By APP Staff writer Kala Kachmar - Air Force officials are expected to announced Thursday whether Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be the recipient of a fleet of new KC-46A air refueling planes, a decision that New Jersey officials say would ensure the long-term sustainability of the base. In June, the Air Force narrowed the pool of bases to five. The one that's given the planes would be the second active duty base in the country to be selected and would receive the planes sometime in 2020,... Read more

Following his December 2016 mission to Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to meet with Christian survivors of ISIS genocide, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), along with his Democratic colleague Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18), today reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to provide emergency relief to survivors of genocide and ensure accountability for perpetrators. The Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act (H.R. 390) is an enhanced version of the Smith-Eshoo bill (H.R. 5961) th... Read more

The US House of Representatives passed H.Res.11 today, which will codify strong support and friendship between the United States and Israel through condemnation of a recent, extreme and dangerous anti-Israel UN Security Council-passed resolution, 2334. “President Obama’s decision to abstain and not veto Security Council Resolution 2334 seriously undermines the peace process, abandons Israel at a critical hour in its life as a nation, and does serious injury to the historical record,” said Smith,... Read more

Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), took to the House Floor during debate on H.Res.11 to show strong support for the Resolution and for Israel: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend for yielding and for offering this important resolution, along with the ranking member, and I am proud to be a cosponsor. President Obama’s decision to abstain and not veto Security Council Resolution 2334 seriously undermines the peace process, abandons Israel at a critical hour in its life as a nation,... Read more

By Susanne Cervenka, APP Staff Writer - Two Monmouth County small businesses received a combined $450,000 in federal innovation grants that the recipients say will revolutionize how students learn sciences and social skills. Small Factory Innovations in Fair Haven and Mgenuity in the Lincroft section of Middletown were each awarded $225,000 from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant program, according to an announcement from Congressman Chris Smith. SCHOOLS: Bi... Read more

By Dan Radel,of The Asbury Park Press For the first time, the U.S. secretary of state described the slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and other minorities at the hands of ISIS as genocide. U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) is calling for more U.S. and international aid to Christian refugees living in Erbil, a city located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Smith, who chairs both the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the House panel on global human rights and international org... Read more