by Valerie Jarrett | Mar 22, 2013 | Monitor
Ed. note: The full text of the op-ed by Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett is printed below. The piece is published today on BET.com and can be found HERE. Today, General Lloyd Austin became the first African-American to lead the U.S. Central...
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 14, 2013 | Monitor
Here’s an indicator of how the U.S. military considers northern and eastern Africa the next major battlefield of the ongoing war on terrorism. “Countering violent extremist groups” will be the “first priority” of the U.S. Africa Command,...
by Megan Slack | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
Two years after his visit to Fort Bliss that marked the end of the combat mission in Iraq, President Obama returned there today to speak to the troops, and discuss his commitment to standing by those who served as the nation winds down the wars in Iraq and...