by Katarzyna Nguyen | Oct 8, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a massive overhaul of the reporting processes for military servicemembers to file whistleblower complaints and report discrimination during a speech last Tuesday, September 30, in Quantico, Virginia. “I call it the...
by Zoe Singer | Jan 14, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — In a tense confirmation hearing Tuesday, Democrats grilled Pete Hegseth on women’s roles in the military and questioned the veteran’s qualifications for the position of Secretary of Defense, sparking irritation from some Republican senators. The tension...
by Angela Zhang | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — House representatives are worried that on-the-ground development of the submarine industrial base may become a victim of the new House speaker’s push to reduce government expenses. The issue became a focus of a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 12, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — A panel of Middle East policy experts say the growing jihadist movement in Egypt poses an increasing threat to the United States. The experts told the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday that terrorist and insurgent groups are thriving in the...
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,...