by Brooke Fowler | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – An increasingly female veterans’ population is pressuring the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand their health care options, especially in rural areas. Between 1973, when the draft ended, and 2018, the percentage of women in enlisted forces increased...
by Cameron Peters | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Experts Thursday called the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia and uncertainty about the future of another treaty with Russia — New START — an indication that the administration is not...
by Brooke Fowler | Feb 26, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Members of the Task Force to End Extremism in Fragile States met with Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday to share the latest report on preventing extremism abroad. “You cannot kill your way into winning this battle against extremism,” said...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 26, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON—In a hearing before the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, former national security officials called for a return to post-World War II ideals of U.S. foreign policy: transatlantic Democratic alliances, taking a stand against Russia and China and...
by Cameron Peters | Feb 21, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — With a second summit between the United States and North Korea less than a week away, an expert on nuclear proliferation Thursday emphasized the complexity of U.S.-North Korea negotiations and warned that expectations for the talks should be limited. “We...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 19, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Air Force’s future is in jeopardy because of federal spending fights and uncertain budgets, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Tuesday. “No enemy on the battlefield has done more damage to the U.S. military than budget instability,” Goldfein said...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 15, 2019 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics, Topics
Gays Against Guns chanted “How many more have to die?” and “Pass HR8″ throughout the capitol on Valentine’s Day. The New York-based organization began in the wake of the 2016 shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Members from the group...
by Justin Askenazy | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. counterterrorism officials warned lawmakers Wednesday that ISIS and Al-Qaeda remain a threat to national security despite efforts to disrupt their networks. “ISIS and Al-Qaeda are degraded but still viable,” said Maj. Gen. Jim Hecker, Vice Director...
by Leslie Bonilla | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The U.S. needs to withhold foreign assistance to Guatemala and apply sanctions, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif, said Wednesday, in reaction to the dismissal of an anti-corruption United Nations commission from that country. Torres plans to reintroduce a bill...
by Cameron Peters | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A joint resolution to quickly end U.S. support for the Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen was reintroduced on Wednesday after failing to receive a vote in the Republican-controlled House last year. The bill would direct the president to remove U.S. armed...
by Justin Askenazy | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Representatives from Venezuela’s interim government Wednesday advocated for greater international support for self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó and greater pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to step down. Guaidó’s representative to the United...
by Henry Erlandson | Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee hammered Pentagon officials Tuesday on the cost of having nearly 6,000 troops on the US-Mexico border, both in terms of dollars spent and training activities that are disrupted by irregular deployment...
