USAID

More than 90 percent of the world's opium poppy is produced in Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Despite U.S. efforts, Afghan opium trade thrives

October 30, 2014 9:00 am

Afghan construction workers install steel reinforcement bars on a building to be used by the Afghan National Army in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The site is just one of many construction projects in the capital, where skilled workers earn about $20 per day and laborers earn around $10 daily. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

USAID not collecting ineligible contractor costs

Sarah Bedford -

October 22, 2014 4:02 pm

Cpl. Zachary Wicker shows how to put gloves on while in germ-protective gear in Fort Bliss, Texas, Tuesday, October 14, 2014. About 500 Fort Bliss soldiers are preparing for deployment to West Africa where they will provide support in a military effort to contain the Ebola outbreak. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)

Healthcare

We need an Ebola czar

Jack Kingston -

October 16, 2014 9:00 am

Head of USAID, Rajiv Shah, second, right, inspects a newly built Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The Ebola outbreak that was first identified in March has devastated Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. More than 4,400 deaths have been linked to Ebola so far and even that may be an underestimate, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Healthcare

USAID says Ebola nations following right approach

BOUBACAR DIALLOPAUL SCHEMM -

October 15, 2014 8:55 pm

On Aug. 8, a bipartisan letter signed by Congressional leaders expressed

Inspectors in Afghanistan face ‘obstructionism’ from U.S. officials

Richard Pollock -

September 3, 2014 9:32 pm

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 requiresÃÂ the 72 federal IGs to appoint whistleblower ombudsmen and to disseminate information about the rights of whistleblowers in the federal workforce. (iStock image)

Some IGs slow to publicize whistleblower rights and protections

Mark Tapscott -

August 29, 2014 4:15 pm

Red Alert Politics

Young Americans more likely to blame Israel over Hamas for current crisis in Gaza

Morgan Chalfant -

July 29, 2014 8:45 pm

News

Report finds faults in US housing effort in Haiti

Trenton Daniel -

April 15, 2014 11:44 pm

Afghan policeman take up positions on a road near the scene of an attack by militants in the Torkham area in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Corruption, kidnappings hurt $200m U.S. effort to help Afghanistan collect customs revenue

Michal Conger -

April 15, 2014 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

Hillary Clinton ‘would have loved’ to spend 25% of federal budget on foreign aid

Paul Bedard -

April 3, 2014 4:00 am

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