Tag: Pete Kasperowicz

The VA on Monday put out a bid on a small business to take up pest-monitoring duties for the VA's Illiana Health Care System in Danville, Ill. (AP Photo)

VA has bed bug problem in major Illinois hospital

Pete Kasperowicz · August 16, 2016 4:47 pm

Aetna slashes Obamacare participation by two-thirds

Pete Kasperowicz · August 16, 2016 1:03 am

As more and more of our colleagues telework or work remotely, it's even more important that we find ways to make them fully included partners in the work we do every day," Rebeca Ayers of OPM wrote. (AP Photo)

Feds encouraged to talk about favorite tattoos, books during work

Pete Kasperowicz · August 15, 2016 9:16 pm

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted in the Russian press saying that the U.S. and Russia were close to launching a joint operation to defeat terrorists in Syria. (AP Photo)

National Security

State Dept.: Ask Russia, not U.S., about joint operation in Syria

Pete Kasperowicz · August 15, 2016 6:51 pm

Most of these bills are non-controversial and pass easily, but the few dozen that have become law this year show just how difficult it is to find these non-controversial ideas.

Meet the 34 lawmakers who actually managed to pass bills this year

Pete Kasperowicz · August 8, 2016 4:01 am

U.S. has now taken in about 80 percent of the 10,000 Syrian refugees it has vowed to accept. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

National Security

Kerry: U.S. has taken in 8,000 Syrian refugees

Pete Kasperowicz · August 4, 2016 10:24 pm

"What I've done is ... try to screen out folks who seem to have a propensity for violence," Obama said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama defends move to free 53 felons with gun charges

Pete Kasperowicz · August 4, 2016 9:58 pm

"Once again, I want to urge the American people to call their members of Congress and tell them to do their job," said President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama asks Americans to pressure Congress on Zika

Pete Kasperowicz · August 4, 2016 9:15 pm

National Security

Spokesman erupts in laughter after claiming State Dept. is transparent

Pete Kasperowicz · August 4, 2016 6:50 pm

He said in the end a free press is healthy because it helps identify real problems that need to be fixed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Free press ‘frustrating’ sometimes

Pete Kasperowicz · August 3, 2016 8:36 pm

"There was no linkage between the settlement and the freeing of these Americans," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

State: ‘No linkage’ between $400M payment and freed hostages

Pete Kasperowicz · August 3, 2016 6:41 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said President Obama told him in 2013 that he doesn't want to talk publicly about the national debt in great detail because it would make people "scared." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator: Obama says talking about the debt makes people ‘scared’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 3, 2016 1:13 pm