Top CIA officer in Afghanistan mistakenly named by White House: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, the Washington Post …
Tea Party appears poised for big victories in Texas run-offs
DALLAS TX (Reuters) – Texas conservatives are hoping to win two major Republican run-off elections on Tuesday, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, underscoring the Tea Party’s enduring influence in the state.
With nod to veterans’ scandal, Obama pays Memorial Day tribute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen U.S. military men and women during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery that highlighted a veterans’ care scandal that has engulfed his presidency in recen…
Tea Party appears poised for big victories in Texas run-offs
DALLAS, TX (Reuters) – Texas conservatives are hoping to win two major Republican run-off elections on Tuesday, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, underscoring the Tea Party’s enduring influence in the state.
With nod to veterans’ scandal, Obama pays Memorial Day tribute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen U.S. military men and women during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery that highlighted a veterans’ care scandal that has engulfed his presidency in recen…
Top CIA officer in Afghanistan mistakenly named by White House: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, the Washington Post …
Senator to renew gun control push after California shooting spree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Sunday he wanted to revive gun control legislation rejected by Congress in the wake of the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre, saying it could have helped prevent this weekend’s deadly C…
Obama to lay out defense of foreign policy in West Point speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stung by criticism, President Barack Obama will use a speech on Wednesday to launch a sweeping defense of his approach to foreign policy, one that he will say is reliant on multilateral diplomacy instead of military interventions…
Obama pledges to uphold ‘sacred trust’ with U.S. veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the end of a week rocked by allegations of mismanagement and cover-ups at the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama used his weekly address on Saturday to vow again to make sure veterans get the necessary medi…
Republican star Mia Love gets second chance to make political history
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s Mia Love, a Republican darling who could become the first conservative black woman elected to U.S. Congress, is getting a second, and likely better, chance to make history after narrowly losing to a popular incumbent D…
