by Ali Durkin | Jul 7, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON– American leaders will be looking to the international community this weekend to stand by the U.S. in its commitment to financially support Afghanistan in the next decade. “We have to convince our partners and the Afghans and ourselves that we are not...
by Ali Durkin | Jul 5, 2012 | Politics
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by Ali Durkin | Jul 5, 2012 | Topics
WASHINGTON—While tourists from all over the country flocked to the nation’s capital this week to experience the concerts, parades and celebrations marking July 4, many Washingtonians did their best to escape the festivities. With Congress in recess, many politicians...
by Ali Durkin | Jul 3, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Volatile security conditions have forced the State Department to continue to employ a large number of contractors to protect personnel in Iraq after the shift from a military to civilian-led mission, several senior agency officials told a House committee...
by Ali Durkin | Jul 2, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON– San Diego County will receive more than $2 million to help members of the military, veterans and their families, get to job training centers and work sites more easily as large numbers of servicemen and women return from overseas deployments and look...
