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...
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,...
