(CNSNews.com) – Republicans lashed out Tuesday at the Obama administration over a news report claiming it airlifted $400 million in foreign currency to Tehran on the same day the regime released five imprisoned Americans.
On that day in January, the U.S. agreed to settle a 37-year-old Iranian legal claim worth $400 million, plus an additional $1.3 billion in interest. The two developments also coincided with the "implementation day" for the nuclear deal struck between Tehran, the U.S. and five other nations.
CAMBRIDGE – The Department of Defense has opened a Boston office for its Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx), an effort to close the military's technology gap while dodging some of the red tape which has historically bound the military-industrial complex.
In his remarks at the opening, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, himself a former Harvard professor, praised Boston as a hub of innovative thinking and innovative technology. DIUx serves as a bridge between U.S. security needs and cutting edge technology developed in the private sector. Carter's hope is that the DIUx will allow the military to bypass much of the Pentagon bureaucracy that stifles innovation, by delving directly into the vast network of entrepreneurs and firms surrounding "innovation hubs" such as Boston, uniting their endeavors with the country's military needs.
