by Peter Larson | Feb 23, 2011 | National Security, Politics
The joke at Gitmo used to be in order to win you have to lose. Take it from Air Force Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. Davis presided over the prosecution of detainees from 2005 to 2007. He brought charges...
by Peter Larson | Jan 19, 2011 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Comments and questions broke out on Twitter Wednesday when Chinese President Hu Jintao failed to answer a question from the Associated Press’s Ben Feller about his government’s controversial human rights record. Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols followed up on his...
by Alanna Autler | Jan 19, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON –The House will vote on repealing the heath care reform law after 5:30 p.m. The repeal is expected to pass in the Republican-led House. Throughout the day, House Democrats and Republicans made their final cases during press conferences and floor...
by Rebecca Cohen | Jan 19, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Between discussing civic issues from drug abuse to water conservation Wednesday morning, the United States Conference of Mayors paused to honor the victims of the deadly on shootings in Tucson on Jan. 8 with a moment of silence. Tucson Mayor Robert...
