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National Security and Foreign Affairs

February 13, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement in response to yesterday's missile launch by North Korea.


February 11, 2017

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, President Trump said he plans to "look into" reports his national security adviser discussed U.S. sanctions with Russian officials before his inauguration.


February 10, 2017

Congressional Democrats on Friday called for an investigation into whether White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions in phone calls with Russia's ambassador while President Barack Obama was still in office, conversations that may have broken U.S. law aimed at barring private citizens from conducting diplomacy.


February 10, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) and Congressman Ruben Gallego (D | Arizona) – both of whom served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces – issued the following statement calling for President Trump to fire General Michael Flynn.


February 5, 2017

Scientists who study the risk of nuclear war recently moved the hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock to 2½ minutes before midnight — meaning they believe that the world is closer to nuclear catastrophe than it has been since 1953 after the United States an


February 4, 2017

Donald Trump's first two weeks have been a frenetic sprint that has unsettled Washington and left a rattled world wondering what's next.


February 2, 2017

Democrats are demanding briefings on a U.S. raid on al Qaeda that left one Navy SEAL dead, along with an unspecified number of civilians.


January 27, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding President Trump's*** executive order making it more difficult for refugees to enter the United States based on their religion or religious heritage: