Barbara Mikulski

Type: Person

Name: Barbara Mikulski

Title: Senator - Maryland (USA)

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Naval Academy charges 3 in assault

The Naval Academy charged three football players on Wednesday in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place last year at an off-campus party, the latest in a rash of such cases that have embarrassed the armed services and put them under ... [Published Politico - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Sexual Assault, Assault, Military/Armed Forces

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Mikulski Joins in Dedicating Statue in U.S. Capitol to Civil Rights Leader and Marylander Frederick Douglass

Born in Maryland, Frederick Douglass is widely considered the father of the civil rights movementWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today joined a ceremony dedicating a statue to Frederick Douglass, widely considered to be the father ... [Published U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Frederick Douglass, Barbara Mikulski, Kenneth Morris, United States, Civil Rights

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

US Naval Academy

Mikulski backs oversight of military academies

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski has called on the Pentagon to increase oversight and accountability of military service academy superintendents in response to increasing rates of sexual assaults.Mikulski wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ... [Published Chambersburg Public Opinion - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Barbara Mikulski, Military/Armed Forces, Sexual Assault, Michael Miller, US Naval Academy

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

John Kerry

U.S. senators seek review of spending in Honduras

_ MEXICO CITY -- Alarmed by what they call troubling reports of human rights atrocities in Honduras, 21 U.S. senators are calling on the Obama administration to review how U.S. money is being spent in support of possibly abusive security forces.In a letter ... [Published Chicago Tribune - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Honduras, United States, John Kerry, DUE PROCESS

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Duncan Hunter

GOP lawmaker asks GAO to review overclassification

A Republican lawmaker is asking the Government Accountability office to conduct a new study examining the government’s classification systems.Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) requested the new GAO study after the recent leaks of the NSA’s phone and Internet ... [Published The Hill - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Duncan Hunter, Republican Party (US), US National Security Agency

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Lori's views outside the Catholic mainstream

Archbishop William E. Lori writes that religious freedom is under threat in the United States by the exclusion of religious values from public life ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June 16). This is difficult to understand in Maryland where ... [Published Baltimore Sun - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Catholic, Contraception, Michael E. Busch, Religion, William E. Lori

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Senate Panel Backs More Money for VA Claims Hardware and Overtime

The Senate Appropriations Committee panel that handles funding for the Veterans Affairs Department and military construction added $20 million to VAs 2014 budget request to buy additional hardware for the Veterans Benefits Management System, its automated ... [Published Nextgov.com - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Barbara Mikulski, Baltimore (Maryland, United States), Military Construction, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Edward Snowden: Congress Has Immunity from Spying, But You Don’t

I’ll admit from the start that the Snowden chat at the Guardian was a brilliant journalistic and technical feat. At the same time, it’s clear that Snowden is still closely following the news, and presumably shaping his answers for maximal political ... [Published Crooks and Liars - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Immunity, US National Security Agency, Edward Snowden

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Reporter?s Notebook: How old is Ike Leggett?

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will be a year older next month. Or two years older, depending on how you look at it. Sort of. Funny story.When Leggett was born at a clinic in rural Texas in 1945, he wasn’t given a birth certificate, according ... [Published Gazette.net - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Barbara Mikulski, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Data Mining, Southern University, Dan Coats

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Mikulski comes to the aid of student loans

Total student debt is now the second largest form of consumer debt at $1 trillion: more than debt from auto loans and credit cards, and only surpassed by mortgages.According to some legislators, the burgeoning student debt rate has not only harmed individual ... [Published Sentinel Newspapers - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Barbara Mikulski, student loan, Higher Education, Taxes

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Congress grills NSA chief Keith Alexander about spying

(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Increasingly uneasy senators subjected Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, to a tough grilling Wednesday as congressional concern grew over his agency’s cybersnooping.Alexander tried to set a gentle tone. ... [Published Morris Daily Herald - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Keith B Alexander, US National Security Agency, Surveillance, Mike Johanns, Barbara Mikulski

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Senator Barbara Mikulski Calls Out Reporter’s Tweet In Real Time On The Congress Floor

Twitter took the limelight in Congress yesterday.Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called out a BuzzFeed Politics reporter?s tweets in real time. Here?s the deal. Mikulski?s Twitter reference occurred ... [Published Media Bistro - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Barbara Mikulski, Dianne Feinstein, BuzzFeed, Twitter

Quotes

"Frederick Douglass was a tireless fighter for freedom and equality," Senator Mikulski said. "as the father of the civil rights movement, he led the charge for freedom for those who could not fight themselves. from the fields of slavery on maryland's eastern shore to the halls of the white house as an advisor to president abraham lincoln, frederick douglass truly lived his iconic words, 'if there is no struggle, there is no progress.' this fitting tribute to the legacy of frederick douglass will inspire future generations through the perseverance and determination of this great marylander and american."

Mikulski Joins in Dedicating Statue in U.S. Capitol to Civil Rights Leader and Marylander Frederi ... [Published U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski - 2 hours ago]

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