by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Aug 18, 2010 | National Security, Politics
Why He Matters As general counsel of the United States Department of the Navy, Paul L. Oostburg Sanz is the department’s chief legal officer. He became general counsel on March 12, 2010. He is the 22nd person to hold that position. As general counsel, Oostburg...
by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Aug 2, 2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Willie Adams has been waiting for more than 10 years. But his wait could be almost over. Adams is one of more than 70,000 black farmers who still haven’t received their share of money from the 1999 United States Department of Agriculture...
by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Jul 30, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Army wants the number of soldiers seeking help for mental health and personal issues to grow exponentially, in the hope that a shift in military culture will result in fewer suicides. “Eliminating the stigma” of asking for help is one of the...
by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Jul 20, 2010 | National Security
Get the Flash Player to see this content. In good times and bad, professional landscapers from across the country gather at Arlington National Cemetery every year for a day of volunteer .(Alissa Irei/MNS) On the heels of a negative report from the Army that has...
by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Jul 20, 2010 | Politics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Was Sen. Byrd a big government porker or the champion of the West Virginian everyman? (Alissa Irei/MNS) When Citizens Against Government Waste calls the late Sen. Byrd the “King of Pork,” they don’t mean it...
