Senators Call On Administration to Stop Student Visa Fraud at ‘Sham’ Universities – Fox News
Several top U.S. senators are calling on the Obama administration to crack down on so-called “sham universities” which serve as a front for getting foreign nationals into the United States on student visas.
Obama Guantanamo Retreat: Maybe Embarrassing But Politically Neutral – NPR It’s All Politics
President Obama’s announcement Monday of a resumption of military trials at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a failure of his campaign pledge to close the site, likely won’t hurt him politically.
IATA calls for intelligent approach to air cargo security – Flightglobal
Improving the security of air cargo consignments must not be achieved at the cost of crippling the industry, says IATA.
The Bouazizi effect and counter-terrorism – Homeland Security Watch
Homeland security in the United States emerged from a dramatic encounter with a perverse sort of martyrdom. Bin Laden’s minions sacrificed themselves to murder innocents. The murders have continued.
Like any movement that spans continents and has millions of affiliates, the global Muslim Brotherhood is hardly a monolithic block. Personal and ideological divisions are common. Divergences emerge on how the movement should try to achieve its goals and, in some cases, even on what those goals should actually be.
The Coast Guard is an integral part of DHS, though it has never gotten its fair share of resources. That is nowhere more the case than when it comes to fulfilling its responsibilities for looking after U.S. interests in the Arctic. DHS Inspector General recently concluded that the Coast Guard has neither sufficient ships nor budgetary authority to accomplish its current missions.
Countries in the Middle East that have been ruled for decades by one person and their respective families and close allies have found their grips on power disappearing. The sheer brutality of these men and their regimes is well documented, but it is more than interesting to watch the actions of the teetering dictators as they look to hold onto what power they have. For all of their faults and countless sins for which these despots must ultimately answer, we know one thing is for sure – their egos remove them from any sense of reality, and when that happens, leadership fails.
With the sad news of the murder of four Americans by Somali pirates off the coast of Africa, the United States and the international community once again have to realize that ignoring the situation in East Africa is not a viable or productive option. For decades, the lawlessness of the area has allowed piracy to become the de facto career choice for young men desperate for money and to do the unthinkable to those who unfortunately come within range of their coastal waters.
When Americans think of “foreign assistance,” they usually think of us helping other countries. Yet, in recent years, other countries have tried to help America in its time of need, with haphazard and embarrassing results. It would be prudent for the United States to develop a reliable process by which to accept help from other countries when it is needed.
A panel discussion on how the digital revolution sparked the popular uprising that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be held Monday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the National Press Club Ballroom.
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