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The Plan to Open More Military Jobs to Women
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Clinton: U.S. government had 'nothing to do' with anti-Muslim film
September 13, 2012 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear on Thursday that the U.S. government had nothing to do with an anti-Muslim film she personally finds “disgusting and reprehensible” as protests over it spread to Yemen after assaults on embassy compounds in Egypt and Libya. "The United States government had absolutely ...
Senior ICE official resigns after discrimination allegations
September 3, 2012 A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official resigned on Saturday, amid allegations in a discrimination lawsuit that she fostered a "frat-house-type atmosphere that is targeted to humiliate and intimidate male employees," according to the New York Times. The official, Suzanne Barr, had been on leave from her role as chief ...
Obama stops short of calling for tougher gun control laws
August 7, 2012 President Obama on Monday stopped short of calling for stricter gun control measures as he condemned the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that left six people dead. “I think all of us recognize that these kinds of terrible, tragic events are happening with too much regularity for us ...
Syria's chemical weapons: A perfect storm?
July 16, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
It looks like a perfect storm. Syria is believed to harbor one of the world's largest stockpiles of chemical weapons—which, for the time being, appear to be protected by well-trained Syrian troops. As violence in the country rages, however, Washington and its allies are eager for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...
Drones are the right approach in current phase of War on Terror, insiders say
July 10, 2012
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Two-thirds of National Journal's National Security Insiders believe that the Obama administration's increasing use of drone strikes to kill terrorism suspects overseas is the right approach—but many cautioned that Washington should not overuse the tactic. “The drone strike tactic … cuts both ways. Kills terrorists and infrastructure but reinforces view ...
Homeland Security chief talks cyberthreats, immigration, and baseball
July 6, 2012 Editor's note: This article is part of a National Journal series on the 25 most influential women in Washington. National Journal visited Janet Napolitano in the office she calls her “bat cave.” It’s decorated with mementos from her travels as Homeland Security secretary and former roles including Arizona governor. There’s ...
Pakistan reopens supply routes, Clinton apologizes
July 3, 2012 Pakistan will re-open the supply lines that the U.S. and its allies use to supply troops in neighboring Afghanistan after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. is sorry for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers mistakenly killed by a NATO airstrike last November. In a call with Pakistani ...
GOP lawmaker: National security leaks ‘probably the most damaging’ in U.S. history
July 2, 2012 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., called the recent slew of national-security leaks “probably the most damaging” in this country’s history, warning that people’s lives are in danger and families have already had to be relocated as a result of the public speculation about highly classified operational activities. Rogers's ...
Insiders say Defense sequester 'somewhat likely' to take effect
June 26, 2012 With no sign of compromise on Capitol Hill for a deal on the budget deficit and debt, National Journal's National Security Insiders are hedging on whether the across-the-board defense cuts that Pentagon officials have warned would be devastating to the military's capabilities will actually happen. Amid talk that members might ...
Insiders say leaks will affect foreign policy -- but only a little
June 19, 2012 National Journal’s National Security Insiders said the recent and much-condemned national-security leaks to news organizations will damage American foreign policy--but only a little. Fifty-six percent said that the leaks, which included confirmation of sustained U.S. cyberattacks on computers that run Iran’s nuclear-enrichment sites and details about President Obama’s use of ...
