Carlo Muñoz, Author at Political Newswires

Pentagon, White House discussed shifting military funds to Trump border wall

March 29, 2018

The Defense Department confirmed Thursday the White House and Defense Secretary James N. Mattis have discussed the feasibility of funneling billions of dollars from the Pentagon's coffers to help build a border wall with Mexico. Pentagon spokeswoman Da...

ISIS fight could turn on military moves by Turkey and Syria

February 8, 2017

Carlo Muñoz

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up their attack on the Islamic State in recent weeks, just as the Trump administration is reportedly offering Turkey a larger military role in the assault on the terrorist group's ...

Senate approves legal fix to allow James Mattis to lead the Pentagon

January 12, 2017

Carlo Muñoz

Defense Secretary-nominee James Mattis became the latest of President-elect Donald Trump's picks to break with his boss' campaign rhetoric, saying at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he believed Russia was trying to break the NATO alliance...

Senate approves legal fix to allow James Mattis to lead the Pentagon

January 12, 2017

Carlo Muñoz

Defense Secretary-nominee James Mattis became the latest of President-elect Donald Trump's picks to break with his boss' campaign rhetoric, saying at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he believed Russia was trying to break the NATO alliance...

Gen. James Mattis as Donald Trump’s secretary of defense may shift Pentagon dynamic

December 1, 2016

Carlo Muñoz

As he kicked off his post-election thank-you tour in Cincinnati, President-elect Donald Trump announced — sort of — that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary. But he told the crowd and the TV cameras not...

U.S. military let ISIS leaders slip away in run-up to Mosul, Donald Trump says

October 20, 2016

Carlo Muñoz

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump again blasted the Obama administration for telegraphing Washington's military plans to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State, saying Wednesday the approach allowed top leaders within the terr...

Michael T. McCaul, House Homeland Security chief, presses new counterterror strategy

September 21, 2016

Carlo Muñoz

Law enforcement agencies should be granted the authority to go after jihadi propagandists online in the same way that local, state and federal agencies prosecute online child pornographers, the influential chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Se...