Tag Archives: Women in combat

FBI Suspects Terror, Women in Combat

Friday, December 4, 2015

Armed and Dangerous: The FBI is treating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. as a potential case of terrorism but has come to no conclusions. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the suspects Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen …

Judge Says It’s Legal, Newtown Docs Released

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Nation: A federal judge in New York ruled that the NSA’s surveillance of phone calls is legal and vital to defense against terrorism. Federal Judge William Pauley threw out a petition by the American Civil Liberties Union. He wrote that, …

Karzai Hesitates, “To Be a Harvard Man”

Thursday, November 21, 2013

National: The US has reached a security agreement that could keep troops in Afghanistan until 2024 and send billions of dollars in assistance. About 10,000 to 12,000 American troops would stay in Afghanistan to provide training and counter-terrorism assistance. That …

Women in Combat, It’s a Croc

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Women to the Front: Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce today that he is lifting the ban on women in combat. It may take until 2016 to integrate women into all aspects of the military, including front …