by Michelle Kim | Oct 19, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Army Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, warned Wednesday that “there will be setbacks” and “heavy fighting” in the battle to retake Iraqi city Mosul. “There’s going to be a lot to contend with,” said Votel, whose command includes Iraq,...
by Eunice Lee | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Defense Department said Tuesday that no U.S. troops will go to the front lines in the battle of Mosul which launched Monday. But the U.S. is playing a key advisor role in helping Kurds and Iraqis on the battleground. Approximately 10,000 Kurdish...
by Evelyn Wang | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The recent hacks directed at state voting systems are not likely to influence the national election, a National Security Agency official said on Tuesday. “There’s a certain integrity in their (state) systems, simply because they’re not as richly...
by Benjamin Din | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Smuggled drugs are no longer the top priority for the American military in Latin America; rather, the networks of dangerous groups and individuals that move them are the root issues to be addressed, the admiral who oversees military activities in South...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Tuesday described cybersecurity threats as a “darkening sky” but “not as dark as some suggest.” Hayden, who was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 and director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005, said one of...
by Benjamin Din | Oct 17, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended Wednesday his decision to stop identifying sailors by their job titles, which has sparked controversy from the Navy’s rank and file. Mabus said at a National Press Club luncheon that his late-September decision to...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Gun rights has not been the most critical issue in the presidential campaign, but former National Rifle Association president David Keene reminded an audience Wednesday that because the next president will fill the vacant Supreme Court seat,...
by Marissa Page | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, Living, National Security
WASHINGTON – The libertarian-leaning Cato Institute typically promotes limited government, but Cato said Wednesday federal agencies have an important role to play in addressing police misconduct. Researchers and analysts from the Cato Institute’s project on criminal...
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....
