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Kellan Howell

Kellan Howell is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering defense and national security. Originally from Williamsburg, Virginia, Kellan graduated from James Madison University where she received bachelor's degrees in media arts and design and international affairs with a concentration in western European politics.
During her time at JMU, she interned for British technology and business news website "ITPro" in London and worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Guardian. She was also an executive editor of 22807, a new student magazine covering arts and culture in the JMU community.
Kellan can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Kellan Howell

RNC ramps up military outreach ahead of Veterans Day

The Republican National Committee on Wednesday officially launched a new voter outreach program targeting what GOP officials say is an underrepresented demographic: veterans.

November 4, 2015

More troops suffer from PTSD, still lack access to mental health care: survey

More than three in four soldiers say they are struggling to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq but getting mental health care remains a struggle for them, according to a new survey released Wednesday by the Wounded Warrior Project.

November 4, 2015

Iran marks anniversary of U.S. Embassy takeover with anti-American rallies, flag burnings

Thousands gathered in Tehran on Wednesday, setting American flags and effigies of President Barack Obama on fire as Iran marked the 36th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the capital city's U.S. Embassy.

November 4, 2015

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: ‘Death to America’ chants refers to U.S. policies, not people

Chants of "Death to America" frequently shouted at anti-American rallies in Iran are not a threat to the American people, but rather U.S. policies, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme religious leader, said on Tuesday.

November 3, 2015

Russia: Keeping Assad in Syria ‘not critical’

Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it doesn't matter whether embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad stays in power, saying the decision rests with the Syrian people.

November 3, 2015

Syrian rebels parade caged men and women as human shields against Russian airstrikes

A group of anti-Assad rebels in Syria this week paraded kidnapped pro-Assad men and women in cages outside Damascus, using them as human shields against Russian air strikes.

November 3, 2015

Cinemark theater chain bans masks, face paint, light sabers for ‘Star Wars’ premiere

"Star Wars" fans planning to see the premiere of "The Force Awakens" at Cinemark theaters will have to leave their clone trooper masks and light sabers at home.

November 3, 2015

Va. school board blocks release of gender identity documents ahead of Election Day

A Virginia school board has filed a lawsuit that blocks until after Election Day Tuesday the public release of documents on a controversial transgender policy, prompting several candidates for the board to say Monday that voters now must toss the incumbents.

November 1, 2015

ABC responds to petition to remove Raven-Symone from ‘The View’: ‘We love Raven’

ABC responded on Saturday to hundreds of thousand of online petitioners requesting that Raven-Symone be removed from her co-hosting duties on "The View."

October 31, 2015

Skull-faced dead comet to buzz Earth on Halloween

A massive space rock resembling the face of a skull will zip past Earth on Halloween, NASA said Saturday.

October 31, 2015

Va. schools implementing gender identity policy changes without informing parents

Five months after the Fairfax County School board hastily moved to change its nondiscrimination policy to include "gender identity" without consulting parents, a series of new documents has revealed that school administrators had already begun implementing controversial transgender policy changes before the vote even took place.

October 31, 2015

Islamic State claims it took down Russian plane over Egypt

An Egyptian militant group affiliated with the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday.

October 31, 2015

Obama gives Lil’ Pope ‘top prize’ for Halloween costume

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama handed out candy to hundreds of trick-or-treating children on Friday, but one baby's pope costume caught the president's eye and earned a special seal of approval.

October 31, 2015

Bill Maher on S.C. high school confrontation: ‘Underzealous parenting’ leads to overzealous policing

Late-night talk show host Bill Maher took on the Spring Valley high school confrontation, when a female student was thrown to the ground by a school police officer, and said bad parenting was to blame for such incidents.

October 31, 2015

Islamic State calls special ops prison raid a failure, executes prisoners in new video

Islamic State terrorists sent a direct message to President Obama in a new video released Friday, claiming the U.S. military raid to free 70 hostages last week failed to dent the terrorist group's strength.

October 31, 2015

FBI spy planes flew over Baltimore 10 times during Freddie Gray protests: documents

The FBI deployed two planes to fly over Baltimore at least 10 times during riots earlier this year, conducting video surveillance and unspecified "other electronic surveillance," according to government documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

October 30, 2015

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Kellan Howell

Articles by Kellan Howell

RNC ramps up military outreach ahead of Veterans Day

More troops suffer from PTSD, still lack access to mental health care: survey

Iran marks anniversary of U.S. Embassy takeover with anti-American rallies, flag burnings

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: ‘Death to America’ chants refers to U.S. policies, not people

Russia: Keeping Assad in Syria ‘not critical’

Syrian rebels parade caged men and women as human shields against Russian airstrikes

Cinemark theater chain bans masks, face paint, light sabers for ‘Star Wars’ premiere

Va. school board blocks release of gender identity documents ahead of Election Day

ABC responds to petition to remove Raven-Symone from ‘The View’: ‘We love Raven’

Skull-faced dead comet to buzz Earth on Halloween

Va. schools implementing gender identity policy changes without informing parents

Islamic State claims it took down Russian plane over Egypt

Obama gives Lil’ Pope ‘top prize’ for Halloween costume

Bill Maher on S.C. high school confrontation: ‘Underzealous parenting’ leads to overzealous policing

Islamic State calls special ops prison raid a failure, executes prisoners in new video

FBI spy planes flew over Baltimore 10 times during Freddie Gray protests: documents

Deso Dogg, German rap star who joined Islamic State, killed in U.S. airstrike

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Iran to launch ‘fleet of warships’ to the Atlantic