by Pete Souza | Jul 24, 2015 | Monitor
Today, President Obama visits Kenya — the 50th country he has visited during his Administration. It’s also my 50th country traveling with the President. To mark the occasion, as I did when the President visited his 50th state, I chose one photograph from each country...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jul 17, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Since Greece’s founding in the 1820s, no hard left wing party has governed the country before SYRIZA came to power in January. There’s one thing about winning an election; another about negotiating a country’s vital interests at the international...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Feb 13, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe You’ve got to wonder what sensitive subjects German Chancellor Angela Merkel was foolishly discussing on her cell phone before Edward Snowden’s revelations confirmed what any seasoned national leader takes for granted: countries spy on allies...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 3, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Years ago when I was educational exchanges officer in the Cultural Section of the US Embassy in Moscow, the KGB routinely bugged our apartments as well as the Embassy. We were also surrounded by a phalanx of KGB operatives who “worked for us”...
by Courtney Corbisiero | Jun 21, 2013 | Monitor
Watch the West Wing Week here. Indiana Fever: The 2012 WNBA champion Indiana Fever was in Washington, D.C., on Friday to visit the White House. President Obama congratulated the team on their winning season and thanked them for their service to communities across the...
