Tag: Olympics

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Vladimir Putin: Edward Snowden free to travel to Sochi Olympics

Brian Hughes · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Police special force officers aim their guns during a shootout with militants on the outskirts of the provincial capital Makhachkala, Russia's southern province of Dagestan, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. The province of Dagestan, located between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) east of Sochi, has become the epicenter of the rebellion, with daily shootings and bombings of police and other officials. President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday that Russia will do everything to ensure a safe Olympics without making the security measures too intrusive. (AP Photo/NewsTeam)

National Security

Rep. Mike Rogers ‘very concerned’ about Olympic security

Meghashyam Mali · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

ADLER, RUSSIA - JANUARY 09: Security personnel walk in the Olympic Park in the Coastal Cluster on January 9, 2014 in Alder, Russia. The region will host the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics which start on February 6th, 2014. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

National Security

Sen. Angus King: I wouldn’t attend Sochi Olympics

Meghashyam Mali · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Putin’s Pardons

Cathy Young · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Toward an Even More Unwatchable Olympics

Toward an Even More Unwatchable Olympics

Geoffrey Norman · January 8, 2014 4:11 pm

President Obama speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 Summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Obama too busy to attend Olympics

Meghashyam Mali · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this June 4, 2007, file photo, tennis champion Billie Jean King is introduced during a town hall conversation hosted by the group Women for Hillary in New York. The White House says King and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul will join the opening ceremony delegation. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

White House: Olympic delegation sends message on US ‘diversity’

Meghashyam Mali · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Obama to Skip Olympics; Send Janet Napolitano, Billie Jean King, and Others

Obama to Skip Olympics; Send Janet Napolitano, Billie Jean King, and Others

Daniel Halper · December 17, 2013 10:25 pm

In this photo provided by Olympictorch2014.com torch bearer Tatyana Pestereva carries an Olympic torch in a railway museum during the Olympic torch relay in Chelyabinsk, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. The 65,000-kilometer (40,389 mile) Sochi torch relay, which started on Oct. 7, is the longest in Olympic history. The torch has traveled to the North Pole on a Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker and has even been flown into space. (AP Photo/Olympictorch2014.com)

Janet Napolitano, Billie Jean King tapped for U.S. Olympic delegation

Meghashyam Mali · December 17, 2013 5:00 am

D.C. bids for 2024 Summer Olympics; Capital tired of being snubbed

D.C. bids for 2024 Summer Olympics; Capital tired of being snubbed

Paul Bedard · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

Vast majority of jobs created in July were for part-time work

Red Alert Politics

Vast majority of jobs created in July were for part-time work

Kaitlyn Schallhorn · August 5, 2013 5:39 pm

A gay rights activist chant slogans during a demonstration in front of the Russian consulate in New York, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

State Department to Russia: No arresting gay Olympians if we can help it

Joel Gehrke · July 31, 2013 4:00 am