by Elena Schneider | Mar 15, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — As Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, presented a good face to the Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced her continued demands for a specific withdrawal timeline for combat...
by Elena Schneider | Mar 8, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — To a packed auditorium, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged further commitment to international women’s advancement at the annual International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony Tuesday, announcing a new partnership with Goldman Sachs that...
by Elena Schneider | Mar 2, 2011 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Citing an urgent need to curb the rising costs of Medicare and Medicaid, members of the Senate Finance Committee grilled two government health fraud experts Wednesday on the effectiveness and spending habits of their organizations. “As the number of...
by Elena Schneider | Mar 1, 2011 | Business
Chevy Chase, Md. — In any given day, Dr. Tiffini Lucas may examine a wailing, feverish two-year old, advise a senior on exercises for arthritic pain and remove an atypical mole from a middle-aged mother’s back. Lucas is a primary care physician. In 2005, she...
by Elena Schneider | Feb 15, 2011 | Politics
The exhibit celebrates the Italian influence on American culture, including it’s architecture. The central rotunda of the Capitol Building is based on the Pantheon in Rome, Powell said in his speech. (Photo: Elena Schneider/Medill News Service)WASHINGTON —...
by Elena Schneider | Feb 8, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama marked the one-year anniversary of her initiative to fight childhood obesity Tuesday, holding public conference calls with program supporters, both to thank and to encourage them. “Just one year later, it’s pretty amazing, for...
by Elena Schneider | Feb 2, 2011 | Politics
“They [Republicans] want to achieve in courts what they couldn’t achieve in Congress.” — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “I believe [the act] has major problems beyond just the constitutionality.” — Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa WASHINGTON — Senate...
by Elena Schneider | Jan 18, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are making their final arguments ahead of Wednesday’s House vote to repeal the health care reform law. Floor debate began Tuesday afternoon and will continue for five hours on Wednesday before the final vote is called. The repeal of the...
by Elena Schneider | Jan 12, 2011 | Politics
One year after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Haiti, Gail McGovern, the head of the American Red Cross, defended the pace of the organization’s donation distribution, arguing the group was making a long-term investment in the country. “We resisted the urge to...
by Elena Schneider | Jan 5, 2011 | Politics
Tea Party activists planned to bring Capitol Hill traffic to a “traffic gridlock” Wednesday morning as a symbolic reminder to the new Congress members of their presence, but traffic continued as normal. Organizers of “The American Drive In” said they estimated a few...
