Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman French Hill (AR-02) joined House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (WY-AL) and more than 20 Republicans in the House to introduce legislation imposing sanctions against Turkey in response to Ankara’s military offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northeast Syria. This move follows similar efforts led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and… Read more »

Trump defends Syria decision; allies voice concerns on troops’ move Arkansas Democrat Gazette 10/08/2019 WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Monday cast his decision to pull U.S. troops from Syria's border with Turkey as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from "endless war" in the Middle East, even as Republican critics and others said he was sacrificing Kurdish fighters… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the announcement that the United States would be withdrawing troops from Northern Syria: “Withdrawing our strategically placed forces along the former ISIS controlled Syrian border with Turkey will open eastern Syria to more bloodshed and conflict, including the possible return of ISIS… Read more »

Rep. Hill Statement on Syria KARK 10/07/2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) issued the following statement after the announcement that the United States would be withdrawing troops from northern Syria: “Withdrawing our strategically placed forces along the former ISIS controlled Syrian border with Turkey will open northern Syria to more bloodshed and… Read more »

GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER OLAF SCHOLZ CHAMPIONS THE DIGITAL EURO CryptoBit 10/07/2019 THE DIGITAL EURO IN GERMANY "Such a payment system would be beneficial for the financial center of Europe and its integration into the global financial system," Scholz said last week in a report published by the local business news magazine WiWo (WirtschaftsWoche). "We should not leave a"field… Read more »

German finance minister Olaf Scholz wants to introduce digital euro Yahoo! Finance 10/07/2019 Germany's finance minister and vice-chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is in favor of national digital currency. "Such a payment system would be good for financial center Europe and its integration into the world financial system," Scholz said late last week in a report published by local… Read more »

German Finance Minister Speaks in Favor of Digital Euro Coinspeaker 10/07/2019 Olaf Scholz who is currently the German finance minister has indicated his stance on the cryptocurrencies in particular and electronic money in general. According to local sources, he made his position known last week and also revealed skepticism for private-interest cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s… Read more »

What to Know in Washington: Democrats Line Up Ukraine Witnesses Bloomberg Government 10/03/19 Democrats have set a blistering pace for their impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump with a lineup of depositions — including the recently departed U.S. envoy to Ukraine — stoking the president’s fury and feeding efforts to discredit the investigation. Kurt Volker, who stepped down last… Read more »

D.C. delegates say minds unchanged on bid to impeach Arkansas Democrat Gazette 9/26/19 WASHINGTON -- Nothing in the memo that the White House released Wednesday has changed their minds about the merits of an impeachment inquiry pertaining to the president, several members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation said. The White House released a memo about a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  On Tuesday, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) joined Adam Boulton on Sky News' All Out Politics to discuss the latest updates on Brexit and how Britain's departure from the European Union would impact a future trade deal with the United States. Congressman Hill highlighted the longstanding partnership between the United States and Britain and supported trade… Read more »