(CNSNews.com) — Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of State and Foreign Assistance today that he is having an "additional evaluation" done to help him determine whether the systematic murder of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East — at the hands of the Islamic State and others — should be declared "genocide."
"I will make a decision on it as soon as I have that additional evaluation and we will proceed forward from there," Kerry said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The possible choice of Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval for the Supreme Court vacancy would give President Barack Obama a shot at breaking Senate Republicans' planned blockade of any election-year confirmation.
Sandoval, Nevada's first Hispanic governor and a supporter of abortion rights, would test the unified GOP caucus' insistence that voters in November and the next president make the lifetime appointment to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The White House is considering the 52-year-old Sandoval, two people familiar with the process said Wednesday.
