by Giulia Lasagni | Oct 26, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will stop in China during a two-week tour of the Asia-Pacific region, State Department spokesman Kurt M. Campbell announced Tuesday. Campbell said Clinton will discuss U.S-China relations with her Chinese...
by Giulia Lasagni | Oct 21, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other top U.S. officials are meeting with high-ranking Pakistani officials this week to strengthen U.S.-Pakistan ties with a particular focus on Pakistan’s role in the stabilization of...
by Giulia Lasagni | Oct 13, 2010 | National Security
Giulia Lasagni Actor George Clooney visited Capitol Hill and the White House Tuesday to discuss human rights violantions in southern Sudan. Clooney met with President Barack Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry and Sen. Richard Lugar. WASHINGTON –...
by Giulia Lasagni | Oct 7, 2010 | National Security, Politics
Video by Tey-Marie Astudillo for Politics Daily | Story by Giulia Lasagni for Military Times WASHINGTON — A group of veterans called for a stop to the redeployment of traumatized troops during a rally Thursday, the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the war...
by Giulia Lasagni | Sep 30, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A new study estimates that the cost for the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will reach about $900 billion over the next 40 years, and there’s no plan to pay for it. The study, conducted by Nobel Prize laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and...