by Christophe Haubursin | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – An Army National Guard program that gave freelance recruiters a bonus for each recruit they referred is under investigation after the reported abuse of $29 million in taxpayer dollars, according to information disclosed at a Senate hearing Tuesday. The...
by David Uberti | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
Afghanistan: 2015 from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON – The U.S. soldier who shot and killed 16 Afghani civilians Sunday didn’t just burn their corpses afterward – he also set fire to the cornerstone of American success in the country: Afghan trust. The attack...
by Rachel Morello | Feb 28, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Cheryl Chafos walks her 10-year-old son Zachary to the bus stop at 6:45 every morning. His ride to school is an hour and fifteen minutes long. Soon after, Chafos helps her toddler into the family car so she can drive a third son, Andrew, 11, to his...
by David Uberti | Feb 1, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The March 2011 attack in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province that left two American soldiers dead and four wounded was carried out by an Afghan security contractor – a hired gun paid for by the U.S.-led coalition. The deadly attack at Forward Operating Base...
