by Lea Prohov | Oct 26, 2012 | Monitor
Watch the West Wing Week here. Here’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov: Hurricane Sandy: The Hurricane is currently moving away from the Bahamas and toward the East Coast of the United States. Forecasters with the National...
by Matt Compton | Oct 26, 2012 | Monitor
President Barack Obama receives an update on the ongoing response to Hurricane Sandy during a conference call with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, Dr. Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Center, and John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland...
by Noah Shachtman | Sep 5, 2012 | Monitor
An Air Force Reaper drone on patrol over Afghanistan. Photo: USAF 29 dead in a little over a week. Nearly 200 gone this year. The White House is stepping up its campaign of drone attacks in Yemen, with four strikes in eight days. And not even the slaying of 10...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 8, 2012 | Monitor
White House Counterterrorism advisor John Brennan and President Obama visit FEMA headquarters in 2009. Photo: FEMA Does this sound familiar? The U.S. fears al-Qaida filling the security vacuum in a distant, unfamiliar country with a weak government. While the U.S....