(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration on Monday accused Russia of "quibbling" by saying Iran's repeated ballistic missile launches are not a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted eight months ago – but the administration itself allowed that same measure to pass with watered-down language.
Speaking days after Iran carried out ballistic missile tests – for at least the third time since last fall – Russian ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin said Monday his government does not consider the launches to be violations of last July's Security Council resolution 2231, since the measure does not directly bar Iran from such activity.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would nominate appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known he called "one of America's sharpest legal minds."
