Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking President Obama for more cooperation in 2016, reported the Associated Press. “The outgoing year has shown that relations between Russia and the United States are one of the key factors of international security,” Putin said in his message to Obama, according to the Kremlin. Putin also “expressed confidence that as [the US and Russia] build a constructive dialogue and cooperation taking into account each other’s interests, Russia and the US would efficiently resist all new threats and challenges and help resolve crises in different parts of the world,” the Kremlin release stated. Obama and other top US officials have repeatedly said they are willing to partner with Russia? if the country changes its focus in Syria from supporting the regime of Bashar al Assad to fighting ISIS.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
