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Senators, inspector general slam OPM chief on data breach failures

Senators, inspector general slam OPM chief on data breach failures

by Taylor Hall | Jun 26, 2015 | National Security, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Senators grilled Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta Thursday on details of the fallout from her agency’s massive data breach. “Do you understand the full gravity?” Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., asked Archuleta at a Senate...

War in widescreen – how GIs can tell their stories on film

by Zachary Vasile | Jun 26, 2015 | Entertainment, National Security

WASHINGTON — After leaving the Marine Corps, Regan Young had a gripping story to tell. He just wasn’t sure how to tell it. But after three years spent juggling night school for film, industry networking and fundraising —all while trying to assemble a reliable crew and...
Swords into ploughshares: Veterans find opportunities in farming

Swords into ploughshares: Veterans find opportunities in farming

by Matthew L. Schehl | Jun 11, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Dan Mikulecky had an epiphany during his 2004 deployment to Iraq with the Montana National Guard. He had joined the Guard for college, but wasn’t sure the direction he wanted to go in life post-deployment. Being out in the Iraqi countryside, however, it...
Security threat interrupts White House press briefing

Security threat interrupts White House press briefing

by Beth Lawrence | Jun 9, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service evacuated the White House Briefing Room Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in to Washington police. The evacuation came in the middle of a televised press briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest. The North Lawn...
Biden: Sanctions on Russia until peace in Ukraine

Biden: Sanctions on Russia until peace in Ukraine

by Xuan Lei | May 27, 2015 | National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday sternly warned that sanctions on Russia will continue until the cease-fire agreement in Ukraine is fully implemented. “The United States sanctions on Russia must and will remain in place until the Minsk...
On Memorial Day: Remembering those who die from suicide

On Memorial Day: Remembering those who die from suicide

by Holly LaFon | May 26, 2015 | National Security

As Americans commemorated those fallen on the battlefield this Memorial Day weekend, the GI Film Festival hosted two films in Fairfax, Va., that honored those who have died from self-inflicted wounds or whose lives are at risk because of post-traumatic stress. Both of...
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