by Hannah Rank & Katie Murar | Aug 16, 2016 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision to release 15 detainees from Guantánamo Bay reignited the debate between the political parties over what to do with suspected terrorists. According to the Pentagon, the transfer came after officials determined the...
by Jenny Lee | Jul 21, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Saying that France is in a state of war against the Islamic State, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian Wednesday said his country will increase its military operations in the Middle East to hit back at the terrorist group and called on its allies...
by Ruojing Liu | Jul 19, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Preventable deaths of soldiers on the battlefield and also of civilians in the cities and streets of the U.S. could be reduced under a proposed House bill offering grants for civilian trauma centers to hire military doctors and staff. In a recent report,...
by Hannah Rank | Jul 8, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – House Republicans lambasted the Transportation Security Administration for repeated instances of alleged employee misconduct at airports across the nation, calling the violations “alarming and unconscionable.” The Homeland Security Committee...
by Jenny Lee | Jul 7, 2016 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – The Korean War and those who died in it too often “drops through the cracks of American history,” retired Army Col. William Weber said at a weekend wreath-laying ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial to commemorate the start of the war in 1950....
by Jenny Lee | Jun 28, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Sixty-five years after his death in a North Korean prison camp, the remains of Cpl. George Paul Grifford were buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery as family members solemnly welcomed him “home where he belongs.” His niece, Toni Murphy, 72,...
