By
Julia Zhu
When they fought on the field for our country, they were heroes; when they came back home suffering from psychological disorders and social disconnections, many of them ended up homeless. These are the veterans. The Veteran’s Administration counted nearly 67,500 homeless veterans on a single night in January 2011, more than twice that number spent at least one night in an emergency shelter within the past year. According to a 2012 report from Yale University … (Continue reading . . .)
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LiliTan
On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that the Pentagon would send hundreds of additional spies overseas. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dia-to-send-hundreds-more-spies-overseas/2012/12/01/97463e4e-399b-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?tid=pm_pop This is all part of transforming the Defense Intelligence Agency, so that it is as complex and strong as the CIA. I was interested in this because I had actually never heard of the DIA, so I wanted to learn more about it. The DIA is apparently being revamped in a major overhaul, and as … (Continue reading . . .)
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Julia Zhu
President Barack Obama’s re-election might be good news to many people, but it was not pleasant for the stock market, including the defense sector, as the federal government faces the “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year. Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 171.64 points, or 1.3 percent, to 13,074.04 points since the election night. An index of defense shares ^DFX fell 4.03 points, or 1 percent, to 404.00. Investors worry about the impact of … (Continue reading . . .)
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JohnEckstrom
According to military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, war can be understood as a trinity. “As a total phenomenon its dominant tendencies always make war a remarkable trinity – composed of primordial violence, enmity, and hatred,” Clausewitz said. Speaking on the quality of hatred, language is one of the many ways in which citizens and solders alike may express it. America’s freedoms relating to speech are a great source of pride for many citizens, but that … (Continue reading . . .)
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JohnEckstrom
There are many dangerous professions in the world. Journalism is one of them. And if you’re thinking this makes sense when considering war correspondents, you’ve only scratched the surface of the real threat. Looking at the numbers, the risks of journalism are far complex and troublesome than one might imagine. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, nonprofit organization that complies data on journalism violence, 949 journalists have been killed since 1992 … (Continue reading . . .)
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GillianRoberts
WASHINGTON – Washington, Grant and Eisenhower – the U.S. presidents who were also commanders of the Army before arriving at the White House. A total of 31 out of 44 presidents have served in a military capacity of some kind. But two of the last three – Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton – did not have service experience. President George W. Bush served in the Air National Guard, but was stateside during the Vietnam … (Continue reading . . .)
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KellyGustafson
For many of America’s bravest men and women, the joy of coming home from a deployment is sometimes shattered by the harsh reality of injuries, night terrors and post traumatic stress disorder. Repeat deployments and more than a decade of war have strained America’s military forces. As the war in Afghanistan winds down, many injured soldiers are returning and must find careers in the civilian workforce. Every year for the next five years, about 16,000 … (Continue reading . . .)
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DavidTonyan
It is impossible to get terrorists to stop trying to use airplanes. The Transportation Security Administration was created as part of the response after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the current airport scanning procedures also stem from them. Are they discouraging terrorists? “Terrorists will always use airlines,” said Stuart Gottlieb, a terrorism expert and adjunct professor of international affairs at Columbia University. “I think aviation is certainly still an attractive venue in which … (Continue reading . . .)
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LinyiZhang
WASHINGTON – Oil production in Alaska has been declining largely because of the hostile environment and high costs, but the Arctic grabbed the attention in Washington recently as Arctic countries and even those far south of the Arctic Circle are trying to play in this region. The United States has abundant oil and gas reserves in this almost untapped region. The Cook Inlet Region of Alaska contains undiscovered gas resources ranging from 4.976 trillion to … (Continue reading . . .)
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KellyGustafson
Most journalists, even those covering national security, file their stories from a safe location and the biggest threat they face comes from a grouchy editor. But for those who venture abroad as foreign correspondents, there are no guarantees they will return home safely. For war reporters covering the military, the threats these journalists face are often the same as the ones facing the troops they cover. To cover these types of beats safely, journalists need more than a … (Continue reading . . .)
