CIA employee first American killed in combat in Afghanistan

CIA officer Johnny (Mike) Spann was killed in a prison riot at Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, the first U.S. official known to be killed in action inside the country since U.S. bombing began, the CIA said Wednesday.

• Congress Daily
• November 28, 2001

House GOP leaders win key vote on Defense spending bill

• Lisa Caruso
• November 28, 2001

Bush-favored hiring practice treats veterans fairly, MSPB says

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 28, 2001

Postal Service gears up for holiday season

• Matthew Weinstock
• November 27, 2001

White House shows no sign of budging over spending

• Keith Koffler, Mark Wegner and Stephen Norton
• November 27, 2001

CDC updates smallpox response plan for state and local health officials

• Kellie Lunney
• November 27, 2001

High level of trust in government may be hard to sustain

• Tom Shoop
• November 27, 2001

GSA simplifies more travel regulations

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 21, 2001

Pentagon begins checking incoming mail for anthrax

• Gerry J. Gilmore
• November 20, 2001

Taliban withdraws from Afghan province near Iran border

• Congress Daily
• November 19, 2001

Bush signs measure federalizing airport security

President Bush Monday signed the aviation security bill at Reagan National Airport, marking the most dramatic expansion of the federal government in decades.

• Keith Koffler
• November 19, 2001

State Department works to create brand of the free

While the American military fights in Afghanistan, civilians are waging a separate, but important, campaign in Washington: to remake the image of the United States in the Muslim world.

• William Powers
• November 16, 2001

Reagan Building highlights security vs. public access debate

Fearing a terrorist attack, U.S. Agency for International Development workers at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington want to close the parking garage off from the public.

• Brian Friel
• November 16, 2001

Committee rips INS chief for tardy testimony

• Congress Daily
• November 16, 2001

HHS mobilizes faith-based groups for response to terrorism

Faith-based groups have become part of the national discussion on how to help the nation cope with the new war on terrorism.

• Martin Davis
• November 16, 2001

Foreign Service officers push for more discipline

Foreign Service officers are pushing for more discipline and better training for their elite diplomatic corps.

• Brian Friel
• November 15, 2001

Bipartisan group backs bioterrorism boost

• Julie Rovner
• November 15, 2001

FAA saves less than expected in effort to cut supervisors

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 15, 2001

Aviation security conferees to consider counteroffer

• Mark Wegner and April Fulton
• November 14, 2001

Military traffic command consolidates headquarters offices

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• November 14, 2001