Governor Bill Walker informed President Barack Obama and his administration of Alaska’s energy-rich potential in a series of briefings at the White House on Fri., Dec. 5. Governor Walker and six other newly elected governors from Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas met in the White House with President Obama and his Cabinet […]
After almost two years in the chief chair in the defense department, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced his decision to resign from the post on Monday. Calling Hagel a “steady hand” and “no ordinary defense secretary.” Obama announced Hagel’s decision at the White House with both the secretary and Vice President Joe Biden at his […]
A plane from the U.S. Air Force picked up American, Jeffrey Fowle after his release from detention in North Korea on Tuesday, according to officials at the State Department. An U.S. Air Force jet set down at the Pyongyang Airport this morning. Fowle was arrested and detained this spring after he left a bible at a restaurant/bar […]
Omar Gonzalez, the man who climbed over the fence at the White House, ran across the grounds and made entry through the north doors of the building, now faces additional charges after a grand jury indictment brought “Two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, and one District of Columbia count of unlawful possession […]