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Joseph Clark

Joseph Clark

jclark@washingtontimes.com

Joseph Clark covered Congress and national security for The Washington Times.

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President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, on the August jobs report. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden signs executive order to declassify some 9/11 documents

President Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to review certain documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks for declassification, bowing to pressure from victim's families demanding more information on how the attack was plotted and carried out.

September 3, 2021
In this March 25, 2020, file photo Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., attends a news conference about the coronavirus relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scrambling to address voting concerns amid a pandemic, election officials from Nevada to Florida are scaling back or eliminating opportunities for people to cast ballots in person. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Sen. Rick Scott blasts Kodak CEO for apologizing to China

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida on Wednesday criticized Eastman Kodak CEO James Continenza for apologizing to Communist China for an Instagram post showing conditions in the Xinjiang region, saying the apology only empowers Beijing to continue its atrocities against Uyghur Muslims.

September 1, 2021
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers talks as a character witness during former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard ethics trial Friday, July 8, 2016, in Opelika, Ala. (Todd Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP. Pool) **FILE**

Afghanistan debacle front and center at NDAA markup

The House Armed Services Committee's top Republican Mike Rogers vowed Wednesday to hold President Biden accountable for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in his opening remarks for the full committee markup of the next major defense authorization bill.

September 1, 2021
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., center, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, right, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and other GOP members criticize President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the close of the war in Afghanistan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House Republicans seek increase to Pentagon budget

The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee took aim Wednesday at the Biden administration's inflation-trailing Pentagon budget in his opening remarks for the full committee National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

September 1, 2021