Tag: Nation

US officials cite security steps for Sochi Games

Washington Examiner · January 25, 2014 12:32 am

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2012 file photo, U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Michael Miller poses for photographs after the Army-Navy NCAA college football game in Philadelphia. Miller is set to testify Friday as part of a hearing for a student charged in a sexual assault case. Lawyers for the student say political pressure influenced Miller, to pursue charges against the student, Joshua Tate of Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

US Naval Academy head testifies in DC

Jessica Gresko · January 24, 2014 11:10 pm

National Security

Hagel says ‘something is wrong’ with nuke force

Robert Burns · January 24, 2014 10:52 pm

Bloomberg: Immigration reform key to GOP future

Donna Cassata · January 24, 2014 10:22 pm

In this Oct. 30, 2013, photo, David Simas, Deputy Senior Adviser for Communications and Strategy, left, and Rob Nabors, Deputy Chief of Staff accompany President Barack Obama to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he travels to Boston to speak about the federal health care law. Obama is bringing back an internal White House political office as this year's congressional election approaches. Obama announced Jan. 24, 2014, that he's named Simas, a top adviser grappling with problems with his health care rollout, to oversee a new Office of Political Strategy and Outreach.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama brings back a White House political office

Nedra Pickler · January 24, 2014 9:28 pm

State of Union: A speech its writers love to hate

Nancy Benac · January 24, 2014 7:57 pm

US envoy seeking China’s help with North Korea

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 6:54 pm

Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi damage an area on a street as they protest against the government in Cairo's Nasr City district, Egypt, Friday, Jan, 24, 2014. A string of bombings hit police around Cairo on Friday, including a car blast that ripped through the city's main police headquarters and wrecked a nearby museum of Islamic artifacts. Later in the day, anti-Islamist residents joined police in clashes with Brotherhood members holding their daily protests in multiple cities around the country. (AP Photos/El Shorouk newspaper, Sabry Khaled) EGYPT OUT

US condemns deadly bombings in Egyptian capital

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 6:21 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. A defense official says Hagel is going to summon the military's most senior leaders to the Pentagon to discuss serious missteps, leadership lapses and personnel problems in the U.S. nuclear force. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Hagel vows to get to bottom of nuke missile ills

Robert Burns · January 24, 2014 1:52 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos have made it a top priority to push to reshape the global economy and cut global warming by shifting to cleaner energy sources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Talks with Iran over nuclear program face dilemma

BRADLEY KLAPPERJULIE PACE · January 24, 2014 8:56 am

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter talk before President Barack Obama arrives to speak at a reception for the U.S. Conference of Mayors in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

School chiefs seek to address privacy concerns

Kimberly Hefling · January 24, 2014 7:53 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to transport large amounts of crude oil, U.S. and Canadian accident investigators urged their governments to take a series of safety measures. The oil train derailed and exploded near Casselton, N.D., creating intense fires. The accident occurred about a mile outside the town, and no one was hurt. Rail lines run through and alongside the town. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

NTSB: Oil train crash risks ‘major loss of life’

Joan Lowy · January 24, 2014 1:44 am