by Rebecca Nelson | Mar 6, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – Taking time away from campaign stops in Super Tuesday states, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich switched from criticizing each other to blasting President Barack Obama’s Iran policies in speeches to a pro-Israel audience in...
by Ariel Rothfield | Mar 6, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Appealing to a crowd of 13,000 pro-Israel activists, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta reaffirmed the United States’ strong commitment to Israel and emphasized its determination to “prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” “Iran will face...
by Jaclyn Skurie | Mar 6, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON—“If it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then what is it?” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Monday as part of his address to a major organization of Israel advocates. The answer is, of course, a duck. But,...
by Safiya Merchant | Mar 6, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — During his junior year in high school, Manny Galvez dropped out in order to get a job and help his sick mother pay the rent. Galvez also wanted to avoid the final presentation required of each student at the end of the semester. “I wasn’t good at...
by Mattias Gugel | Mar 6, 2012 | Politics
(Department of Health and Human Services website)WASHINGTON — The panel tasked to cut Medicare costs in the 2010 health care reform law is under attack by Republicans and also some Democrats who complain that the 15 appointed members on the board have little...
by Kit Fox | Mar 6, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and staff slurped cereal and munched on waffles around picnic tables with red-checkered table cloths at a “Share Your Breakfast” event Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The food corporation Kellogg’s, based in Battle Creek, Mich., and the...
by Ariel Rothfield | Mar 6, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Wrapping up the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and three of the four top GOP candidates will address the conference’s 13,000 delegates. This will mark the first time that a sitting U.S. president...
by Rebecca Nelson | Mar 5, 2012 | National Security, Politics
Photos by Jaclyn Skurie/Medill WASHINGTON – It wasn’t exactly what the crowd of 13,000 supporters of Israel wanted, but it was good enough. President Barack Obama defended his record on Israel Sunday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in...
by Medill News Service | Mar 5, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Chuck Fleischmann is an iron man. In just over 14 months in the House of Representatives, the Republican congressman from Tennessee has never missed a vote. More than 1,000 times, Fleischmann has cast his ballot for Tennessee’s third district. “I’m very,...
by Shirley Li | Feb 29, 2012 | Business, Politics
AUDIO: Democratic lawmakers rally members of the National Treasury Employees Union. (Shirley Li/Medill) WASHINGTON – Moving indoors to escape the heavy Washington rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the National Treasury Employees Union Wednesday. Members...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 29, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday told lawmakers he is willing to go only so far in trimming the Pentagon budget to avoid putting the nation at serious risk. Testifying before the House Budget Committee, Panetta reiterated what he said to the...
by Rebecca Nelson | Feb 29, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — During World War II, the FBI took Lorraine Bannai’s parents and grandparents from their homes in California and imprisoned them in Manzanar, an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Bannai, a law professor at Seattle University, wants to make sure that...
