by Oyin Falana | Oct 4, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Security threats, lack of infrastructure and local political tensions have prevented religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq from moving back to territories that have been liberated from ISIS, several Middle East experts said Wednesday. Denise...
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by Oyin Falana | Sep 27, 2017 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON– The Veterans Affairs Department plan to hire 1,000 additional mental health professionals to help reduce the number of veterans’ suicides has been stalled because it can’t get hiring authority from Congress, VA Secretary David Shulkin told a Senate...
by Oyin Falana | Sep 26, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — When the Senate approved legislation last week for $700 billion in defense spending in 2018, lawmakers once more left out a provision sought by the Pentagon – a plan to save $10 billion by consolidating and shutting down a number of military bases...
