by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jul 24, 2014 | Monitor
Air Algerie flight crashes en route to Algiers Al Jazeera A missing Air Algerie flight en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers has crashed, an Algerian aviation official confirmed. I tis unclear if anyone survived the crash. It’s not just about the Malaysian...
by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jul 14, 2014 | Monitor
On July 10th, the House Armed Services Committee held their latest in a series of hearings focused on acquisition reform. Frank Kendall, the DOD Undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, testified at the hearing, along with Stephanie Barna, Deputy...
by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jul 8, 2014 | Monitor
Iraq VP To U.S.: Stay Out of Our War Josh Rogin / Daily Beast ISIS is only one small part of a larger Sunni revolt in Iraq that sectarian groups have been preparing for years, according to Iraq’s exiled Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi. And defeating ISIS...
by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jun 30, 2014 | Monitor
Ukraine crisis: Leaders to hold more talks amid clashes BBC The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France are to hold more talks to resolve the conflict in east Ukraine. Germany and France have urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to extend a ceasefire...
by Victoria Burnside Clapp | Jun 18, 2014 | Monitor
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed a unilateral ceasefire today after a late-night discussion on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Poroshenko and Putin focused their dialogue on ending the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian...