by Kajal Singh | Nov 6, 2014 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube Earlier this afternoon, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for his heroic acts of bravery while serving as an artillery commander during the Civil War. On July 3, 1863, Lieutenant Cushing went above and...
by Ambassador Susan Rice | Oct 10, 2014 | Monitor
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice hosts Palestinian and Israeli kids in a basketball game on the White House basketball court Oct. 9, 2014. The children are in Washington, D.C., on a State Department funded exchange that builds reconciliation and understanding...
by David Hudson | Sep 19, 2014 | Monitor
This week, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Army Command Sergeant Major Bennie G. Adkins and Army Specialist Four Donald P. Sloat, met with National Spelling Bee winners, announced a major increase in our efforts to help fight Ebola in West Africa, gave a...
by Dr. Tiffany McNair | Sep 13, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama signs S. 47, the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013,” (VAWA), which reauthorizes several Violence Against Women Act grant programs through FY 2018; and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 through FY 2017, in the...
by David Hudson | Sep 11, 2014 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube In an address from the State Floor of the White House, President Obama spoke to the nation tonight about ISIL — and our comprehensive strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group. The President reiterated that as...
