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Posted Sep 16, 2019, 10:32 am
Wissam Melhem
/Cronkite News
In an otherwise amicable confirmation hearing, some senators pressed Barrett on her response to the Trump administration’s plan to divert $3.6 billion from military projects toward a border wall.... Read more»
Posted Dec 21, 2018, 3:15 pm
Daniel Perle
/Cronkite News
Arizona will lose decades of seniority, as the 116th Congress convenes without McCain, Kyl, Flake or Franks. But that may not be a bad thing.... Read more»
Posted Nov 16, 2016, 12:47 pm
Allie Bice
/Cronkite News
Sen. John McCain issued a stern warning Tuesday against smoothing relations with Russia, one day after President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that the two countries need to do just that.... Read more»
Posted Aug 2, 2016, 10:56 am
Curtis Skinner
/Reuters
The legal team for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Monday asked to have the charges against the former prisoner of war dismissed, arguing comments made by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain violated his due process rights. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2013, 10:39 am
Christie Thompson
/ProPublica
When the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the U.S. military’s sexual assault crisis, lawmakers grilled Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine officials on the alarmingly high number of rapes and other sexual abuses in their ranks.... Read more»
Posted Apr 23, 2013, 4:55 pm
R. Jeffrey Smith
/Center for Public Integrity
Pentagon officials have been warning that budget cuts will provoke a “hollowing out” of warfighting capabilities in coming years, with tens of billions of dollars on the table under so-called “sequestration” cuts. Somehow, however, there is still enough money to pay for the construction of some new sun rooms for military housing used by senior officers in Stuttgart, Germany, a country the U.S. military has begun to flee.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 24, 2010, 10:53 am
Jean MacKenzie
/GlobalPost
A day after Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation, the profound challenges the U.S. and its allies face remain and some are brought more sharply into relief by the surprising turn of events, particularly the deep divisions within the administration of President Obama.... Read more»