by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 6, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – With Afghanistan farmers cultivating opium at a record pace, U.S. officials expressed concern that the country’s drug trade will continue to grow unchecked as the U.S. scales back troop presence in the country. Counternarcotics experts from the State,...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 5, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Second lady Jill Biden, a doctor and health care advocate, said Wednesday that family members and friends who are taking on more responsibilities as caregivers as troops return home and the baby boom generation ages need more training and support. Opening...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 3, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs cut its backlog of hundreds of thousands of disability claims by nearly one-third last year but is still struggling to modernize an outdated processing system, a report released Monday by the Iraq and Afghanistan...
by Edwin Rios | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — In the film Charlie Wilson’s War, a U. S. congressman is stunned when his colleagues on Capitol Hill shift the discussion away from Afghanistan just as the Soviet Union invade the country. On Wednesday, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., advanced the...
by Mattias Gugel | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After a laid-back night eating hot dogs and watching NCAA basketball in Dayton, Ohio, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron focused on their countries’ “rock-solid alliance” on the second day of Cameron’s official visit to the...
