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Republicans Hold Fire on Rice, but Controversy Still Looms
June 5, 2013 Without any leverage to block Susan Rice from succeeding Tom Donilon as President Obama's national security adviser, Republicans appeared resigned to her appointment Wednesday, but unready to let go of doubts about the administration's leadership on national security issues. Some of Obama's staunchest attackers in Congress—who have held the handling ...
Senators Spar Over Bill on Sexual Assault in the Military
June 5, 2013 Stark battle lines are emerging in the Senate over efforts to stamp out the military’s reputation for providing inadequate protections for victims of sexual assault. As the Senate prepares to take its first step in addressing sexual assaults in the military, sizing up legislation to include in a defense reauthorization ...
Military Leaders Defend Commanders' Powers Over Prosecution of Sexual Assault
June 4, 2013 Senate Armed Services Committee leaders offered a full-throated defense of military commanders to address the spiraling problem of sexual assault in the military at a hearing on Tuesday. Signalling how tough any significant rewrite of the military justice system will be, both Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and the panel's ...
Senate Stacks Deck Against Reformers in Military Sexual Assaults Crisis
June 4, 2013 House Republicans set off a firestorm last year when they held a hearing on contraception without inviting any women. Get ready for round two. The Senate Armed Services Committee takes up the issue of sexual assaults in the military at a hearing Tuesday -- a hearing where witnesses opposed to ...
McCain Maneuvers to Lead GOP on Response to Military Sexual Assaults
May 31, 2013 When it comes to how Congress should respond to the spiraling problem of sexual assault in the military, Sen. John McCain appears to be resuming his former role as the leading Republican on the Armed Services Committee. The Arizona Republican is no longer the ranking member—Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., holds ...
Overhauling the Military-Justice System
May 24, 2013 Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has a long record of working to stop sexual assault both in Alaska and in the armed services. This year she readily signed on to three different bills to combat sexual assault in the military. But she paused when it came to a sweeping bill that ...
House Intelligence Chairman a 'Respected' Contender for FBI
May 15, 2013 The Obama administration is considering House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., for the top job at the FBI, according to the chair of Intelligence on the other side of the Capitol, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Choosing Rogers could be seen as a gesture of goodwill by the White House to ...
House Homeland Security Committee Plans Hearing on Boston Attack
May 1, 2013 The House Homeland Security Committee plans to hold the first congressional hearing next week examining the Boston Marathon terrorist attack and what it says about the state of the nation’s post-Sept. 11 security infrastructure. Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, has launched an investigation into the April 15 bombings and is ...
What the Feds Knew About the Boston Bombers
April 25, 2013 Data about Tamerlan Tsarnaev was sitting in U.S. security systems but never made its way to the FBI or CIA, according to information U.S. security officials gave some senators during a closed-door briefing on Thursday. Here is some of what the senators learned. Russia told U.S. authorities five days ago ...
Did Law Enforcement Use the Info It Had on Boston Bombers?
April 25, 2013 In the wake of the Boston Marathon attack, lawmakers are focusing on whether federal law enforcement botched information it had about the deceased suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 and whether post-Sept. 11 information-sharing security measures broke down. All senators are due to receive an update on the Boston investigation in ...
