by Hayat Norimine | Oct 21, 2014 | National Security, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — A small, four-propeller copter buzzes like a swarm of aggressive bees, hovering in place above its land-based operator, now making small high-pitched beeps indicating it’s running low on juice in its flight through rural Virginia. Just north, the nation’s...
by Hayat Norimine | Oct 16, 2014 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers met on Capitol Hill with medical experts Thursday to examine the health procedures used to safeguard the public from Ebola. Many members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee called for a travel ban for those entering this country...
by Hayat Norimine | Sep 30, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will respond with military force if allies in the Pacific region, especially Japan, are threatened, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Tuesday in response to questions about Japan’s dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands. Japan and...
by Hayat Norimine | Sep 24, 2014 | National Security
A former Wall Street Journal reporter says military outsourcing, which has become synonymous with incidents like the 2007 killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater Worldwide,needs reform. Despite scandals, the industry has been growing. On a book tour, author Ann...
