JAKE SULLIVAN

The Biden administration is unlikely to answer a further Russian invasion of Ukraine by sending U.S. combat troops.

Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press appear to show the aftermath of a fatal attack on an oil facility in the capital of the United Arab Emirates claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Russia’s top diplomat has angrily rejected the U.S. allegations that it was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine as Russian troops have remained concentrated near the border.

The following is a transcript of an interview with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan that aired Sunday, January 16, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

Ukraine says Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced government websites and it alleged that Russia is engaged in a “hybrid war” against the country.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Senator Tim Kaine and more appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" Sunday.

The failure of last week’s high-stakes diplomatic meetings to resolve escalating tensions over Ukraine has put Russia, the United States and its European allies in uncharted post-Cold War territory.

The U.S. has information indicating Russia prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine – groundwork for a possible "pretext for invasion," an official said.

The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined a Russian effort is underway to create a pretext for its troops to further invade Ukraine, and Moscow has already prepositioned operatives to conduct “a false-flag operation” in eastern Ukraine.

U.S. representatives and NATO members wrapped a week of high-stakes discussions in Europe with top Russian officials with no resolution on Ukraine.

A senior Russian diplomat has refused to rule out a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United States over Ukraine and NATO's expansion in Eastern Europe mount.

The United States and Germany say that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s border poses an “immediate and urgent challenge" to European security and that any intervention will draw severe consequences.

President Joe Biden only rarely talks about last January's violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the conspiratorial lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

President Joe Biden has warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that the U.S. could impose new sanctions against Russia if it takes further military action against Ukraine.

The Kremlin says Russia has submitted draft documents outlining security arrangements it wants to negotiate with the United States and its NATO allies.

The American journalist was captured in Syria in 2012, and his current whereabouts are unknown.

President Joe Biden has reached out to Ukraine’s leader as the United States moves to take a more direct role in diplomacy between that country and Russia.

During the White House press briefing on Tuesday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said President Biden told President Vladimir Putin that if Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. would respond with “strong economic measures.”

The White House said President Biden voiced "deep concerns" about Russia's "escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine."

U.S. President Joe Biden says that he has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow will face a severe economic pain if it tries to attack Ukraine, but promised prospective talks to address Russia’s concerns about NATO’s expansion.

In sentencing Myanmar’s iconic democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison, the country’s generals have effectively exiled her from electoral politics.

SPUTNIKPresident Joe Biden was “crystal clear” on the consequences Russia will face should Moscow decide to invade Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a press briefing following a two-hour-long video call between Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.“[Biden] told President Putin directly that if Russia further invades Ukraine, the United States and our European allies would respond with strong economic measures,” said Sullivan. “We would provide additional d

The White House said President Biden voiced "deep concerns" about Russia's "escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine."

Biden told Putin in a call that if Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. and allies would apply painful economic sanctions, said Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser.

Face to face for over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have squared off in a secure video call focused on Ukraine.

For decades, the tiny Marshall Islands has been a stalwart American ally.

President Joe Biden says he made clear to China’s Xi Jinping that his administration stands firmly behind the United States' longstanding “One China” policy.

No breakthroughs were delivered during talks between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, but the cordial atmosphere in which they were is the latest indication that relations between the sides may be turning the corner.

The White House says President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening.

President Joe Biden demonstrated over five days abroad at two global summits that he has a new willingness to openly confront China over climate change and its lack of leadership on the global stage.

President Joe Biden is praising a new U.S. and European Union agreement that would crack down on “dirty steel” that leads to carbon emissions.

President Joe Biden heads to a United Nations climate conference Monday energized by a new legislative framework that would be the largest action ever taken by the United States to address climate change.

The U.S. and European Union have reached an agreement to settle their diplomatic rift over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs.

Coal made up nearly a third of planet-warming carbon emissions in 2018, and critics say countries need to cast it aside at a much faster rate. But in the U.K., where coal was once king, its use has been plummeting. From Northern England, Roxana Saberi shows us how it's being done.

President Joe Biden says international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program will resume.

President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was “clumsy” in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia.

The global economy is giving leaders of the Group of 20 countries a lot to talk about at their summit this weekend in Rome.

