by Elizabeth Wang | Aug 4, 2014 | Environment, National Security
A panel hosted by The Henry M. Jackson foundation and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discussed the growing impacts of climate change on national security, adding greater threats that may not be directly linked to issues such as terrorism. Communication and...
by Eliza Larson | Jul 30, 2014 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – On May 14, 2014, Staff Sgt. Tisha Hill dropped her car off in Brussels to be shipped home by a Pentagon-contracted car shipping company, International Auto Logistics. It’s been more than a month since Hill was due to receive her car back in the U.S.A. “I...
by Carolyn Freundlich | Jul 29, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON –The rising ranks of servicewomen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade has changed the nature of care needed at the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the system has yet to fully adapt. “VA hasn’t taken adequate steps to prepare itself...
by Elle Calderone | Jul 28, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — When Marine Sgt. Deano Miller was preparing to return home from a deployment in Afghanistan, he desperately wanted to say goodbye to his best friend. He never got the chance. “They said they’d give us time to say goodbye,” Miller recalled. “They...
by Christen Simeral | Jul 21, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Inside the $3.7 billion emergency package President Barack Obama is seeking to cope with the southwestern border crisis is a $300 million outlay to help repatriate and reintegrate Central American migrants with their home countries. Thousands of...
by Carolyn Freundlich | Jul 17, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — As the latest fighting continued to escalate between Israel and Gaza, a thousand exuberant supporters of Israel rallied near the White House. “We want to be able to live in peace,” said Noa Meir, Director of Israel Action Center, “just like we want...
