State Department Has Rocky History of Managing Guard Contracts
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 13th, 2009 4:33 am by HL
State Department Has Rocky History of Managing Guard Contracts
In 2005, the State Department hired a Northern Virginia company to provide security for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. Diplomats quickly became concerned about whether the new guards, who barely spoke English, could protect such a sensitive site. “They had serious problems,” recalled Ronald E….
The Take: Obama Must Look Beyond His Party, Reclaim Independents
The most immediate task at hand for President Obama in his drive to win enactment of health-care legislation is to bring together members of his party behind a single piece of legislation. That is the first step toward a more important political objective, which is to rebuild his and the Democrats’…
In Climate Change Debate, McCain Largely Disengages as Kerry Goes Full Throttle
As climate change reemerges as an issue in the national policy debate, it may help define the legislative legacies of two men who once vied for the White House: Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Va. Gubernatorial Race: Fact Checker
If you believe a new TV ad circulating in Roanoke and Bristol last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell supported $180 million in electric power rate increases when he was attorney general.
Spirited Obama Rallies Supporters to Regain Ground Lost in Health-Care Fight
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 12 — Recapturing the energy of his brightest days on the campaign trail, President Obama attempted Saturday to pull his signature health-care initiative out of the summer doldrums with a plea for help from thousands of his most dedicated supporters.