Today, on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) slammed President Obama's rush to empty out the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay before leaving office. Video and a few key excerpts are below.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) for a discussion on international issues at California State University, Fullerton.
In January, a jet touched down in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Its mission was to pick up four American hostages. The Obama administration paid a heavy price for their freedom, releasing or closing cases against 21 Iranians convicted or accused of serious crimes from sanctions evasion to purchasing equipment for Iran’s illegal weapons programs. Unfortunately, the true cost to the United States is becoming clearer.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in support of the California appellate court ruling, which dismissed a lawsuit demanding the removal of a memorial dedicated to Comfort Women...
After weeks on the lam, former al-Qaeda operative Jihad Diyab was reportedly arrested in Venezuela late last week.
According to a Uruguayan newspaper, the former Guantanamo Bay detainee – released to Uruguay along with five other terrorists in 2014 – had a refugee passport card and was seeking to travel to Turkey. Last month, administration officials told CNN they believed Diyab ultimately wanted to get to Syria or Yemen.
This morning on Fox News Channel’s “American’s Newsroom," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) discussed the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment airlifted to Iran the same day Iran released American prisoners. Video and key excerpts below.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued this statement in response to the Wall Street Journal’s report on the Obama administration’s $400 million cash payment airlifted to Iran the same day Iran released American prisoners:
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today sent a letter to Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S Permanent Representative to the United Nations, urging her to request an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to address the dire humanitarian and human rights situation facing Burma’s Rohingya, who continue to be among the world’s most persecuted people.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee continues to get things done to help keep our country safe, advance free enterprise and human rights, and restore American influence abroad.