by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The next president must build on the increased cooperation between the U.S. and India during the Obama administration to ensure the U.S. retains international support for its efforts in Afghanistan and other conflicts, a top National Security...
by Evelyn Wang | Oct 10, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Increasing foreign investments and creating peace will be key to Myanmar’s economic development under its newly empowered NLD government, a policy adviser and former U.S. ambassador said Monday, but the country’s powerful military and resistance to...
by Marissa Page | Oct 4, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. and other foreign aid to southern Africa, which is suffering from food scarcity after the El Niño cycle last year, will not solve the region’s crisis unless effective governments are in put in place, a federal official and scholars said Tuesday....
by Michelle Kim | Oct 3, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. and former CIA director David Petraeus said Monday the next president should make an “enduring commitment” to continue the U.S. military and diplomatic effort in Afghanistan as an essential part of a broader fight against terrorism....
by Benjamin Din | Sep 29, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced legislation Wednesday to end economic aid to the Palestinian Authority if it continues its practice of compensating terrorists and their families. Along with Republican Sens. Dan Coats of Indiana and Roy Blunt of...
by David Fishman | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow victims of 9/11 to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, an unprecedented change to sovereign immunity that legal experts say could open the U.S. to a flood of litigation and the first veto override for...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Sep 28, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Border security and possible insurgencies remain as concerns in the planned China Pakistan Economic Corridor that would make trade easier between the two countries, the head of a major Pakistan security firm said Wednesday. The project, funded by a...
by Michelle Kim | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON. — Republicans wasted no time Wednesday in turning FBI Director James Comey’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee into another review of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. The FBI closed...
by Kelly Norris & Ben Din | Sep 28, 2016 | Featured, National Security
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Robert McDonald, secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, stand next to each other during the national anthem. Both leaders spoke at the launch of Hidden Heroes. (MNS) MSNBC anchor Richard Liu emceed the Hidden Heroes...
by Jason Mast | Sep 27, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The woman who is closer to President Barack Obama than any other White House official has met with and praised the Koch brothers, the conservative billionaires who funded the Tea Party and publicly feuded with the president. Senior Advisor Valerie...
by David Fishman | Sep 27, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Republican senators sharply criticized FBI director James Comey Tuesday for his agency’s handling of recent terrorism incidents, including a bombing in New York and a shooting in an Orlando nightclub. “Let’s just admit we’re...
by Benjamin Din | Sep 27, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has overpaid more than $100 million in pensions and other compensation to veterans who are in prison, VA Inspector General Michael Missal said Tuesday at a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing. Federal law...