by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | Apr 7, 2011 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Senate lawmakers Thursday to place the bureau on equal financial footing in the ongoing budget battle, saying a failure to do so would mean a significant step backward amid what he called the most complex...
by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | Apr 6, 2011 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Republican chairman of a key House judiciary panel said Tuesday it was the “dogged determination and endless activism” of Congress that forced the Obama administration to shelve plans to try 9/11 conspirators in federal court, returning to the...
by Taylor Hall & Noor Wazwaz | Apr 1, 2011 | National Security
Phillip Swarts/MNS Sec. Gates and Adm. Mullen faced stiff questioning from House Republicans on the Armed Services Committee Thursday. WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers questioned top defense officials about military efforts in Libya for the first time Thursday,...