by Jenny Leonard | Aug 12, 2015 | National Security, Topics
On January 1, the US military will open all of its positions to women — including combat duty — unless the individual services prove they should be exempt from the edict. Many consider this a groundbreaking moment for female troops, but women have already served with...
by Jenny Leonard | Jul 28, 2015 | National Security, Topics
Officers of the US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, currently stationed in Vilseck, Germany, stopped by the Pentagon last week to talk about their rotational training in Eastern Europe and the larger array of efforts in the region being held to reassure NATO allies....
by Jenny Leonard | Jul 15, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Air Force Gen. Paul Selva’s Senate hearing Tuesday on his nomination to be one of President Barack Obama’s top military advisers fell hours after a controversial accord broke the years-long impasse over how to contain Iran’s...
by Jenny Leonard | Jul 1, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — “What are you guys doing in my yard?” President Barack Obama asked 50 Girl Scouts on the South Lawn Tuesday night at the first-ever White House campout. They’d actually been invited by first lady Michelle Obama to go camping at the executive mansion as...
by Jenny Leonard | Jun 30, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama said American women need to do more to help girls in African and Middle Eastern countries get an education. “We would never accept a life of dependence and abuse for our girls,” Obama said during her speech at a lunch...
