by Megan Slack | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
In the first foreign trip of his second term in office, President Obama will visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. The trip is an important opportunity to meet with the new Israeli government and speak to the Israeli people, as well as meet with the Palestinian...
by Christopher Sponn | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
Watch the West Wing Week here. International Courage Awards: Last Friday, the First Lady joined Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department for the International Women of Courage Awards—where nine different women were honored. The event was a...
by Nicholas Cunningham | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
Research on lithium-ion batteries at ANL Today, March 15, President Obama made a speech at the Argonne National Laboratory, outside of Chicago, to promote a clean transportation idea that he trumpeted in his State of the Union address. His idea is to set up an Energy...
by BGen Stephen A. Cheney USMC (Ret.) | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
Yesterday I was with around 300 invited VIP guests at the Pentagon, I watched with admiration and pride as Chuck Hagel was ceremonially sworn in. Coming off a bruising confirmation battle, he had the humility to joke about it and say he came out “a better man.” He...
by August Cole | Mar 15, 2013 | Monitor
The country is at a moment when long-term thinking is needed more than ever, not the month-to-month mindset that Washington currently lives by. American competitiveness depends on breaking out of this tactical political mindset in Congress and at the White House in...