by Caroline Cataldo | Aug 20, 2014 | Education, National Security
WASHINGTON— Linh Narum knows what it means to be a part of a military family. Her father served in the Air Force for 27 years and she and her husband, an Air Force communications officer, have two sons of their own. Like most military families, the Linh and Col. Jerry...
by Beth Lawrence & Matthew Schehl | Aug 14, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON –Press freedom advocates urged the Justice Department and Obama administration to drop the case of New York Times reporter James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize winner. At the National Press Club Thursday, supporters of Risen, who faces imprisonment for refusing to...
by Carolyn Freundlich | Aug 13, 2014 | National Security
It was in 1990 that 22-year-old Melissa Davis went to the Veterans Affairs Department office in Houston to seek treatment for depression. Davis, a former Army specialist, joined the military at age 17. She says she was raped more than once by a superior officer at her...
by Eliza Larson | Aug 12, 2014 | National Security
U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, hosted a session Monday during the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to talk about climate change, food security, and resilience and the challenges that come with them in vulnerable countries. “You can’t build a...
by Taylor Thornton | Aug 11, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Code of Support Foundation created the “Living Wall Memorial” to honor post-9/11 veterans. The Home Depot Foundation donated over 1,000 flowers to build the wall. The event was on the “Spirit of 45” day which congress...
