INTERVIEW — KT MCFARLAND – Fox News National Security Analyst @KTMCFARLAND
- After cursing Obama, Duterte expresses regret. Vientiane, Laos (CNN) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is expressing regret after his obscenity-laden rant against President Barack Obama prompted the White House to cancel planned bilateral talks between the two leaders. Duterte, who cursed Obama as a “son of a bitch” Monday, said in a statement through his spokesman that he regretted “it came across as a personal attack on the US” “We look forward to ironing out differences arising out of national priorities and perceptions,” the statement released on Tuesday read. White House officials previously said Obama would confront Duterte about his country’s handling of drug dealers, including extrajudicial killings, which are government executions without the benefit of judicial proceedings. “Who does he think he is? I am no American puppet. I am the president of a sovereign country and I am not answerable to anyone except the Filipino people,” Duterte scoffed in a speech Monday. “Son of a bitch, I will swear at you.”
- Obama Plays Down Confrontation With China Over His Plane’s Stairs. HANGZHOU, China — When Air Force One taxied to a stop in eastern China on Saturday afternoon, American and Chinese officials had already engaged in a lengthy, heated dispute over the most mundane of issues: How would the president depart his plane? China’s handling of President Obama’s arrival for the Group of 20 summit meeting in Hangzhou has created a narrative that the Chinese snubbed the American president.
- US defense official: 31 unsafe encounters with Iranian vessels in Persian Gulf seen in 2016
- Two more U.S. payments to Iran were also made in cash, after initial planeload was sent as Americans were freed
- Paul Ryan: FBI acting like ‘arm of Clinton campaign’
