Tag: Marine Corps

Camp Pendleton Marine Memorial Restored

Michael Warren · June 4, 2014 10:08 am

Jill Tahmooressi stands outside the Mexican Consulate in Miami on May 5 protesting the arrest of her son in Mexico. (AP/J Pat Carter)

Beltway Confidential

Petition to demand release of former Marine held in Mexico hits threshold for White House response

Kevin Daley · June 2, 2014 5:08 pm

FILE - This undated file photo released by his family via FreeAmir.org shows Amir Hekmati. Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine being held in Iran over the past two years on accusations of spying for the CIA. (AP Photo/Hekmati family via FreeAmir.org, File)

National Security

Former US Marine Imprisoned in Iran seeks retrial

Nasser Karimi · May 25, 2014 7:54 pm

AÃÂ new whitehouse.gov petition to nominateÃÂ Marine Gen. James Mattis to lead the Veterans Affairs Department began circulating this week. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Petition seeks to nominate Marine legend James Mattis as Veterans Affairs secretary

Spencer Brown · May 22, 2014 4:28 pm

California Veteran Can’t Get Care Under Obamacare

Michael Warren · May 22, 2014 12:14 pm

This Jan. 31, 2009, file photo provided by the US Air Force shows a CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron over the Emerald Coast outside Hurlburt Field, Fla.(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Julianne Showalter)

A desire to excel may have caused deadly 2000 aircraft crash

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 8:00 pm

This photo taken May 13, 2014 shows Medically retired Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter speaking to media at the Pentagon. On June 19, 2014, President Barack Obama will award Carpenter the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as an Automatic Rifleman with Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Marine to get medal of honor for blocking grenade

Lolita Baldor · May 20, 2014 8:26 pm

Beltway Confidential

U.S. becoming lone optimist in Libya

Spencer Brown · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., right, accompanied by Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., holds a poster with the image and story of one of his constituents, Amir Hekmati, a former Marine incarcerated in Iran since 2011, during a gathering in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014, with family members and supporters calling for Hekmati's release. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Ex-Marine’s family seeks his freedom from Iran

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 5:16 pm

Reuters reports that the Pentagon "has temporarily moved nearly 200 Marines to Sicily from their base in Spain as a precaution due to concerns about unrest in North Africa, bolstering the U.S. ability to respond to any crisis." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

As Libya crumbles, Marines ready boots on the ground in Sicily — The real Benghazi scandal

Timothy P. Carney · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

‘Brothers Forever’ Book Discussion

Daniel Halper · May 14, 2014 3:02 pm

Catherine Engelbrecht testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, before the House subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation hearing to investigate the Justice Department's investigation into the IRS abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hydra-headed federal bureaucracy threatens American liberty

Melanie Sturm · April 25, 2014 4:00 am