by Daniel Hersh | Jan 20, 2015 | Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Leading up to the State of the Union, Republican senators urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to stress areas of agreement and to focus first and foremost on a message of unity. “What I hope to hear from the president tonight is an emphasis on...
by Daniel Hersh | Jan 14, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The idea that the world is running out of oil and natural gas is so 20th century, according Conoco Phillips CEO Ryan Lance. “[Natural gas and oil] is here today, and it’s here for the long term,” Lance said Wednesday at a talk hosted by the Center for...
by Daniel Hersh | Jan 13, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday pressed experts on how to effectively sanction North Korea in response to the hack on Sony Pictures. “Now this brutal regime has added a new weapon to its arsenal: cyberattacks,” said Rep. Ed Royce,...
by Daniel Hersh | Jan 12, 2015 | National Security
ARLINGTON, Va. – On the same day that the Islamic State hacked a Defense Department Twitter account, DoD officials said Monday the Pentagon is going to the cloud. A panel held by the announced that the Department of Defense was beginning the process of moving its data...