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What are the Pros and Cons in Afghanistan

A counter-insurgency force somewhere between 10 thousand and 80 thousand is what President Obama reportedly has chosen to go to Afghanistan. Truman Project CEO Rachel Kleinfeld says, "These are always difficult. Insurgencies are hard to win, but we've had a lot of success in the Phillipines and we've had a lot of success training other armies as well." However Georgetown University Security Scholar Paul Pillar disagrees saying, "the bigger our footprint, the more military operations with collateral damage."

Tags: technology , Pentagon , Afganistan , Truman Project , Rachel Kleinfeld , Paul Pillar

Friday - 09/30/2011, 10:47am EDT

Report: Universities drive D.C. region's growth

The Washington region's colleges and universities will be a catalyst for the District of Columbia's economic growth over the next decade as the federal government downsizes, a change that should give the institutions more lobbying power, a new report says.

Tags: Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metro , Steven Fuller , George Mason University , American University ,

Friday - 06/03/2011, 11:16am EDT

Appellate panel to hear Va. challenges to health care law

The first big test comes Tuesday for President Obama's health care overhaul, and it will occur in a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va.

Tags: health care , Ken Cuccinelli , 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals , Liberty University , Paul Rothstein

Monday - 05/09/2011, 12:44pm EDT

Armed gunman robs home of Georgetown students

District of Columbia police say they are looking for three men who tied up and beat the occupants of a home during a robbery.

Tags: robbery , D.C. police

Sunday - 05/08/2011, 12:45pm EDT

Georgetown U. student falls 5 stories from dorm window

A Georgetown University freshman is recovering from serious injuries after falling from her fifth floor dorm room.

Tags: Michelle Konkoly , student falls from dorm window

Tuesday - 01/11/2011, 10:27am EST

Two held, one released in Georgetown U. drug lab case

A Georgetown University student and a visitor to the campus are being held without bond after police found an alleged drug lab in a dorm room last weekend.

Tags: drug lab , drug , John Perrone , Charles Smith , John Romano , Andrew Mollenbeck , Neal Augenstein , Gary Emerling

Monday - 10/25/2010, 04:54pm EDT

Former G'Town basketball standout shot in Bowie

Charles E. Smith IV was shot in a home on the 13200 block of Landale's Hope Way around 12:20 p.m. Thursday. Smith was taken to an area hospital where he is listed in critical but stable condition.

Tags: shooting , Bowie , Charles Smith , Prince George's County Police

Friday - 10/22/2010, 03:58pm EDT

Tech Council: U.S. can save $1 trillion by streamlining technology

A report by the Technology CEO Council offers ways the government can streamline technology and says these methods could save the government $1 trillion over the next decade. Michael R. Nelson, visiting professor of Internet Studies at Georgetown University, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the report's recommendations.

Tags: Technology CEO Council , technology , e-government , Michael Nelson , Dorobek Insider

Tuesday - 10/12/2010, 12:43pm EDT
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