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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) listens during a Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing, with U.S. Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin, on the proposed budget estimates and justification for FY2020 for the Treasury Department at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Sen. Van Hollen Calls for Paoletta to Relinquish Role as OMB’s Top Ethics Official

Mark Paoletta, the general counsel at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), needs to recuse himself from ongoing inquiries into the Trump administration’s withholding of…
Trump and Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney listen to comments during a luncheon with representatives of the United Nations Security Council, in the Cabinet Room at the White House on December 5, 2019 in Washington, DC.

GAO Decided Trump’s Hold on Ukraine Funding Was Illegal and It Wasn’t a Tough Call

In addition to the larger implications GAO's decision has for the Senate impeachment trial, a close reading of yesterday's report provides some important new insights.
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Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon’s Legal Concerns

Just Security has viewed unredacted emails, which tell the behind-the-scenes story of the defense and budget officials who had to carry out the president’s unexplained hold on…

Exclusive: White House Ignored Pentagon Warning on Ukraine Funding

The Pentagon warned the White House over the summer that if the Ukraine funding wasn’t released by August 6, DoD would be at risk of violating the law.
Trump signs a dollar bill for a supporter during a campaign rally at the Richmond International Raceway October 14, 2015 in Richmond, Virginia.

Trump Views U.S. Taxpayer Dollars As His Personal Checkbook

For Trump, congressionally appropriated taxpayer dollars are his to do with as he pleases.

Why Support for U.N.-backed Anti-Corruption Commission in Guatemala is Vital to U.S. Interests

The ongoing constitutional crisis in Guatemala underscores concerns that corruption continues to permeate high levels of the government.

Impunity for U.S.-Funded Warlords in Afghanistan

The U.S. is unable or unwilling to stop funding units in Afghanistan that engage in serious human rights violations, according to a new SIGAR report. Lt. Gen. Abdul Raziq, the…

Rethinking US Security Assistance Beyond the Leahy Law

An American special operations soldier observing Burkina Faso troops practice clearing a vehicle. I just had the pleasure of speaking alongside Colonel Carl Kelly, Chief of Staff…

The “Leahy Law” Prohibiting US Assistance to Human Rights Abusers: Pulling Back the Curtain

With almost weekly news reports of US support for foreign governments with track records of gross human rights abuse—think torture in Yemen by Emirati security forces, violations…
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Guest Post: US Dollars and Kenya’s ‘Disappeared’

Just over a year ago, in May , 2015, Kenyan Border Patrol police arrested Hussein Ali Abdullahi from his shop in Wajir, northeastern Kenya, and took him to Wajir military camp.…
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