
Allen raises issue with defense cuts
Republican Senate candidate George Allen went on the attack on the Obama administration on Monday on a key Republican talking point regarding defense budget cuts.

Republican Senate candidate George Allen went on the attack on the Obama administration on Monday on a key Republican talking point regarding defense budget cuts.

The effort by a Republican front group to attack President Barack Obama on his handling of the raid on 9/11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden elicited a response from the Obama campaign delivered by Rob Diamond, the director of a group named National Veterans and Military Families Vote

Budget decisions in Washington come home to roost right here close to home. And the impact can be devastating.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia announced today that it has written to the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, Richard Holcomb, asking him to confirm that young people granted “deferred action” status by Immigration Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security will be eligible for Virginia driver’s licenses and IDs

U.S. Sens. Jim Webb Mark R. Warner announced the introduction of The Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012, or the OPEN Act, on Wednesday

One might reasonably expect Lisa Schirch, a research professor with EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), to believe that the best the American military can do in Afghanistan is simply get out of Afghans’ way as they rebuild their country

The Democratic members of Virginia’s congressional delegation backed out of a scheduled Wednesday meeting with Gov. Bob McDonnell after the governor’s office scheduled a Republicans-only news conference at the conclusion of the meeting

President Obama talks to voters at a campaign event in Virginia Beach on Friday

Sen. Jim Webb introduced a concurrent resolution this week in support of a memorial to honor the members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers

Republican Senate nomination candidate George Allen greeted families and spoke at the FACES of Coal rally in Abingdon hosted by the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security
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