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‘King of Torture’ testifies in USS Cole case

‘King of Torture’ testifies in USS Cole case

by Catherine Buchaniec | May 2, 2022 | Featured, National Security

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — At a pretrial hearing in the case against the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, a former Army interrogator — nicknamed the “King of Torture” — said he subjected a prisoner held at Bagram prison in...
Guantanamo court weighs testimony from alternative suspect in USS Cole case

Guantanamo court weighs testimony from alternative suspect in USS Cole case

by Catherine Buchaniec | Apr 29, 2022 | Featured, National Security

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 27 (UPI) — Defense lawyers who represent the accused mastermind behind the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole sought Wednesday to limit testimony from federal agents who interviewed an alternative suspected organizer of the attack. The...
Murray pushes to change U.S. arms sales, prevent misuse of weapons

Murray pushes to change U.S. arms sales, prevent misuse of weapons

by Julia Shapero | Apr 20, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Washington Sen. Patty Murray is helping lead efforts to restrict arms sales to countries accused of human rights violations after years of congress facing weakened control over weapons sales. Murray recently reintroduced the Values in Arms Export Act, a...
Gillibrand pushes for health care coverage for burn pit exposure

Gillibrand pushes for health care coverage for burn pit exposure

by Catherine Buchaniec | Mar 18, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Brunswick, called on the Senate this week to pass comprehensive legislation expanding health care access for U.S. service members and veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed at overseas military bases....
Experts tell House panel Russia is committing war crimes

Experts tell House panel Russia is committing war crimes

by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Minutes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an emotional appeal for help to the U.S. Congress, showing a graphic video of obliterated buildings and dead civilians, members of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heard from experts who...
GOP lawmakers cite Ukraine crisis as reason to drop Iran deal

GOP lawmakers cite Ukraine crisis as reason to drop Iran deal

by Julia Shapero | Mar 15, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to walk away from negotiations with Iran over a nuclear deal, emphasizing that it would help Russian President Vladimir Putin by providing “a massive subsidy” to Russia as his military...
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