by Kavya Sukumar | Jul 18, 2013 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – Samantha Power, President Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to the U.N. at a confirmation hearing Wednesday, called the Security Council’s inaction on Syria frustrating and “a disgrace that history will judge harshly.” Obama nominated Irish-born...
by Kavya Sukumar | Jul 17, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Samantha Power, President Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to the U.N. at a confirmation hearing Wednesday, called the Security Council’s inaction on Syria frustrating and “a disgrace that history will judge harshly.” Obama nominated Irish-born...
by Kavya Sukumar | Jul 15, 2013 | Politics, Topics
President Barack Obama and former President George H. W. Bush honor Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, the 5,000th recipients of the Daily Point of Light Award during a White House ceremony Monday. By Tanya Basu/ Medill News Service President Barack Obama announces...
by Kavya Sukumar | Jul 11, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON — When Asiana flight 214 crashed on the runway of San Francisco International Airport, the first pieces of information that surfaced were tweets from passengers. Use of Social media is changing the way people prepare for, respond to, and recover from...
by Kavya Sukumar | Jul 8, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON: — Former military leaders and pro-Israel activists urged the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to reject Samantha Power’s nomination to the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. President Barack Obama nominated Power on June 5 to succeed Ambassador...
