by Matthew L. Schehl | Apr 16, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — In a meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister, President Obama pledged $200 million in humanitarian aid Tuesday for Iraqis displaced by fighting with the Islamic State. Not part of the agenda was the fate of approximately 2,500 members of the...
by Andersen Xia | Apr 16, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Marking the one-year anniversary of the abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram, lawmakers spoke at the Capitol Wednesday. Two girls who escaped, along with some 50 others, attended the press conference. The House Foreign Affairs...
by Tobias Burns | Apr 16, 2015 | National Security, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Despite a recent series of military losses, the self-proclaimed Islamic State is still more than capable of concerning Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. “They are frightening their enemies,” he said this morning at the Center for Strategic and...
by Andersen Xia | Apr 15, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 people marched Saturday from Federal Triangle to Capitol Hill to commemorate the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. So far the Nigerian government still has not found the girls. The one-year anniversary...
by Tobias Burns | Apr 15, 2015 | National Security, Topics
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The Twentynine Palms Air Ground Combat Center is a 1,100-square-mile training facility for U.S. Marines where infantry units hurl grenades, aircraft drop bombs and artillery batteries pummel the earth with 100-pound shells. But buried...
by Tanni Deb | Apr 15, 2015 | National Security
A British weapons tracking organization found that U.S.-made weapons are among armaments captured from the Islamic State group, but those weapons make up a relatively small portion of the militants’ overall arsenal. U.S.-produced equipment accounts for less than...
