by Shane McKeon | Feb 9, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A former Defense Department official who focused on North Korea for more than 30 years said Tuesday that reforms within the totalitarian state will remain challenging until the totalitarian nation’s internal power system changes. Robert Collins, now a...
by Julia Jacobs | Feb 8, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will not send American ground forces to fight the Islamic State in Syria despite Saudi Arabia’s announcement last week that it would contribute troops if the U.S.-led coalition should instigate a ground fight, State Department spokesman John...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 8, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Iraqi Kurdistan must receive emergency funding from its allies to take back the city of Mosul and defeat and destroy ISIS, the territory’s top foreign relations adviser said. Hemin Hawrami, head of the Kurdish Democratic Party’s foreign relations office,...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 8, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Nuclear power plants need to improve security systems to safeguard against non-traditional terrorist attacks, but that’s challenging for developing countries, experts said Thursday. Nuclear power has grown in popularity in many regions as a...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON — While military treatment facilities, like Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, were created to train medical officers for deployment, the treatment of military members and their families is also a priority for the facilities, according to...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 3, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Refugees coming into the U.S. go through a lengthy screening process that for a select few has included checking social media posts, but soon all refugees’ tweets, Instagrams and other social posts may be checked, according to national security...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 3, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to admit 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February has raised questions for the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which worries that the ambitious goal may pose a threat to U.S. National Security....
by Drew Gerber | Feb 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Foreign prosecutions are the best and sometimes only option for justice for American victims of overseas terrorism, especially attacks in Israel, a deputy assistant attorney general told a House oversight subcommittee Tuesday. The hearing was spurred by...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Big-city police departments have special units for responding to terrorist attacks, but community police departments could be key to preventing future attacks – and they need more money, according to law enforcement experts like former Boston...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The United States must not reduce its commitment to Afghanistan in the wake of a difficult year, Gen. John Campbell, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee. “Afghanistan is at an...
by Mariana Alfaro | Feb 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday there are 3,700 American troops in Iraq fighting the Islamic State, but Turkey, the Gulf nations and Europe also need to to provide more military manpower against the terrorist group. During a speech to the...
by Jacob Meschke | Feb 2, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Military leaders testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday expressed support for requiring women to register for the Selective Service, making them eligible for the future military drafts. “It is my personal view that every...
