by Ben Kamisar | Feb 14, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Senators Tuesday that a failure to compromise on deficit reduction plans could jeopardize national security, leaving a “hollow” military in its wake. Panetta defended a Pentagon budget that requires $487 billion in...
by Edwin Rios | Jan 31, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The U.S. intelligence community faces a complex challenge moving forward as it combats a variety of overlapping threats, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate committee Tuesday. Gone are the Cold War days when much of the...
by Shirley Li | Jan 31, 2012 | Business, National Security
WASHINGTON – The flames of controversy that burst over President Barack Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as Director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are still smoldering. Four Republican members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban...
by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 31, 2012 | Business, Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON — Political and economic turbulence in oil-producing nations may threaten a “great revival” in future U.S. energy production, according to a Senate hearing Tuesday. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reviewed energy supplies, global market...
by David Uberti | Jan 17, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – With election year politics now added to lingering partisan battles, the so-called “do-nothing” Congress will be hard-pressed to lose its nickname this year. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the situation in the Republican-controlled...
