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Lauren Toms

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Lauren Toms is a national security reporter for The Washington Times, covering national security committees on Capitol Hill, foreign affairs, defense, and diplomacy. She began covering politics at CNN during the 2016 presidential election, working closely with the national security and justice teams, and later joined Axios as an editor specializing in international and military coverage.
Lauren holds a master's degree in U.S. law from Washington University in St. Louis school of law, and a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from the George Washington University school of media and public affairs. She can be reached at ltoms@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Lauren Toms

This Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, photo, shows the 9M729 land-based cruise missile in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia. Washington and Moscow walked out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty that President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1987, raising fears of a new arms race. The U.S. blamed Moscow for the death of the treaty. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

NATO says Russia to blame for collapse of INF weapons treaty

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday declared that "Russia bears sole responsibility for the demise" of the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the U.S. and Russia as President Trump's decision to formally withdraw from the agreement takes full effect.

August 2, 2019
Afghan security forces stand guard at the site of Sunday's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 29, 2019. A complex attack against the office of the president's running mate and a former chief of intelligence service Amrullah Saleh on Sunday in the capital Kabul, killed scores of people, an official said on Monday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon report shows sharp drop in number of Afghan security forces

The number of present Afghan security forces is at the lowest level since 2015, according to the Pentagon's latest Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction [SIGAR] report that chronicles the American and NATO-led mission to create a fully capable Afghan fighting force.

August 2, 2019
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft stands during her swearing in ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds in Washington. The Senate has confirmed Craft to become the next U.S. envoy to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Kelly Craft confirmed to be U.N. ambassador by Senate

Despite a last-minute push by minority Democrats, the Senate on Wednesday approved President Trump's choice of Kelly Craft, a former ambassador to Canada and major donor to Republican causes, as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

July 31, 2019
In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft stands during her swearing in ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds in Washington. Ms. Craft, nominated by President Trump to be ambassador to the UN, is coming under heightened scrutiny by Democrats on the Seneate Foreign Relations Committee, who question her qualifications, credibility and alleged conflicts of interest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Democrats step up attack on Trump U.N. nominee Kelly Craft

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday stepped up their attacks on Kelly Craft, President Trump's nominee for the long-vacant post of U.S. ambassador to the U.N., issuing a report they say identifies "serious problems" with the nominee's qualifications, credibility and alleged conflicts of interest.

July 31, 2019