by Ellen Garrison | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON – Amid revelations of government surveillance, the Food and Drug Administration found itself in front of a House committee Wednesday dealing with allegations of unreasonable computer monitoring of whistleblowing FDA employees. The Republicans on the...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 19, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – With U.S. troops set to leave Afghanistan by the end of the year, a report released Wednesday suggested that nonmilitary alternatives like art and community engagement can be effective ways to continue combatting violent extremism in the region. The...
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,...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Near Baghdad, former U.S. military installations Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf have become home to Iranian refugees, who have been increasingly subject to attack by both Iran and Iraqi forces in recent months. Members of Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK),...
