McCain urges allies Australia, Japan to pursue TPP talks, calls U.S. exit 'serious mistake'
A leading U.S. Republican senator on Tuesday urged allies Australia and Japan to continue to move forward with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, despite the U.S. withdrawal, "I know Australia is now talking with Japan and others about moving forward with TPP despite America's ...
Republican Sen. John McCain on Friday broke with the reassurances that U.S. officials have sought to convey on their debut trip to Europe, saying the administration of President Donald Trump is in "disarray." McCain, a Trump critic, told the Munich Security Conference that the resignation ...
Sens. McCain, Graham to support Tillerson nomination despite Russia misgivings
Two senior Republican lawmakers on Sunday said they would vote to approve President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, despite their concerns over the former ExxonMobil chief's relationship with Russia's president. "After careful consideration, and much discussion with Mr. Tillerson, we have ...
Trump hovers over McCain, Rubio in U.S. Senate re-election contests
Republican voters in Arizona and Florida are expected to pick Sens. John McCain and Marco Rubio as their respective U.S. Senate nominees when they go to the polls on Tuesday, but one name not on either ballot, Donald Trump, looms large. The Republican presidential nominee ...
Team Trump asks Congress GOP ranks to tamp down Khan hubbub to no avail
U.S. Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign appealed to Capitol Hill for support on Monday as his attacks on the Muslim parents of a decorated American soldier killed in Iraq drew sharp rebukes from fellow party members. Trump's criticism of Khizr Khan and Ghazala Khan, who ...
Romney, McCain, Bush among conspicuous no-shows at GOP fete to tap Trump
As Republicans spilled into Cleveland on Monday to nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate, 2012 nominee Mitt Romney had an equally crucial task: Entertaining his grandchildren at his lakeside summer house in New Hampshire. U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the 2008 Republican nominee ...
U.S. Marine, Army top brass say women should register for the draft
The top U.S. Marine Corps and Army generals said on Tuesday that women should be required to register for the military draft, along with men, as the armed forces move toward integrating them fully into combat positions. "I think that all eligible and qualified men ...
Islamic State fight to keep 40-year-old U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog out of mothballs
The U.S. Air Force is shelving plans to retire the aging A-10 Warthog aircraft, a heavily armored tank killer, because of its role in the fight against Islamic State, online publication Defense One reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed Pentagon officials. The 40-year-old ground attack aircraft ...
'Not a hero' McCain returns fire, tells Trump to apologize to U.S. military families
Sen. John McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday to apologize to U.S. military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes, in his first direct response to Trump's remarks. Trump drew a barrage of criticism over the weekend after telling a ...
Takeshi Onaga fails to win support of John McCain against Futenma base relocation plan
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga was unable to gain the support of U.S. Sen. John McCain in talks over a vexed military question in the prefecture, but both said they would continue to discuss the issue. On a visit to Washington, Onaga hopes to win over ...
A leading U.S. senator has proposed that the United States provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help train and equip the armed forces of Southeast Asian countries faced with Chinese territorial challenges. Republican Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made ...
McCain: SDF should expect to see action in Korea, deploy to Mideast, South China Sea
Sen. John McCain, chairman of the U.S. Armed Services Committee, expresses hope that the Self-Defense Forces will be operating in the Middle East and the South China Sea under Japan’s new security policy.
