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A Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

The Epoch Times will livestream a special event—Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C., starting at 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 12. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


White House Warns Russia of ‘Catastrophic’ Consequences Over Nuclear Weapons

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday issued a warning to the Kremlin following recent statements by top Russian officials regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. “Let me say it plainly: If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia,” Sullivan said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday….


Here Are the Senior Biden Officials Entangled in Durham’s Criminal Russiagate Probe

Several individuals connected to a 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign plot to cast Donald Trump as a covert Kremlin collaborator are working in high-level jobs within the Biden administration—including at least two senior Biden appointees cited by Special Counsel John Durham in his “active (and) ongoing” criminal investigation of the scheme, according to recently filed court documents. Jake Sullivan,…


Jake Sullivan Raises Concerns About North Korea With China

National security adviser Jake Sullivan met with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Monday and raised concerns about Beijing’s recent veto at the United Nations against a Washington-led push to impose additional sanctions on North Korea. The U.S. government has been warning that North Korea could conduct its first nuclear test since 2017 at any…


Biden Appoints John Kirby as NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications at White House

President Joe Biden on May 20 announced John Kirby as the new National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House. After media speculation on the move, the White House confirmed Kirby will “coordinate interagency efforts to explain United States policy” and be a senior Biden administration voice on related matters. “John Kirby…


Jake Sullivan Meets With Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Amid Surging Gas, Oil Prices

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Saudi Vice Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Washington Tuesday and “underscored the longstanding partnership” between the two nations ahead of a joint planning committee at the Department of Defense this week. The meeting comes as oil prices are in part driving up gas…


US Contingency Planning For Potential Russian Attack on NATO: Official

The United States says it’s contingency planning for the possibility of a Russian attack on NATO territory, a top White House official said Friday. Prompted by a hypothetical scenario posited by a reporter Friday asking what the United States would do in the event of a Russian attack on a NATO supply convoy destined for…


US Won’t Use Chemical Weapons ‘Under Any Circumstance’: White House

The United States does not plan to use chemical weapons even if Russia uses them in Ukraine, a top U.S. official said on March 25. “There will be a severe price if Russia uses chemical weapons,” U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Air Force One as it flew in Europe. “I won’t…


China Warned Not to Help Russia Evade Sanctions, Obtain Semiconductors: Biden Administration

The Biden administration warned China on March 23 not to help Russia evade Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, saying G7 countries will soon announce a unified initiative to prevent “systematic sanctions busting.” All countries will be held to the same requirements, U.S. officials said, although China has been receiving special attention after Beijing…


Biden Adviser: American Troops Aren’t Currently Training Ukrainians

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that U.S. troops are currently not involved in training Ukrainians amid its conflict with Russia. “We do not have U.S. troops on the territory of Ukraine. We do of course have U.S. troops defending NATO territory,” he told reporters at the White House, adding that “we…