Defense civilian employees face 11 days of furlough

Monday, May 20, 2013

Faced with $37 billion in sequester cuts for fiscal year 2013, the Department of Defense will furlough its civilian employees for 11 days from July through September.

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Transcript: Professor Rosa Brooks’s testimony on drones & targeted killing – Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on April 23, 2013

Monday, May 6, 2013

Partial transcript of testimony by Rosa Brooks, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, on the “Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counter-Terrorism Implications of Targeted Killing”. The…

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GOP lawmakers demand Boston bombing suspect be designated an “enemy combatant”

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Several prominent GOP lawmakers have called for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, to be designated an “enemy combatant”, implying that the law of war…

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Transcript: Sen. Susan Collins’s Q&A on the nomination of John Brennan as CIA Director

Monday, February 11, 2013

Transcribed & edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of Sen. Susan Collins’s Q&A on the nomination of White House Counter-Terrorism Adviser John Brennan as the next CIA Director….

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Transcript: Clinton’s response to Sen. Chris Coons’s question the U.S. role in North Africa

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Transcribed and edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of Q&A between Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the attacks against the U.S. consulate in…

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List of 138 countries that voted in favor of U.N. ‘Non-Member Observer State’ status for Palestine

Saturday, December 1, 2012

List of the 138 countries that voted in favor of the U.N. General Assembly Resolution to accord Palestine “Non-Member Observer State” status on Nov. 29, 2012: 

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Third presidential debate transcript: President Barack Obama on Pakistan & violent extremism

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Edited by Jenny Jiang Excerpts from the third and final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida on Oct. 22, 2012 Transcript of President Barack Obama’s…

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Transcript: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Editor’s note: English translation provided by C-SPAN. Transcript does not include introductory remarks, prayers and acknowledgements in the first 4 minutes of Morsi’s speech.   Transcript of Egyptian President…

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Transcript: Testimony of NCTC Director Matthew Olsen before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript of remarks by National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on Sept. 19, 2012: “Thank you…

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State Department releases 2012 report on human trafficking & slavery

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
SOURCE: U.S. Department of State

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday called on the global community to step up efforts to combat human trafficking and to help eradicate slavery worldwide. 

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