Asa Hutchinson

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Smash' on NBC

2013-04-05 16:55:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 7 -13, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES My Cat From Hell A deaf and blind cat...

Gun control advocates denounce NRA plan

2012-12-21 10:23:00

WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Assn.’s proposal Friday to finance a National Model School Shield Program in which armed volunteers would be stationed at every school in America was quickly slammed by gun control advocates who accused the...

A defiant NRA calls for armed guards in every school

2012-12-21 09:27:00

WASHINGTON -- In an angry and defiant news conference, National Rifle Assn. Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre on Friday forcefully rejected calls to clamp down on guns in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, arguing instead for a massive...

Weekend Talk Shows for Dec. 22-23: Placido Domingo; Ben Affleck; Adele

2012-12-21 20:00:00

SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Annual political awards. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today Holiday travel; shopping after Christmas; holiday potluck. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...

Homeland Security Chief Ridge Resigns

2004-11-30 12:55:00

Tom Ridge, the nation's first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, announced his resignation today, creating yet another opening for President Bush to fill as he reshapes his administration for a second term. Ridge's departure had been...

Kerik Picked to Lead Homeland Security

2004-12-03 08:03:00

President Bush today named Bernard Kerik, a plain-spoken, street-wise policeman who led New York's police force during the Sept. 11 attacks, as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Bush praised Kerik, who stood at his side in the White House...

The truth about torture

2013-04-21 05:00:00

If there were any remaining doubts that what the CIA did to captured terrorist suspects in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks was torture, a report last week by an independent investigative panel should put them to rest. According to the report by the...

The nation was appalled

2013-04-28 16:29:00

Within past memory some events have profoundly affected Americans. The prisoners taken after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor were forced on a 'death march' up the peninsula. Soldiers and sailors were bayoneted for not keeping pace. A company, or more,...

Torture without excuses

2013-04-21 00:00:00

The autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled down. One of his neck bones was fractured. Death came "as a...

Americans Don't Back School Arms Race

2013-04-05 16:57:00

Good guys vs. bad guys, both sides armed to the teeth. That's how the National Rifle Association views the moral universe. Yes, the group admits, an epidemic of gun violence is plaguing our nation. The reason for it is that good people have disarmed...

Sunday guest list: Jon Hunstman, John McCain, Marty Baron

2013-04-05 08:47:00

The Sunday morning guest list includes familiar names: Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Charles Schumer. But there's also former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman. And Dan Pfeiffer, assistant and senior adviser to President Barack Obama,...

School is a battlefield, and NRA determined to keep it that way

2013-04-05 14:30:05

Former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson announces the recommendations of the NRA-backed National School Shield Program regarding school security during a press conference April 2, 2013 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary, which will review Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report and decide whether and how to proceed further: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Rep. George Gekas (R.

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