by Mitchell Armentrout | Mar 19, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – For three decades, Mike Viterna worked to get members of the military the health care services they needed at bases in the U.S. and around the world. Now he’s fighting to make sure they continue to get fast treatment when they leave the military. “They’re...
by Marshall Cohen | Mar 19, 2013 | National Security
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., (left) and Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., (right) announce Tuesday a new bill to provide nonlethal aid and training to vetted elements of the Syrian opposition. They spoke to reporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building shortly before a...
by Tara Longardner & Olivia Marcus | Mar 18, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After Jennifer Norris was drugged and raped by her Air Force recruiter, she stayed silent. She also did not file a report after her technical school instructor at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi sexually assaulted her out of fear of losing her...
by Alyssa Howard | Mar 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
Members of Team 26, a group of cyclists who rode from Newtown, Conn. to Washington to call for gun control laws, wipe each other off after finishing the 400-mile ride. (Tom Meyer/ Medill News Service)Rep. Elizabeth Esty, a Connecticut Democrat, hugs Monte Frank, the...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Mar 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The military’s top cyber-security fighter said Tuesday that network threats to the nation are on the rise, calling on lawmakers to pass legislation that helps establish lines of authority in cyberwarfare. “When you look at the strategic landscape from our...
by Rachel Janik | Mar 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – Although the more controversial assault weapons ban remains stalled, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would require universal background checks on gun buyers, sending the measure to the full Senate for a vote. Sen. Chuck...
by Josh Solomon | Mar 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — One day after North Korea threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the U.S., , intelligence officials testified at a Senate panel Tuesday that it is very possible for the “belligerent” nation to attack its neighbors to the south. In a rare hearing...
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Mar 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel faced an uphill battle winning confirmation as secretary of Defense, but his first few weeks on the job are proving to be an even bigger challenge. For his first foreign trip as defense secretary, Hagel headed to Afghanistan where his visit...
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Mar 7, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Brennan as the next CIA director, ending a rare talking filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul after nearly 13 hours. The 63-34 tally included 13 Republicans voting for Brennan and three Democrats voting against his...
by Gideon Resnick | Feb 27, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – There are no imminent threats from Islamist radical groups to Central Asia, but there is concerned that the groups could become a threat after the U.S. withdraws from the region is the 2014 troop drawdown in Afghanistan, a key State Department...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Feb 27, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Decade-long efforts to streamline medical recordkeeping for military personnel between the defense and veterans affairs departments are costing at least $1 billion in “down-the-drain-funding,” the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman said Wednesday....
by Stephanie Yang | Feb 26, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today said improving aviation security, immigration reform and cybersecurity are the main priorities of her agency this year in in her annual state of homeland security address. However, Napolitano said the $85...
