by Alexander Gupta | Jun 23, 2014 | Monitor
This month marks the official closing of the Transit Center at Manas in north Kyrgyzstan. The Transit Center at Manas was an American air base setup after the September 11th attacks to support the war in Afghanistan. The Kyrgyzstani government ordered the U.S. to...
by David Hudson | May 7, 2014 | Monitor
More than three weeks ago, on the night of April 14, a group of militants kidnapped more than 200 teenage girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. In a video released earlier this week, Abubakar Shekau, who leads the terrorist organization...
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 Lee Sharpe | Nov 18, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Some Right-leaning members of Congress take an all or nothing approach to policy and legislation. To them compromise is a violation of principle with connotations of betrayal and heresy. The martyrdom of starvation is infinitely preferable to...
by Megan Slack | May 24, 2013 | Monitor
Graduates toss hats in the air at conclusion of U.S. Naval Academy commencement at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, May 24, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Today, President Obama delivered the commencement address to...
