Career US Navy terrorism intelligence collector, code breaker, and interrogator with wide-ranging field and combat experience in the Middle East, South West Asia, and Africa and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 1988, Operation Ranch Hand scientist and Air Force researcher Dr. James Clary wrote to Senator Tom Daschle that “when we initiated the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2022, Russia has decimated Ukraine and left 40 million people without water, food, heat, and a place to sleep. As Ukraine and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An estimated 13 million are facing severe hunger mostly because of droughts that have afflicted the Horn of Africa, and those in Ethiopia,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Politics is the art of compromise. Someone needs to send Mitch McConnell the memo. He does not want to raise the debt ceiling,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This is cruelty. It’s evil… What I saw today was slave patrol — it is shameful and absolutely disgraceful,” said Patrice Lawrence, co-Director...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I sat there. In hand was my notebook containing facts about a man named Patrick Dolan Critton who hijacked an airplane 30 years...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I pledge to fight hard to rid our ranks of racists and extremists," Gen. Austin pronounced during his confirmation hearings. He also pledged...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The National Guard has been called out, and you see those vehicles that you saw when they raided Iraq and Afghanistan. People are...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Memphis is experiencing a serious problem with homelessness and poverty among veterans but a new nonprofit is hoping to ease the burden.
THE BURTON WIRE — This summer, television audiences can listen in on amazing real life stories told by everyday people as WORLD Channel presents a 24-hour binge-a-thon...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Following the terror attack on two New Zealand mosques last week, many Muslim communities across the world gathered as usual for their most important...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — If the long list of characters seems vaguely familiar… Vice will set you straight. Not only does it give a closeup view of...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — I’m a veteran of the U.S. Army. So it may come as a surprise that the day I read about NFL players kneeling...
KABUL, Afghanistan (New York Times) — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his...
(Reuters) – An Afghan man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment, TV...
(Los Angeles Times) – Another Vietnam. Those two words have become a cautionary mantra over the 40 years since the fall of Saigon indelibly etched...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The tough military charges against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have revived the questions and controversy surrounding President...
LYNNE O’DONNELL, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands marched through the Afghan capital Tuesday, demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan leader said on Monday that his country’s government will begin peace talks with the Taliban in the “near...
Robert Burns, ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States is considering slowing its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a larger-than-planned troop presence...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist President Obama was right on the money in announcing his executive order on immigration. Contrary to the assertion of Republican demagogues,...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is very unsettling to hear various politicians suggest the need for U.S. troops to be redeployed to Iraq and...
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Avoidable miscommunication between U.S. air and ground forces led to a “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan that...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant...
