by Josephine Chu | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The parents of Christopher Allen, a 26-year-old British-American freelance journalist killed while covering the civil war in South Sudan, said at a vigil Monday on the two-year anniversary of his death that the South Sudanese government should be...
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by Kimberly Jin and Apoorva Mittal | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured, National Security
Washington – In World War II, William Walker served in the Navy in the Philippines. It was the last war when black and white servicemen were separated according to their race, and black troops were not accorded the same level of respect as their white counterparts....
by Ebony JJ Curry | Jul 31, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – With over 250,000 radicalized child soldiers in the United States, violent extremism has become a nationwide issue. Clarion Project along with former extremists Tania Joya hosts their Preventing Violent Extremism Training program in downtown D.C. at...
by Apoorva Mittal | Jul 19, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — When she left the military in 2005, Jodie M. Grenier went from being on a team of intelligence analysts reporting to then-Marine Corps Gen. Jim Mattis, with a top security clearance, to waiting tables. “It was frustrating. I had a very...
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by Apoorva Mittal | Jul 17, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — To counter Iran’s growing influence in the Middle East, the U.S. must maintain a strong diplomatic and military presence in neighboring Iraq, experts from the State Department and the Pentagon said at the Near East subcommittee hearing Tuesday. Over the...
by Yuru (Priscilla) Zhu | Jul 11, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A program that allows pre-checked, low-risk travelers to gain expedited entry into the United States is criticized for the lax vetting of applicants and verification procedures in a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector...
