by Alanna Autler | Mar 15, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON—Military and medical professionals are urging Congress to provide more funding for the military health system despite budget cuts proposed by the Defense Department. The DOD has proposed reducing the cost of providing health care to service members,...
by Elena Schneider | Mar 15, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — As Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, presented a good face to the Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced her continued demands for a specific withdrawal timeline for combat...
by Roshan Nebhrajani | Mar 15, 2011 | Politics
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Task Force on Peace and Security held a briefing on Afghanistan, Tuesday. The hearing was co-chaired by Rep. Lynn Woosley, D-Calif., Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., and Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y. “The war in Afghanistan after 9 and...
by Elisa Santana | Mar 15, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — More than a month after the administration released a report asking Congress to approve legislation to eventually dissolve mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is still addressing the issue at hearings....
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 9, 2011 | Politics
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development announced a new partnership Wednesday to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in developing countries. “I believe this partnership will spark revolutionary advances that can...
by Peter Larson | Mar 9, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano faced off with lawmakers Wednesday on problems ailing the Southwest border. A heated exchange erupted between Napolitano and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
by Rebecca Cohen | Mar 9, 2011 | Politics
At a clinic in Kenya, a woman recently grieved for her child as he gasped for his last breaths. A few miles away, a woman in another clinic sat by her son’s bedside and made joyful plans for his future schooling. The difference between the two incidents was a 13-cent...
by Rebecca Cohen | Mar 9, 2011 | Education, Politics
In physical terms, the trip Harvard junior Victoria Migdal makes five times a week to train with MIT’s Reserve Officer Training Corps spans a mere two miles. The cultural gap it represents between the military and Migdal’s school—which has not had its own ROTC program...
by Lauren Schwartzberg | Mar 9, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood defended his department’s 2012 budget request to a Senate committee on Wednesday. The Obama administration is seeking a significant increase in transportation spending to help build out U.S. infrastructure as part...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Mar 9, 2011 | National Security, Politics
In an era where a new friend is just a click away, the United States has embraced the Internet’s borderless reach to foster foreign relations. As social media networks break down the barriers for communication, the United States supports Internet freedom around the...
by Elisa Santana | Mar 8, 2011 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON— Erskine Bowles, the co-chair of President Barack Obama’s fiscal reform commission, told the Senate Budget Committee Tuesday that growing federal deficits are “a cancer and they are truly going to destroy this country from within, unless we have the common...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Mar 8, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON—Hollywood celebrity Ben Affleck made his way to Capitol Hill Tuesday to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The Congo risks heading to another deeper spiral of violence,” said Affleck. “I strongly...
