by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | May 25, 2011 | Topics
WASHINGTON – In the moments leading up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Tuesday, I felt a tinge of journalistic unease. This was my first time covering a joint meeting of Congress, those gloriously ceremonial addresses in...
by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | May 23, 2011 | National Security
WASHINGTON — With two high-profile speeches and a testy and embarrassing White House meeting behind them, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s strained relationship has never been more public. Obama, speaking Sunday...
by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | May 17, 2011 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense, the two largest federal agencies, have failed to streamline veterans’ services and share records, wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new report from the Government...
by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | May 10, 2011 | National Security
David Reed The biting midge, or sand gnat, packs a more powerful bite than common mosquitoes. WASHINGTON – Call them what you want: sand gnats, biting midges, sand fleas, sand flies, no-see-ums, peskies, or steel tooth; just call them an annoyance. The sand gnat, that...