by Ryan McCrimmon | Mar 23, 2014 | Politics
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by Ryan McCrimmon | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
On a scorching day in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, Shafi Sharifi found himself sitting with an opium farmer in the middle of a brightly colored field of poppies. It was 1999. Sharifi was working for Doctors Without Borders, distributing mosquito nets to...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Mar 10, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of demonstrators gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington Friday to shave their heads in solidarity with a political prisoner in China Liu Xia has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2010. She was arrested shortly after her husband,...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Mar 7, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A group of demonstrators gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington Friday to shave their heads in solidarity with a political prisoner in China. Liu Xia has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2010. She was arrested shortly after her...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 19, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – With U.S. troops set to leave Afghanistan by the end of the year, a report released Wednesday suggested that nonmilitary alternatives like art and community engagement can be effective ways to continue combatting violent extremism in the region. The...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery fuses art and technology in an unusual homage to American history. Wearing Google Glass, Google’s latest toy billed as the first “wearable computer,” visitors simply look at a certain area...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 12, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — A panel of Middle East policy experts say the growing jihadist movement in Egypt poses an increasing threat to the United States. The experts told the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday that terrorist and insurgent groups are thriving in the...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 6, 2014 | Politics
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by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 6, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – With Afghanistan farmers cultivating opium at a record pace, U.S. officials expressed concern that the country’s drug trade will continue to grow unchecked as the U.S. scales back troop presence in the country. Counternarcotics experts from the State,...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 3, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Congress must act before the temporary suspension of the debt ceiling ends this week or the Obama administration will have to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Monday at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Lew...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security, Politics
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed Pakistani Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz to the Washington Monday for the latest round of talks between the two nations. (Ryan McCrimmon/Medill News Service)Kerry hosted Aziz and a delegation from Pakistan for strategic...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 22, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A week after unveiling major veterans’ benefits legislation, Sen. Bernie Sanders still needs to work out some significant details — like how to pay for the bill. “In terms of funding, we have not yet made a definitive decision,” said Sanders, chairman of...
