by John Podesta | Apr 3, 2014 | Monitor
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosts a roundtable meeting with defense ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2, 2014. (DoD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) As this week’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 21, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis It’s been more than a week since Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Yolanda) devastated the central Philippines leaving cities, villages, fields, roads, people and coconut plantations destroyed in its wake. This is the 26th tropical...
by Marcin Michniowski | Nov 14, 2013 | Monitor
U.S. carrier starts Philippine storm relief as Aquino comes under pressure Stuart Grudgings / Reuters A U.S. aircraft carrier “strike group” started unloading food and water to the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Thursday, as President Benigno...
by Joshua Miller | Nov 13, 2013 | Monitor
National Security and the Philippine Typhoon Andrew Holland Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the USS George Washington and her battle group to the Philippines to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the typhoon. Already, about 90 U.S. Marines...
by Farhad Mirzadeh | Nov 12, 2013 | Monitor
Dutch ask sea tribunal to free Greenpeace activists Reuters A Dutch ship with Greenpeace advocates was seized by Russian authorities. The Dutch government is attempting to use the Law of the Sea Treaty to resolve the issue. Egypt’s Christians close ranks as...
