Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and his counterpart from the Czech Republic yesterday signed an agreement that prepares the way for the two nations to collaborate in developing science and technology programs. In a ceremony held at the U.S. mission to NATO in Brussels, Belgium, Gates and Czech Defense Minister Martin Bartak signed [...]

Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday announced the arrest of more than 2,200 individuals on drug-related charges in the United States and the seizure of more than 74.1 tons of illegal drugs as part of a 22-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation known as Project Deliverance. “This interagency, cross-border operation has been our most extensive, and most [...]

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Ben Bernanke expressed optimism for the future of the U.S. economic and financial conditions in his address to the House Budget Committee. Bernanke called the pace of the economic recovery “moderate” since the end of 2009, and he does not see this slow climb [...]

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius applauded the Governor of New York David A. Paterson for the signing of  legislation which will authorize the states to review and approve health insurance premiums to limit them from rising. The new law will require insurers to contact their State Insurance Department before they attempt to institute [...]

President Barack Obama applauded the new sanctions imposed on Iran by the United Nations Security Council for its failure to live up to its  obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The sanctions will restrict Iran’s nuclear activities, its ballistic missile program and its conventional military. These sanctions, which are the strictest that have ever been, [...]

At the Asia Society Washington’s 23 annual awards dinner, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen accepted the Public Policy award on behalf of the U.S. military. In his address to the more than 20 diplomats present from Asian nations, Mullen cited the importance of strengthening ties and collaboration and expressed [...]

Chief of Naval Operations ADM Gary Roughead delivered the opening remarks at the 2010 Current Strategy Forum at the Naval War College in Rhode Island. Before heading to Hawaii to meet his Japanese counterpart, Roughead addressed the current status of Naval operations and future issues to come. He explained the current global partnerships at sea [...]

President Barack Obama held a televised town hall meeting to clear up some remaining confusion about what the new healthcare reform means to the United States’ elderly citizens. In the meeting, which took place at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Md., Obama reminded seniors the new Affordable Care Act means greater savings [...]

The federal government has given Maryland’s health IT plan the go-ahead, making the state one of three recipients of recent approvals from the Department of Health and Human Services to develop health records exchange. Washington Business Journal reported the state will now be able to begin spending part of the nearly $25 million in Recovery [...]

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with British defense leader Liam Fox in London and discussed the funding of their evolving military strategies in the midst of weak financial economic conditions. Gates explained in a press conference he will examine how the department is allocating expenses and hopes reductions will take place in other [...]