by David Hudson | Mar 18, 2014 | Monitor
Click here to see the photo gallery. This afternoon, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans in recognition of their valor during major combat operations in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Each veteran honored today had...
by Patrick Ventrell | Nov 29, 2013 | Monitor
Click here to see the photo gallery. On her first foreign trip as National Security Advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice spent three and a half days in Afghanistan to thank our troops and civilians around the holidays, and assess the situation on the ground. ...
by Zara Rahim | Nov 12, 2013 | Monitor
This Veterans Day, the President honored those, past and present, who put on the uniform of the United States military and put their lives on the line. President Barack Obama greets Richard Overton, with Earlene Love-Karo, in the Blue Room of the White House, Nov. 11,...
by Lynn Rosenthal | Sep 13, 2013 | Monitor
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). As the original author and champion of VAWA, Vice President Biden brought national attention to what had too-long been a hidden problem. Then-Senator Biden held the first hearing on violence...
by Zara Rahim | Sep 11, 2013 | Monitor
Today, we honor those who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001. At 8:46 AM, the time that the first plane struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center, President Obama was joined by the Vice President, the First Lady, Dr. Biden, and White House staff on the...