“The only losers are the people — their grave suffering presents generational risk to Yemen’s future,” said an expert.
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Pompeo to face questions on anti-Muslim remarks in testy Senate hearing
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for top diplomat faces difficult a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday as tensions soar with Russia and Syria and a trade spat with China threatens to snowball.Continue Reading
What Will We Do About Pompeo’s Islamophobia?
In the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Mike Pompeo, then a congressman from Kansas, took to the House floor to offer a scathing rebuke of Muslim leaders:
“When the most devastating terrorist attacks on America in the last 20 years come overwhelmingly from people of a single faith and are performed in the name of that faith, a special obligation falls on those that are the leaders of the faith. Instead of responding, silence has made these Islamic leaders across America potentially complicit in these acts.”Continue Reading