Rwanda, and What Bill Clinton Left Out When He Criticized Obama on Syria
Former President Bill Clinton reportedly expressed his support for U.S. intervention in Syria, while criticizing President Obama’s inaction at a closed-press event at the McCain Institute on Tuesday according to news reports. He cited his own leadership in the 1999 NATO intervention to end the… Read More »
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Senate Panel Rejects Sen. Gillibrand’s Attempt to Remove Commanders from Sexual Assault Cases
The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s bill that would have taken military commanders out of the process of reviewing sexual assault cases. Instead, the committee voted for an alternative proposal by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., calling for automatic reviews of… Read More »
Hagel Opposes Gillibrand’s Bill on Sex Assaults in Military
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s legislation that would remove sexual assault cases in the military from the chain of command and turn them over to independent military prosecutors appears on the ropes. Her bill was opposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a hearing last week… Read More »
Missile Defense Unit Commander Suspended After Sexual Misconduct Probe
The Army has suspended the officer who ran the missile defense unit at Fort Greely, Ala., following an investigation into whether he condoned an atmosphere of sexual misconduct within the unit. Lt. Col. Joseph Miley was suspended from command of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion,… Read More »
Rand Paul Bill Would Curb NSA on Phone Records
Responding to the recent disclosure that the federal government has secretly obtained the phone records of millions of Americans, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced legislation today to require agencies to obtain a warrant before searching such data. The “Fourth Amendment Restoration Act,” which can be read in… Read More »
Bradley Manning Trial Begins; Prosecutor Says Leaker Gave Vital Info to Enemies
Updated at 1:57 p.m. ET As the court martial of Army Private First Class Bradley Manning got underway Monday, prosecutors argued that the former Army intelligence analyst “knowingly gave intelligence to the enemy” when he leaked 700,000 U.S. government documents to Wikileaks. Manning’s defense attorney… Read More »
Soldier to Plead Guilty in Afghanistan Village Killing Spree that Left 16 Dead
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales intends to plead guilty to premeditated murder next week for the shooting deaths of 16 Afghan villagers last year, Bales’ attorney told ABC News. Pleading guilty would allow Bales to avoid the death penalty. John Henry Browne, the Seattle lawyer who… Read More »
US Embassy Employees Shot Outside Venezuela Night Club
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials confirmed that two American employees of the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, were shot outside of a nightclub early this morning. The men were part of the embassy’s defense attaché and were hospitalized after the incident. “Medical staff inform us that… Read More »
New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad, While Congress Moves to Arm Rebels
The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman. The official said that, according to the Free Syrian Army, Hezbollah and… Read More »
Army General Suspended of Command for Adultery Investigation
WASHINGTON — The Army has suspended the one-star commanding general at Fort Jackson, S.C., for alleged misconduct involving adultery and an unspecified physical altercation. An Army official tells ABC News that the case does not involve sexual assault. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts was suspended… Read More »
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