Tag: National

Alcatraz: Should Congress Turn Part of a National Park Back Into a Prison?

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President Richard Nixon, a native Californian, promoted an idea in 1972 to turn an iconic stretch of California’s coastline into a national park. It would include the headlands around the Golden Gate and two nearby islands. One was Angel Island, and the other was Alcatraz—where a federal prison had been permanently closed nine years earlier. On Feb. 8, 1972, Nixon sent a message to Congress. “I propose legislation to establish a Golden Gate National Recreation Area in and around San Francisco Bay,” he said. “Altogether, the area would encompass some…

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Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council

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The national security adviser seemed at a loss. It fell to Michael Waltz to explain to handpicked members of his staff this month why the president had ordered their dismissal after a meeting with Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who rose to prominence by making incendiary anti-Muslim claims and who last year shared a video that labeled 9/11 an “inside job.” “He was upset and couldn’t explain it,” a person familiar with Waltz’s reaction told me. But the abrupt dismissals shouldn’t have come as a surprise at the National Security…

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Five years after congressional report, national service recommendations face test

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A bipartisan congressional commission released its recommendations to strengthen all forms of service to meet the country’s needs just as COVID shut down the country in 2020. Now, five years later, Congress received an update on progress and unfinished business. Federal News Network’s Terry Gerton spoke with Dr. Joe Heck, the former chair of the Commission on the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to get his take on how times have changed and why his recommendations still matter. Interview transcript: Joe…

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Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals

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On Monday night, a 5 to 4 majority of the Supreme Court not only dissolved the controversial temporary restraining orders issued by Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, but the high court, in essence, took the case away from him. So much for any pending action by Boasberg to hold the government in contempt for deporting to El Salvador the gangbangers of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a vicious Venezuelan drug cartel that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization. On March 14,…

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Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move. Senior military leaders were informed Thursday of the firing of Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, who also oversaw the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, the officials said. They received no advance notice about the decision to remove a four-star general with a 33-year career in intelligence and cyber operations, according to the officials, who…

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New Year’s Day terror attacks add urgency to Trump’s plans to reprioritize national security

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President-elect Donald Trump has long warned that the Biden administration was not fortifying the country against Islamic terrorism on U.S. soil and, for his supporters, Sunday’s attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas hammered the point home. The Washington Times stories: White House

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