WASHINGTON — Following President Obama’s direction to hold annual oil and gas lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Tuesday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold its second oil and gas lease sale in the past year on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, […]
MARINE COPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Charges against two Marines were referred to trial by courts-martial Sept. 21 for their alleged involvement in urinating on deceased Taliban fighters and for posing for unofficial photographs with human casualties in Afghanistan.
On Saturday, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination of Kevin Washburn for the position of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within the Department of the Interior.
U.S. State Department spokesman Philippe Reines says it is "disgusting" that news channel CNN has reported on the contents of the diary of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, despite objections from the diplomat's family.