The president-elect of Russia, Vladimir Putin said he was ready to go as far as needed to develop better ties between his country and the United States. However, he is willing to do that as long as the relationship between the two is equal. In a meeting that was closed-door with Tom Donilon, a top security aide for President Barack Obama, Putin discussed different bilateral relations. The two met at... 

On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton the U.S. Secretary of State arrived in Beijing to have high level economic and strategic talks with the Chinese government. However, those talks were close to being overshadowed by the recent escape from house arrest of blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng. The activist, 40-year old lawyer has exposed forced sterilizations and abortions, as part of the one-child... 

While holed up in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Osama bin Laden schemed to assassinate President Barack Obama to trigger a crisis in the United States. Included in his assassination plans was General David Petraeus. Last May when the U.S. attacked the compound where bin Laden was hiding, they found materials that showed that the leader of al-Qaeda was regularly ordering new attacks, including the two assassinations... 

The Transportation Safety Administration has had its share of problems this year and they seem to be mounting each week. Last week the agency received criticism after two current and two former screeners for the agency were arrested for allegedly helping the flow of drugs to pass security checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport. The latest problems with the agency reveal the uncertainty that... 

Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security Secretary, said that the scandal in Cartagena, Colombia involving prostitutes and secret service agents did not cause any risk to the President of the United States. She made her comments to a Senate panel on Wednesday. She faced questioning for the first time since the prostitution scandal erupted in early April. She testified in front of the Senate Judiciary... 

An extensive investigation is taking place, says Wal-Mart into compliance with federal law that prohibits companies based in the U.S. to bribe officials of foreign countries. Wal-Mart released the statement after an article in the New York Times was published Saturday online that alleged that executives of the huge retailer concealed a bribery scheme, involving its division in Mexico, in its Bentonville,... 

For a number of years the military has been trying to have a missile shield system that would help to eliminate any danger from the type of missiles that North Korean launched on Friday. However, over 60 years and $274 billion later it still is not set up. Many missile experts say it is not even close to being completed. The launch that failed on Friday, North Korean time, was believed by many to be... 

A number of Secret Service officers and agents sent ahead of the trip of President Barack Obama to Cartagena, Colombia have been relieved of duty and sent home. There was alleged misconduct involving prostitution by the agents and officers. Close to a dozen Secret Service officers and agents are under investigation due to the findings that say they returned to their hotel with a number of prostitutes... 

On Sunday, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the remarks Mitt Romney made last week that America’s main foe is Russia. Clinton called Romney’s words dated and said there were other more important matters of global concern. Romney last Monday, said Russia was the primary enemy the U.S. had. He called them a geopolitical foe because they were on the U.N. Security Council and... 

Aides to President Obama say he had not made a final decision whether he will use oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help battle the increase in gas prices. However, a number of analysts expect he will tap into them. Chris Van Hollen a Democrat in the House of Representatives said Obama has talked with a number of oil-producing countries and they collectively have worked out a strategy to...