As a stay-at-home mother, Lisa Guernsey occupied her 18-month-old and three-year-old children with a screen when she needed to deal with someone on the phone, or cook dinner, or even just steal five minutes for a cup of coffee. Worried that she might be harming them, she began investigating the AAP's decree.
Hundreds of thousands of documents were made public. So, what happened? What was the fall-out? We talk to Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large at The Atlantic, to find out more. Article 32 Military Hearing Held For Bradley Manning At Fort Meade.
Joe Mathews, California editor of Zocalo Public Square, said the media has trouble keeping tabs on all local governments because small town residents have no incentive to pay attention. Local officials have neither the power to raise revenue or set tax ...
"He's still missing and we don't know where he is," Steve Clemons, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, told KPCC. "It's clear he's out of business for the most part." NATO vowed to keep up its air campaign until all pro-Gadhafi forces ...
Libyans across Tripoli are celebrating as rebels continue their fight to take control of the city. No word on Moammar Gadhafi's location but it's widely expected he will not hold on to power much longer. So what's next for the rebels and what role will the US have in the transition? Steve Clemons, senior editor at the New America Foundation, joins us with more.
Anatol Lieven, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and author of the new book Pakistan: A Hard Country, disputed Wright's conclusion. "I don't think Pakistan has an interest in keeping this crisis going," he said of the war on ...
In Libya Monday, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes were hitting rebel positions around a key oil port. Demonstrators say they need outside help if they're going to succeed in overthrowing Gadhafi. What does this mean for U.S involvement? Should the U.S. impose a no fly zone? Foreign policy expert Steve Clemons joins us from the New America Foundation.
Should public employees shift from traditional pension plans to private sector-like 401(k) plans? That’s a model that’s being proposed across the nation in the wake of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s efforts to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights and require contributions from them toward their pensions. Joe Mathews weighs in on whether a scheme like this would fly in California.
Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating in the streets in the Eastern part of Libya, where the opposition has control. Protesters are closing in on Tripoli, but not without a fight. Militias supporting Moammar Gaddafi opened fire on protesters outside mosques, killing at least 4 people. Gadhafi has blamed al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden for the uprising in his country. Al Qaeda leaders have been notably silent since revolutions began in Tunisia and Egypt. What will the unrest mean for Al Qaeda? We turn to Brian Fishman, an Al Qaeda and counter-terrorism expert at the New America Foundation.
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