NEW YORK-The United Nations human rights chief warned today that Syria could descend into civil war as more members of the armed forces defect, noting that nearly 1,000 of the estimated 4,000 people who have died in the bloody crackdown on protesters have been members of the security forces.
WASHINGTON – A former employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stationed in Baghdad, Iraq, was sentenced today in the Eastern District of Virginia to 20 months in prison for conspiring to receive bribes from Iraqi contractors involved in the U.S.-funded reconstruction efforts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-Alaskan Congressman Don Young reintroduced his legislation,H.R. 3604, the Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. This legislation would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to allow approximately 2,800 Alaska Natives who served in Vietnam and missed an earlier opportunity because of that service, to reapply for their Native allotment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced the “#MyAKTree†holiday campaign, inviting Alaskans to share pictures of their household Christmas trees on her Facebook page and via her Twitter account.