by Stephanie Haines | Feb 24, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The military is focusing on using troops more strategically in future ground operations, the head of the Army Special Forces Command said Monday. During a panel discussion on the need for humans in land operations following recent defense budget cuts,...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 24, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called on other governors Monday to push Congress to form a coalition to “modernize” the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s formula for determining eligibility for federal disaster aid, saying the current methodology is...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 24, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – The minimum wage either helps the poor out of poverty or fails to correctly address economic issues, depending on which expert was talking at an Economic Policy Institute discussion Monday. To the 46.5 million Americans who live below the poverty line –...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 24, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — There is a real potential for Ukraine to split into two countries along ethnic lines, but there also is enough international and internal push against the idea that such an outcome as the result of the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovich is...
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 Jessica Floum | Feb 19, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Successful implementation of the Obama administration’s framework to reduce cyber threats relies on companies’ willingness to adopt the guidelines and spend money beefing up cyberdefenses, a panel of industry and government experts said Wednesday. “The...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 19, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Despite technical glitches, a government shutdown and dozens of attempts to repeal the new health care law, implementation of the Affordable Care Act is going strong in the country’s largest state, according to a new report. The study, compiled by the...
by Preetisha Sen | Feb 19, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Anti-pipeline environmentalists cited carbon pollution and high tar costs Wednesday as arguments against building the next phase of the Keystone XL pipeline. A panel of experts affiliated with the All Risk, No Reward Coalition – an anti-Keystone public...
by Sophia Bollag | Feb 19, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — David Medine, head of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, defended the panel’s decision to make its first order of business a review of “glamorous” and timely privacy issues, specifically the National Security Agency’s telephone data...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Dressed in costumes as a pig and a hog, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gave gave away Tuesday 150 vegan sandwiches made of meat-free ribs outside of Eastern Market. The event commemorated the start of the nation-wide...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration should make it clear to U.S. citizens that the U.S. is still “at war” with al-Qaida, and that the conflict will not end soon, experts at a Heritage Foundation discussion said Tuesday. The basic point is that the government has...
