by Luke X. Martin | Aug 24, 2010 | Topics
Deserted scenes from Capitol Hill at recess These days, the recess is both tradition and law, required by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, but representatives and senators have been finagling ways to avoid the heat and humidity much longer than that. Even...
by Luke X. Martin | Aug 16, 2010 | National Security
National security strategists speak out about study groups. (Luke X. Martin/MNS) WASHINGTON — A veteran Republican lawmaker is imploring President Barack Obama to establish a bipartisan study group to rethink the Afghanistan war strategy. Photo by Brendan...
by Luke X. Martin | Jul 30, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — How do you bridge a language gap when you’re not sure how big that gap is, exactly, or quite where the bridge is heading in the first place? Officials from various governmental departments in the U.S. are struggling to answer that question....
by Luke X. Martin | Jul 28, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The general who President Barack Obama has tapped to lead the U.S. Central Command cruised through a key Senate committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, but not without questions on what he’d do about the war in Afghanistan. Luke X. Martin/MNS Gen....
by Luke X. Martin | Jul 22, 2010 | National Security
Luke X. Martin/MNSFrom left to right, Elizabeth McGrath, deputy chief management officer of the Department of Defense, Joseph Westphal, undersecretary of the Army, Robert O. Work, undersecretary of the Navy, and Erin Conaton, undersecretary of the Air Force, gave...
