Washington Policy Weekly

A weekly report outlining and analyzing developments in US policy related to the Middle East and covering activities in the three branches of the US government.

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    Aug 5, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    House Democrats passed their fiscal year 2021 defense appropriations bill (H.R. 7617) this week. The bill authorizes the Pentagon to spend $694.6 billion and i…

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    Pentagon Clarifies US Priorities in the Middle East

    Jul 30, 2020

    Over the course of President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, the Department of Defense has responded to multiple hasty policy pronouncements that hav…

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    Jul 23, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    This week, the House of Representatives passed its version of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with bipartisan majority support (…

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    Jul 15, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    This week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation intended to wrest back congressional war powers. The bill—H.R. 7500—would limit the president…

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    Congress Eyes Fiscal Year 2021 Budget

    Jul 9, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    Though both the Senate and House of Representatives are observing a two-week recess, members of the two chambers have continued working over the last week to c…

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    Threats of Terrorism Back in the Spotlight

    Jul 1, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    This week, officials in both Congress and the Trump Administration explored the remaining and persistent threats of terrorism against the United States. White …

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    Bipartisan Support for Israel Challenged by Looming Annexation

    Jun 24, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s July 1st deadline for annexation approaches, Democrats in both the House and Senate have grown more vocal in the…

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    Washington Abuzz with Questions about Middle East Policy

    Jun 17, 2020Marcus Montgomery

    Despite continued anti-racism protests and heightening coronavirus infections throughout the United States, it was also a busy week in Washington for those int…