralbusaidi

The Iran US talks scheduled to be held in Muscat this Sunday will not now take place. But diplomacy and dialogue remain the only pathway to lasting peace.

Mike Brest
Mike Brest @MikeBrestDC
13 Jun 25

RT @TreyYingst: We’re in rolling live coverage, so I’ll post more when I can. But there is a massive amount of damage in the suburbs of Tel…

Mike Brest
Mike Brest @MikeBrestDC
13 Jun 25

My latest for the @dcexaminer https://t.co/9SSnL45Ozt