President Joe Biden says Pope Francis told him he's a “good Catholic” and should keep taking Communion when the world's two most prominent Roman Catholics met at the Vatican on Friday.

The White House is responding skeptically after Iran’s chief negotiator announced that Tehran is ready to return to nuclear negotiations in Vienna by the end of next month.

For nine months under President Joe Biden, the U.S. has pursued a diplomatic strategy that could be characterized as about China, without China.

Relatives of more than two dozen American hostages and wrongful detainees held overseas are telling President Joe Biden in a letter that they question his administration’s commitment to bringing their loved ones home.

The United States and its closest partners are stepping up pressure on Iran to return to stalled nuclear negotiations, warning that it will face greater international isolation, new economic penalties and possibly military action if does not.

The White House is hosting a virtual conference with countries from Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates to look for ways to fight ongoing ransomware attacks across borders.

Amid an epidemic of ransomware attacks, the U.S. is discussing cybersecurity strategy with 30 countries while leaving out one key player: Russia.

In a relationship as fraught as America’s and China’s, just an agreement that talks were productive was a sign of progress.

President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to hold a virtual meeting before year’s end amid rising tensions.

President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan for talks with a senior Chinese foreign policy adviser.

The government says the new approach is not a response to pressure from the Biden administration.

The world economy is thirsty for oil _ but OPEC is saying not so fast.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit France as the Biden administration tries to smooth over hurt feelings and other damage caused by excluding America's oldest ally from a new Indo-Pacific security initiative.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser has held talks with Egypt’s president that focused on regional tensions and the ties between Washington and its Mideast ally.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan is heading to Cairo for talks with Egyptian government officials about rising tensions between Israel and Hamas.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan is traveling to Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. war in Afghanistan is in its final hours as the military flew more desperate evacuees out of the Afghan capital.

Sullivan said there are roughly 300 American citizens still in Afghanistan.

The following is a transcript of an interview with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan airing on Sunday, August 29, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

The following is a transcript of an interview with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan airing on Sunday, August 29, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

The Islamic State offshoot that President Joe Biden blames for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport got its start six years ago with several hundred fighters who regarded the Taliban as too moderate.

The speedy Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has revived alarms about a resurgent al-Qaida and new terrorism threats against the U.S. The group's danger to the United States had been eclipsed in the past two decades by other threats, but experts are concerned that al-Qaida could again be given unfettered safe harbor by the Taliban.

An administration official says President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a U.S.-led evacuation of Americans and at-risk Afghans from the Kabul airport and for withdrawing the remaining U.S. forces.

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan admitted to reporters on Monday that despite warning signs about the looming Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Biden administration decided not to start the evacuation process sooner in an effort to slow the collapse of the Afghan government.

The U.S. is coordinating with the Taliban as it works to evacuate tens of thousands of people out of Kabul's airport ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw.

"Hour by hour, it's getting more difficult," an unnamed American woman told Rep. Carol Miller's office in a tearful phone call.

In a scene repeated across Afghanistan, retreating government forces ditched billions of dollars worth of U.S.-supplied military hardware, ranging from assault rifles to Black Hawk helicopters.

President Joe Biden is pledging firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too.

President Joe Biden says he’s committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.

Democratic-led congressional committees are vowing to press President Joe Biden’s administration on what went wrong as the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan.

Over the U.S.' time in Afghanistan, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said more than 2,400 Americans lost their lives.

Over the U.S.' time in Afghanistan, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said more than 2,400 Americans lost their lives.

November will mark 20 years since his son, Johnny “Mike” Spann, became the first known American to die during combat in Afghanistan.

President Biden last Thursday gave the order to send U.S. troops into Afghanistan as it became clear that the Taliban were overrunning Afghan government forces on their way to taking Kabul.

"Obviously, we don't have a sense that they are going to readily hand it over to us at the airport," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

The Taliban says it won't hurt women, while U.S. military commanders are working with Taliban to allow Americans and some Afghans to evacuate.

"We intend to hold them to that commitment," national security advisor Jake Sullivan said of the Taliban amid questions about the Afghanistan withdrawal.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan says the Taliban have agreed to allow safe passage for civilians trying to leave Afghanistan.

