A new poll released Friday suggests that a majority of Americans believe women should be eligible for the military draft.
President Obama began this week by tapping Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx to head the Department of Transportation and ended it by nominating major campaign donor Penny Pritzker for Secretary of Commerce. While both nominees pose potential problems- Foxx has a rocky history with contracts and the Pritzker family’s hotel chain has been accused of abusing employees- the biggest narrative to emerge out of the week’s nominations has focused on […]
President Obama’s Syria “red line” is here. Will he act on it?
The U.S. is deploying 14 new ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska to counter renewed nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday. The new interceptors will be based at Fort Greely, an Army launch site about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and are projected to be fully deployed by 2017, Hagel said. The additions will bring the U.S.-based ground interceptor deployment from 30 to 44, […]
The first vote on whether or not former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel should be confirmed as Secretary of Defense has been scheduled for tomorrow. Hagel has come under fire for his previous statements about Israel, Iran and the pro-Israel lobby’s role in U.S. foreign policy. Michigan Senator and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee Carl Levin announced that his committee will vote on Hagel’s confirmation tomorrow afternoon. The committee, controlled by Democrats, […]
It’s already been a very long day for Senator Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s pick to be the next Secretary of Defense. Amidst questioning in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hagel directly refused to answer a simple question from former colleague Senator John McCain. Senator McCain: “Even as late as August 29, 2011, in an interview…2011, in an interview with the Financial Times you stated, ‘I disagreed with President […]
