by Marshall Cohen | Feb 26, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, handing a victory to President Barack Obama after a two-month showdown. Senators voted 58-41 to confirm Hagel. Only four Republicans joined a unified Democratic caucus to support Hagel’s...
by Gideon Resnick | Feb 19, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. sanctions against Iran must be eased in order to convince the nation not to escalate its nuclear program, and negotiations between the two countries should move forward quickly, several Middle East experts said Tuesday. Kenneth Pollack, senior fellow...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 19, 2013 | National Security
Video by Catherine Reid WASHINGTON — Wind and rain didn’t deter CODEPINK from staging a White House protest Tuesday against the Obama administration’s drone warfare policy and the president’s nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. CODEPINK is a women’s grassroots...
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Feb 12, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican Chuck Hagel’s embattled nomination to serve as the next secretary of Defense cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday, moving out of committee on the way to a full Senate vote. The Senate Armed Services Committee argued for roughly two hours...
by Gideon Resnick | Feb 6, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – Islamic radical groups in Mali do not pose enough of a threat to the United States for long-term American intervention, several African experts at the Brookings Institution said Wednesday. Groups like Ansar Dine, which are trying to impose Sharia law...
by Tom Meyer | Feb 6, 2013 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON – The head of the House Committee on Intelligence called Wednesday for Congress to pass legislation that would allow federal cybersecurity officials to more easily share information with private companies so they could defend against the rising number of...
by Catherine Reid | Feb 5, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based international news network, should be classified as a global terrorist authority, according to several conservative organizations that announced Tuesday they are trying to have it blocked from U.S. viewers. Cliff Kincaid,...
by Josh Solomon | Jan 30, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General for National Security Lisa Monaco honored attorneys and other personnel of the National Security Division on Wednesday who aided in the investigation of terror plots and the prosecution of terror...
by Stephanie Yang | Jan 30, 2013 | National Security, Politics
13 representatives from government agencies and NGO’s wait for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to arrive. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)Curator and director of the Diplomatic Reception Room Marcee Craighill introduced the Benjamin Franklin Room and Secretary of State...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Jan 29, 2013 | National Security
Gen. Michael Hayden is interviewed by a Belgian journalist after the panel discussion. There was a strong foreign press presence at the event because torture is more controversial overseas. (Marshall Cohen/Medill)As Jose Rodriguez looks on, Gen. Michael Hayden...
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Jan 29, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Sen. John Kerry as the new Secretary of State by an overwhelming margin Tuesday. Kerry, D-Mass., will succeed Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Obama administration’s top diplomat on the strength of a 94-3 approval vote on...
by Catherine Reid | Jan 23, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s testimony on the State Department’s handling of the terrorist attack on the Benghazi, Libya, consulate may be over, but criticism from GOP members of Congress clearly is not. One of the most vocal members at the...
