by Carolyn Cakir | Mar 10, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON–The two top U.S. generals in charge of military operations in Africa and the Middle East told the Senate Armed Service Committee on Thursday proposed budget cuts at the State Department could hamper the joint departmental effort to fight extremism....
by Carolyn Cakir | Feb 28, 2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to Congress Tuesday night. The speech offered his blueprint for fulfilling campaign promises, with some specific programs and some general goals. “I am here to deliver a message of unity and...
by Carolyn Cakir | Feb 15, 2017 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Weeks after President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum banning federal funds for foreign nonprofits that perform or advise patients about abortion, the effects of the order are still not clear because officials in the U.S. and abroad...
by Carolyn Cakir | Jan 22, 2017 | Inauguration
WASHINGTON –Ashley Judd delivered a raunchy, impassioned speech on Saturday at the Women’s March on Washington and recited a poem that declared: “I am a Nasty Woman.” “My name is Ashley Judd, and I am a feminist,” she said, taking the stage after a speech by Michael...
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by Carolyn Cakir | Jan 22, 2017 | Inauguration
WASHINGTON – Decked out in cheetah print leggings and kitten ears, Karen Day of Eagle, Idaho looked around with amazement at the crowd massed at the Women’s March on Washington. She was proud to be among an estimated 500,000 people who were demanding women’s rights...
