by Justin Askenazy | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Army Women’s Foundation hosted its 11th annual hall of fame induction and scholarship awards reception on March 7, 2019 to honor the service of exceptional female army soldiers. Honorees included Lauran Glover, Clara Adams-Ender and a group of World...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Army is undergoing its greatest overhaul in over 40 years as it works to modernize its fighting capabilities. Army Futures Command, the first new Army command since 1973, was established in July 2018 to help the Army become more efficient as it...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – In August 2015, Eric McGinnis was arrested for violently attacking his girlfriend. A judge issued a protective order that said McGinnis could not own a gun for two years. Less than a year later, the Dallas native tried to purchase a gun, but a...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee chairman Adam Smith ridiculed President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.75 trillion budget Wednesday in a speech before defense officials and investors, saying the Pentagon is being left in the dark as to how their funds would be...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 12, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Developing more complex artificial intelligence is necessary for the United States to keep pace with Russia and China, top defense technology officials said Tuesday. Leaders from several Defense Department technology agencies told senators at an armed...
by Justin Askenazy | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – State and local health experts Thursday stressed the need for more doctors and other health care providers, especially in rural areas, to combat the opioid epidemic at a Senate hearing. State health department directors, behavioral science professors and...
by Justin Askenazy | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A day after announcing he’s considering a presidential run, Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton laid out his defense and foreign policy vision during a discussion Tuesday at the Brookings Institution. Moulton, a former Marine who served four tours in...
by Justin Askenazy | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. counterterrorism officials warned lawmakers Wednesday that ISIS and Al-Qaeda remain a threat to national security despite efforts to disrupt their networks. “ISIS and Al-Qaeda are degraded but still viable,” said Maj. Gen. Jim Hecker, Vice Director...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Representatives from Venezuela’s interim government Wednesday advocated for greater international support for self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó and greater pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to step down. Guaidó’s representative to the United...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats on Tuesday provided further evidence of how President Donald Trump is often at odds with his intelligence leaders, saying ISIS remains a threat, North Korea is unlikely to give...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – A Florida congressman Wednesday said he is renewing his fight to protect undocumented spouses of active-duty military and veterans from deportation. Democrat Darren Soto’s bill to mandate that marriage to a member or veteran of the armed forces be a...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 16, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The U.S. needs to modernize its aging nuclear energy system, the chairman of a Senate energy appropriations subcommittee said, and experts answered that 3-D printing is the answer to advanced, less expensive nuclear reactors. Tennessee Sen. Lamar...
