• Read Sen. Katie Britt's full response to the State of the Union

    Read Sen. Katie Britt's full response to the State of the Union

    Mar 08, 2024 04:26 AM EDT

    ... America deserves leaders who recognize that secure borders, stable prices, safe streets, and a strong defense are the cornerstones of a great nation. Just ask yourself, are you better off now than you were three years ago? There is no doubt we’re at a crossroads. We all feel it.

  • WATCH: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says, despite Russia's war, China still top threat to U.S.

    WATCH: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says, despite Russia's war, China still top threat to U.S.

    Oct 27, 2022 03:39 PM EDT

    ... the first time the Pentagon’s three strategy documents — the national defense review, and those governing missile defense and nuclear posture — were developed and released at the same time.The new focus on integrated deterrence comes as the U.S. finds itself at a crossroads where all three legs of ...

  • Colombia's President Duque on environmental terrorism, migration and democracy

    Colombia's President Duque on environmental terrorism, migration and democracy

    Sep 20, 2021 10:30 PM EDT

    ... as more than 80 million people are displaced across the planet. One leader attending the discussions has to contend with many of these problems all at once. President Ivan Duque of Colombia has been in office three years at a crossroads of South and Central America. We spoke a short ...

  • How Gabby Giffords is using music to rewire her brain after being shot

    How Gabby Giffords is using music to rewire her brain after being shot

    Apr 08, 2021 10:25 PM EDT

    ... of preparation. And she sketched in musical and other notation on the script to help Giffords with the delivery. Gabrielle Giffords: We are at a crossroads. Jeffrey Brown: One line in particular gave Giffords trouble. Fabi Hirsch Kruse: "I put one foot in front of the other," which was a ...

  • Harris’ historic first, Obama’s warning and other highlights from DNC Night 3

    Harris’ historic first, Obama’s warning and other highlights from DNC Night 3

    Aug 20, 2020 04:44 PM EDT

    ... shot her in the head in 2011. "Words once came easily; today I struggle to speak, but I have not lost my voice,” Giffords said. “America needs all of us to speak out, even when you have to fight to find the words. We are at a crossroads. We can ...

  • 5 important stories that were lost in last week's news overload

    5 important stories that were lost in last week's news overload

    Feb 20, 2017 10:30 PM EDT

    ... specific timelines for its missions. Comparatively, this would be a rushed addition to a long-planned orbit around the moon, experts told the Post. Experts at a House Committee Hearing on NASA last week showed enthusiasm for the project. But NASA itself is at a crossroads, as The Atlantic wrote ...

  • U.S. has ‘unwavering’ commitment to NATO, Pence says

    U.S. has ‘unwavering’ commitment to NATO, Pence says

    Feb 18, 2017 10:05 PM EDT

    ... its actions in Ukraine and elsewhere." This is exactly what they wanted to hear.  We'll see whether they believe it. SREENIVASAN:  Europe is also at a crossroads right now.  We all remember that the United Kingdom decided to depart the E.U., the Brexit event.  We’ve got a ...

  • Obama in Kenya says country at 'crossroads'

    Obama in Kenya says country at 'crossroads'

    Jul 26, 2015 04:04 PM EDT

    NAIROBI, Kenya -- Declaring Kenya at a "crossroads" between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the nation of his father's birth to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equal citizens, and take responsibility for its future. Closing his historic visit with an address to the ...

  • What challenges remain for Selma 50 years since march?

    What challenges remain for Selma 50 years since march?

    Mar 10, 2015 12:01 AM EDT

    ... civil rights movement that came to define Selma. Fifty years after protesters crossing the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge here changed the civil rights tide for a nation, Selma finds itself at a crossroads again, this time between success and stagnation. Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who, as a young organizer, had ...

  • Obama challenges Arab and Muslim states to fight violent extremism in U.N. address - Part 1

    Obama challenges Arab and Muslim states to fight violent extremism in U.N. address - Part 1

    Sep 24, 2014 11:13 PM EDT

    ... correspondent Margaret Warner is in New York for the U.N. gathering. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States: We come together at a crossroads between war and peace, between disorder and integration, between fear and hope. MARGARET WARNER: That stark statement headlined the president's address on a ...