by Christophe Haubursin | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — There are days when Navy veteran Brian Lewis is in too much pain to get out of bed. Since he moved to the outskirts of Saint Paul, Minn. three months ago, he’s been trying to get a medication consultation at the local veterans hospital. Lewis, a former...
by Christophe Haubursin | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Appearing before a Senate panel, former Lance Corp. Jeremiah Arbogast asked for better healthcare for veterans from a wheelchair stamped with a Marine Corps emblem. But Arbogast’s injuries were not sustained on the battlefield. They were from a 9mm...
by Christophe Haubursin | Mar 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Just outside of Los Angeles, electronic “smart” guns have hit American shelves. In February, the Oak Tree Gun Club began selling the Armatix iP1, a German-manufactured handgun that shoots only when in proximity to a specially equipped watch. The iP1 is...
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 Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After President Barack Obama’s 2015 defense spending plan was unveiled, hawkish Republicans were quick to criticize the president for drawing back military funding as Russia intervened in Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. “We are deeply concerned that the...
by Vesko Cholakov | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security, Politics
Explore how the Crimean crisis unfolded, leading to a vote seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, and what it revealed about President Barack Obama’s diplomatic, economic and military tactics. How would you have played the foreign policy game yourself?
by Lauren Caruba | Mar 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Americans see it every day. It appears on cans, boxes and drink containers, on everything from frozen chicken breasts to cans of Coke to boxes of cereal. The nutrition facts label has become integral to the country’s packaged and manufactured food system...
by Sophia Bollag | Mar 18, 2014 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Recent protests of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline have highlighted the increasing importance of young voters to the conservation movement, a trend that might cause environmental issues to become more important in future elections. Dozens of young...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Key child care legislation has passed the Senate, but still must win approval in the U.S. House. If the bill makes it to President Barack Obama’s desk, it will mark a significant step in efforts to improve early childhood education and child care...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Pushed by the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission and private groups are working together to bring speedier Internet access to public schools across the country. In June 2013, President Barack Obama announced his ConnectED...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security joined forces Tuesday with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Postal Inspection Service to identify major players in an international operation involving underground child pornography. In the past few...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Two years after President Barack Obama removed all U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the al-Qaida threat in the region has grown more menacing, but few analysts or lawmakers agree on what role the U.S. should play in the on-going conflict. “Al-Qaida was...
