by Jessica Binsch | May 10, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON- At the beginning of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington this week, U.S. officials are trying to leave behind tensions between the two countries, instead stressing a new kind of partnership. “President Karzai is the duly elected leader of...
by Jessica Binsch | May 6, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A congressional report calls on the military to create more time for education programs to ensure its officers have the right skills to lead U.S. forces in a more complex security environment. While the report, released Thursday, asserts that the military...
by Jessica Binsch | Apr 28, 2010 | National Security
Jessica Binsch/MNS Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (right) and German Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maiziere listen to a speaker at Georgetown University’s law school. The two politicians opened a two-day conference on counterterrorism and...
by Jessica Binsch | Apr 21, 2010 | Topics
Journalists don’t exactly have a reputation as math wizards. But analyzing public data is an important part of holding the government accountable. Under a new effort to increase transparency, the Obama administration is aiming to “disclose information rapidly in...
by Jessica Binsch | Apr 16, 2010 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. may have to spend $6 billion over the next year alone to train and maintain Afghan police forces, a Pentagon official told a Senate subcommittee Thursday. A large part of that money will likely go through a contracting program that since 2005 has...