Brett Bruen, the former director of global engagement on Obama's national security council, said the whole national security team needed a "shake up."

The people, plans and processes that President Joe Biden has put in place to keep America safe are not working.

Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporters are in danger at the Kabul airport after the Taliban seized the capital city of Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden has faced calls to speak publicly about his handling of Afghanistan.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the administration was taken aback by the speed of the Afghan government collapse.

President Biden will return to the White House from Camp David and deliver an address on the crisis in Afghanistan at 3:45pm ET on Monday, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's declaration of victory.Why it matters: Biden has faced intense criticism for his silence as the Taliban captured Kabul and chaos erupted at the city's international airport, where the U.S. is attempting to evacuate thousands of Afghans who assisted the military during the 20-year war.Get market

The United States says it's sending a special envoy to Ethiopia as the fast-moving conflict in the Tigray region has spread into neighboring regions and Ethiopia’s government calls on all able citizens to stop the resurgent Tigray forces “once and for all.”.

Biden announced that the National Economic Council has asked the Federal Trade Commission to use “every available tool” to monitor the U.S. gasoline market.

President Joe Biden's administration is raising alarms at home and abroad about rising energy prices slowing the nation's recovery from the pandemic-induced recession. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to move faster to restore global supply of petroleum to pre-pandemic levels, as the White House asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the domestic gasoline market for any anti-competitive behavior that could be increasing prices. The joint actions Wednesday come as the Biden administration is increasingly sensitive to rising prices across the economy as it faces both political and policy pressure from inflation.

The White House is calling on OPEC+ to take action as surging gas prices prompt fears over rising inflation derailing the economic recovery.

The main leader of Belarus’ embattled opposition on Tuesday sought and apparently won U.S. support for increasing pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader. In meetings with senior U.S. officials, Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she asked the Biden administration for “active and non-symbolic” measures to be taken in response to a massive crackdown on Belarus dissidents by President Alexander Lukashenko’s government. In response, the White House said national security adviser Jake Sullivan pledged to hold the government accountable for its actions to quell massive protests against disputed elections last year, including through the imposition of new sanctions on the former Soviet republic.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince was shunned after the 2018 killing, but the kingdom is back in business.

Kim Yo-jong said the U.S. shouldn't be expecting talks between the countries anytime soon.

GettyNorth Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister Kim Yo Jong has a blunt message for U.S. officials looking for dialog with the North: Don’t get your hopes up.With a long record of attacking both the U.S. and South Korea on behalf of her brother, Kim Yo Jong warned the U.S. against even “greater disappointment” in response to U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s seeming optimism about prospects for renewed talks.Kim Yo Jong, who greeted President Joe Biden in March with the advice

Jake Sullivan: U.S. must keep 'eye on the ball' amid nuclear talks with Iran

Sullivan said it's unclear if Iran's new president will have any effect on the nuclear deal. He also spoke about Biden's tough stance on Putin.

Turkey will secure the Afghan capital's airport after American troops withdraw, in an agreement designed to help the US, Britain and others to keep their embassies open. Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, told Joe Biden that his nation would take a lead role to safeguard the air link out of an increasingly beleaguered Kabul. Contingency plans to continue the safety of the airport had become a priority for diplomats working out how to operate after US troops leave by September. Officials had sai

After Putin meeting, White House now looking to 'engage' with China's Xi Jinping

China's U.K. embassy scoffs at G7 as Biden urges allies to take stand against Beijing

Biden wants to rebuild relations with allies, but some of his old friends in Europe have grown weary after the last four years.

The U.S. and its Quad allies had said they would help manufacture Novavax and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for primary use in Southeast Asia, which has seen a resurgence of covid infections.

President Joe Biden will embark on his first overseas trip to Europe on Wednesday, aiming to reset relations with some of America's closest allies.

During a press briefing on Monday, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said President Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone earlier in the day. Sullivan said Biden told Zelensky that he looks forward to welcoming him to the White House this summer.

As Congress mulls critical elections legislation, Jake Sullivan argues ‘strong, vibrant democracy’ makes best case to democracies abroad that ‘our model is best’