Alaskan Fort Is Last Defense Against Possible North Korea Nuke
Ralph Scott/MDA Public Affairs(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) — In the remote Alaskan wilderness, some 3,800 miles from Pyongyang, North Korea, the United States’ last line of defense against a nuclear warhead from North Korea or Iran stands ready to attack.Fort …
James Holmes’ Defense Witnesses in Colorado Shooting to Testify on ‘Mental State’
Joshua Lott/Getty Images(AURORA, Colo.) — A judge ruled Thursday that public defenders for accused Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes can call two unidentified witnesses at next week’s preliminary hearing to testify about the defenda…
Etan Patz Case: Why the DA Prosecuted Pedro Hernandez
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Towards the end of Pedro Hernandez’ taped confession to kidnapping and killing six-year-old Etan Patz he can be seen kneeling and praying with the detectives who questioned him, ABC News has learned. At that…
Jerry Sandusky Lawyers Lean Toward Putting Him on Stand
Rob Carr/Getty ImagesUPDATE: Jerry Sandusky will not take the stand in his child sex abuse trial, ABC News has learned.
(BELLEFONTE, Pa.) — Jerry Sandusky’s lawyers are leaning toward putting him on the stand in his own defense Wednesday, though the f…
Jerry Sandusky Defense Ignores Detailed Accusations
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(BELLEFONTE, Pa.) — The withering allegations of sex abuse from eight accusers in the Jerry Sandusky trial were largely ignored Monday by Sandusky’s legal team as the defense began telling their side of the story.The defense’s …
Congress Brainstorms Options to Avert Defense and Poverty Cuts
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Back when Congress was trying to reach an agreement to raise the debt limit, leaders from both parties decided they’d only be able to work together with the threat of across-the-board spending cuts hanging ov…
Obama: I’ve Proven Democrats Not ‘Weak on Defense’
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Obama says his administration’s foreign policy over the past three years effectively neutralizes longstanding Republican criticism that Democratic presidents are “weak on defense.”&ld…
GOP Plans to Avoid Automatic Defense Cuts
US Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) — Remember the failure of the debt-reduction supercommittee? Members of Congress do, too — and they are already looking for ways to avoid the devastating, across-the-board spending cuts that will kick in early nex…
New Pentagon Strategy Calls for Leaner, But Still Dominant, Military
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon’s new military strategy unveiled Thursday will result in a “smaller and leaner” military force, but one that President Obama insists will maintain America’s military superiority…
Obama Slashing US Troop Numbers as Part of Defense Strategy
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama will join Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey at the Pentagon on Thursday to announce the new defense strategy going forward.
Altho…