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ISIS threats on U.S. soil mount despite its losses in Middle East, expert tells Senate committee

ISIS threats on U.S. soil mount despite its losses in Middle East, expert tells Senate committee

by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 20, 2016 | National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – Even though the Islamic State has suffered territorial losses in recent months, Americans should not have false hopes that the terrorist threat in the United States is diminished. In fact, the opposite may be true, a Princeton scholar said Wednesday....
U.S. forces launch latest of 14 airstrikes to weaken ISIL

U.S. forces launch latest of 14 airstrikes to weaken ISIL

by Celena Chong | Jan 20, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — U.S. and coalition forces launched the most recent of 14 airstrikes two days ago as part of a year-long campaign to weaken and target Islamic State terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren said Wednesday. Troops in...
Former defense secretaries want Obama to put a stranglehold on North Korea’s nuclear weapon threat

Former defense secretaries want Obama to put a stranglehold on North Korea’s nuclear weapon threat

by Celena Chong | Jan 19, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The United States needs to contain an increasingly assertive North Korea and look to China along with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region for support in negotiations with the unpredictable communist country, former Secretary of Defense...
Nancy Pelosi: Iran nuclear deal helped achieve ‘speedy’ release of Navy soldiers

Nancy Pelosi: Iran nuclear deal helped achieve ‘speedy’ release of Navy soldiers

by Julia Jacobs | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Hours after 10 U.S. Navy sailors were released from Iranian detainment, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi pointed Wednesday to diplomatic gains made during last summer’s nuclear negotiations as an explanation for the problem’s quick fix. Pelosi...

Relationship with Iran still intact after sailors’ detention, White House official says

by Natalie Escobar | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — A senior White House official wanted to talk about the Obama administration’s foreign policy priorities Wednesday but instead spent most of his news conference responding to reporters’ questions about Iran’s detention of two U.S. Navy patrol boats,...
Armed Services committee chairman says he would authorize military force against ISIS

Armed Services committee chairman says he would authorize military force against ISIS

by Erin Bacon | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House Armed Services committee, said Wednesday he would support a congressional authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, a step requested by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address....
John Kerry says refugee crisis, terrorist violence to lead U.S. foreign policy agenda in 2016

John Kerry says refugee crisis, terrorist violence to lead U.S. foreign policy agenda in 2016

by Isabella Gutierrez | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON– U.S. foreign policy this year will focus on the refugee crisis and violent extremism in Syria, and the Islamic State “will be defeated,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech at the National Defense University Wednesday. The changing nature...
Supreme Court torn on Congress’ role in helping families of terror attack victims

Supreme Court torn on Congress’ role in helping families of terror attack victims

by Celena Chong and Jack Corrigan | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday to determine whether $1.75 billion in Iranian assets frozen in a U.S. bank will remain in Iran’s possession or go to families of victims killed in the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon and the 1996...
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific holds hearing after possible North Korean nuclear test

Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific holds hearing after possible North Korean nuclear test

by Jacob Meschke | Jan 13, 2016 | National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — In response to an apparent fourth nuclear test by North Korea, a House panel debated Wednesday possible solutions to the threat to national security posed by the isolated communist country. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the...
House hopes new North Korea sanctions bill will cut money flow, curb nuclear expansion

House hopes new North Korea sanctions bill will cut money flow, curb nuclear expansion

by Jack Corrigan | Jan 11, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — In an attempt to further stifle North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear ambitions, the U.S. House introduced a bill on Monday that would apply new financial sanctions to North Korea and call for stricter enforcement of existing sanctions. Though...

House pushes for legislation bolstering North Korean sanctions

by Julia Jacobs | Jan 11, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON —In a rare display of bipartisanship, House Democrats and Republicans  pushed legislation to enhance sanctions against North Korea on Monday amid continued investigation into the country’s claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb last week. The bill would...
Bioethicist discusses future of neurotechnological applications in national security

Bioethicist discusses future of neurotechnological applications in national security

by Drew Gerber | Jan 11, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Jonathan Moreno, a leading bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, said  Monday that  a number of new neurotechnologies  could have national security applications for use in warfare — but most will likely never be developed. Moreno, who...
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